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Jilin
Province in Northeast China

Jilin

Jilin is one of the three provinces of Northeast China.

Plan a trip to Jilin→From Changchun

Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea to the south, Russia to the east, Heilongjiang to the north, and Liaoning and Inner Mongolia to the west.

Get in

Getting to Jilin

Jilin province has two public airports, Yanji Airport (YNJ IATA) and Changchun Longjia International Airport (长春龙嘉国际机场) (CGQ IATA). Each receives domestic flights as well as international flights from Seoul in South Korea. Changchun also has a route to Tokyo, Japan. Changchun City is 31 km, and Jilin City is 71 km from Changchun Longjia International Airport.

See

Worth seeing

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    Goguryeo Ancient

    The remains of the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo.

Do

Things to do

Jilin Ice Lantern Festival — not as famous as the festivals in Harbin but still worth a visit (during mid-January)

How locals move

Getting around Jilin the local way

  • Get aroundIn Changchun and Yanji, if you are in need of an adrenaline rush, look no further than one of the minibuses that tear around the city streets.
  • Get aroundIf you want to bike around, it is recommended that you follow closely behind one of the local people on cargo-bike, merchant-bike, or donkey.

From Wikivoyage: Jilin, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2025-12.

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