With its poetic beauty of "spring in winter", Jilin rime, together withGuilin landscape, Yunnan Shilin and the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, isknown as China's four natural landscapes.
In the middle of winter, when thousands of trees are in depression innorthern China, when you enter Jilin City in Northeast China, you will see amagical and beautiful scenery. Looking along the Bank of Songhua River, thepines and willows are frosted and covered with snow, and the jade is coveredwith silver. This is what people call the "misty scene".
Rime, commonly known as "tree hanging", is the ice crystal condensed on thebranches and leaves by fog and water vapor when it is cold, which can be dividedinto granular and crystalline. The granular rime structure is compact, forming avery small ice block, while the crystalline rime structure is loose and largeflake. The rime in Jilin is crystalline. It is formed naturally in the uniquegeographical environment of Jilin City. 15 kilometers up the Songhua River fromthe urban area of Jilin Province is the plump hydropower station. In winter, theriver water passes through the water turbine units, and the water temperaturerises and becomes hot. Every winter, there is still 4 ℃ water flowing from thewater turbine units. The river water carries a large amount of heat energy,forming a wonderland where the Songhua River flows slowly through the urban areafor decades. From the surface of the water continuously steaming out watervapor, the whole river white fog Tengteng, for a long time does not g the river bank, there are many pines and willows. Under certain pressure,temperature, wind direction and other conditions, the transpiration fog on theriver surface condenses into a fog grave
The beauty of rime lies in magnificence and wonder
To watch rime, we should pay attention to "watching fog at night, watchinghanging in the morning, and enjoying falling flowers near noon".
"Watching fog at night" is to watch the fog scene on the river on the eveof rime formation. At about ten o'clock in the night, there began to be wisps offog on the Songhua River, and then it became bigger and thicker. Large groups ofwhite fog rolled up from the river and wandered to both sides of the river.
"Morning watch hanging" is to get up early to watch the tree hanging. Thedark trees on the Bank of the ten li River turned silver overnight. Willows arelike jade branches hanging down, and pine needles are like silver chrysanthemumsin full bloom.
"Enjoy the falling flowers near noon" refers to the scene when the hangingtrees fall off. Generally at about 10 am, the hanging trees begin to fall offone by one, and then they fall down in clusters. The silver flakes fall off inthe air when the breeze blows. The bright sunlight shines on them, and colorfulsnow curtains are formed in the air.
It is said that a long time ago, there was an old mother by the SonghuaRiver. Her husband died early. She raised her three daughters and worked hard toearn money to support their children. As time went by, the three daughters grewup and married out one after another. After the three daughters got married, theold mother, who was lonely and old, could not work, so she had to take turns tolive with her three daughters The three daughters were unfilial and pushed theold mother around like a rubber ball. One day, on the way to the thirddaughter's house, the elder daughter and the second daughter roared in the coldwind. The more she thought about it, the more sad she was. Her white hair andtears fluttered with the wind, hanging on the trees to form ice. People lookedat the silver branches and couldn't help thinking of her head Silver hair, butalso increase the hatred of unfilial daughter.
Ladies and Gentlemen;
Welcome to my hometown Jilin city. And I am the tour guide of ChinaNational Tourism Administration you can call me Vera. or Miss Zhang , and on myleft hand is our driver Mrs. Li he have more than 20 year driving experiences,he will keep our safe.
Ok everyone there are few minutes before we reach the ten miles dike, now Iwill give you a brief introduction about Jilin Rime, the Rime of Jilin city issaid to be a symbol of the spring in winter ,being together with the Guilinlandscape ,Yunnan stone forest and Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, it iscalled the four meteorological wonders in China ,and actually ,china has theearliest record of rime in the world which is also commonly known as” the mistattached to trees” by local people .
Now I will introduce how Jilin Rime comes into being ,up going 15kilometers upstream from the Jilin city along the Songhua River is the famousFengman power station, in winter when the water passes through the hydraulicgroup ,it gets warmer and the temperature keeps at around 4 centigrade in spiteof the coldness and the steel –like ice on the lake ,Since the river water holdsgreat heat energy it doesn't freeze for as long as ten miles ,water vapor risesconstantly from the water surface and the whole river appears to be misty ,Giventhat there are pines, poplars and weeping willows along the dykes the watervapor freezes around the trees when encumbers coldness, of course under theeffect of atmospheric pressure. Wind direction and temperature use of thisspecial formation, Jilin rime can last a rather long time and it happensfrequentlyin winter season . What's more ,the best time for sightseeing is fromthe late December to the next ime there could be more than 60 timesof rime –formation in a single winter.
People usually divide the process of appreciation into three stages;watching the mist at night, enjoying the rime in the morning and appreciation, asilver and magic world appears just in front of us of the tress along theriver are covered by rime and the branches of weeping willows like silvernecklaces. As for the last stage, we are talking about the time when the rimebegins to fall. Usually, after nine o'clock in the morning, the rime will felldown from the trees. This begins by little amount and then more and more isfalling down. When the flying rime falls on our heard and shoulders, we feelespecially fresh and cool.
Ok everyone now we have reached the Songjang road please put you hats andgloves together go fellow me to enjoy the wonders of the rime.
Wusong island is named for its rich and beautiful rime. There are so manyscenic spots around rime island that you can play for several days. But thetransportation to each scenic spot is not very convenient. If you want to savethe traffic trouble, you can consider finding a local guide or signing up forthe outdoor tour route directly. You don't need to make your own strategy, butalso choose the route according to your own time, and play all the classicscenic spots under the guidance of a professional leader It's safe and easy.
The terrain here is lower than that of Jilin City, and it is surrounded byrivers. The cold and hot air intersects here. In winter, there are trees hangingalmost every day, and sometimes they don't fall for several days. Zengtongtun onthe island is the best place to enjoy Wusong. There was a saying that "toappreciate Wusong, to zengtong". The trees here are peculiar in shape. Theweeping willows along the river are covered with white and crystal frostflowers. The river breeze blows and the silver wire flickers. The scenery isboth wild and beautiful.
Rime appears only in winter. This is because the formation of rime has itsown unique environment and conditions. Rime can be divided into granular andcrystalline. The granular rime structure is compact, forming a very small iceblock, while the crystalline rime structure is loose, showing a large flake. Therime in Jilin is crystalline.
