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Jilin Province - Jilin (City) 吉林市Its industries include chemicals, electrical power, metallurgy, paper making, and sugar refinery,. Chemical industry if most famous in the city, and the city has been dubbed “the city of chemical industry.” Of interest to visitors are North Mountain and Dragon Pool Mountain. Songhua Lake 松花湖 Spreading out in the middle part, southeast of Jilin City and among the Yongji City, Jiaohe City and Huadian County, Songhua Lake encompasses 425 square kilometers. The surface of the lake is at an elevation of 266.5 meters, with the deepest of the lake being 77.5 meters. It has water storage of 10.8 billion cubic meters.
It is the man-made lake on the upper reaches of Songhua River. At the estuary of the lake is the Fengman Hydropower Station. The scenery of the lake is fantastic and charming, famous for soft rime (or hoar frost). Points of interest include Aohua Platform鳌花台, Stone Dragon Wall (Screen) 石龙壁, Camel Summit骆驼峰, Five-Tiger Isle五虎岛, and Reclining (or Recumbent) Dragon Pool卧龙潭. It is a key national scenic spot.
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