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Jilin

China

Watercolour of Jilin, China. The "River City" along the S-shaped meander of the Songhua River (Songhuajiang) backed by Mount Beishan and Mount Longtanshan, with Temple Complex and Lotus Bridge.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Temple Complex; Lotus Bridge; Songhua River; Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Jilin's Four Famous Mountains; lush Manchurian northern flora; Qing Dynasty Manchu
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the lotus pond in Beishan Park toward the arched stone Lotus Bridge and the Jade Emperor Pavilion on the forested hillside, showing weeping willow fronds in the foreground, the calm pond waters, stone bridge, and traditional temple halls in the middle-ground, and the lush forested peak of Mount Beishan fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick pine and birch forests of Mount Beishan, weeping willows along the Songhua River, and lotus ponds.
Guarded against
Not Changchun, Harbin, or Shenyang
Population1,895,865
Coordinates43.85°N, 126.56°E
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon11:34clock runs 0.4 h behind the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Jilin and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Miramar, Argentina — 722 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

ChangchunCN99 km
HarbinCN211 km
FushunCN305 km
DaqingCN327 km
ShenyangCN343 km
AnshanCN422 km
PanjinCN477 km
PyongyangKP540 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Jilin inside this atlas.

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