The ultimate reverse summer escape! Flee from 40℃ heat straight to a secret place at 22℃

When the south is melting in the heat and 40℃ high-temperature warnings appear every day, I discovered a seriously underrated cool secret spot! 🌲 With an average temperature of 22℃, volcanoes, forests, and waterfalls so beautiful they leave you speechless, plus a foodie town where you can’t stop eating six meals a day!

This summer, take my advice: Changbai Mountain + Yanji, this unbeatable combo is simply legendary! ✈️

🌲 Changbai Mountain | Enter the 22℃ cool fairyland
Stop saying Changbai Mountain is only for winter! In summer, the ice and snow melt, moss carpets the ground, and wildflowers bloom all over the mountains 🌸. It’s like the real-life version of the “Ten-Year Promise” from The Lost Tomb—mysterious and magnificent!

✅ Must-visit spots:

Tianchi Lake: A must-see! In summer, Tianchi looks like a blue tear hanging on the mountaintop 💧, breathtakingly beautiful.
North Slope: Easiest! Take the eco-friendly bus straight to the summit, perfect for those with less stamina.
West Slope: The widest view! You need to climb 1,442 steps, but you get a full view of Tianchi and pass through alpine gardens—totally worth it!
Changbai Waterfall: The only outlet of Tianchi, water cascades down powerfully, so refreshing you can feel it even through the screen!
Lvyuan Pool: The water is jade-green, like stepping into the secret realm of the Emerald City, perfect for photos!
Underground Forest: The whole forest sinks into the valley, ancient trees tower, light and shadow dapple the ground, hiking here makes you feel like a fairy tale protagonist.

💡 Tips:

Tickets: Search “Changbai Mountain” on WeChat mini-program to book in advance, no on-site tickets!
Clothing: It’s windy and temperature varies a lot at the summit, be sure to bring a windbreaker or thick jacket! Raincoat > umbrella.
Seeing Tianchi: Purely luck! The weather changes quickly, stay calm if you can’t see it, other scenery is just as worth it!
🍜 Yanji | The happy hometown of carbs
Just a 2-hour drive from Changbai Mountain, this city is surrounded by Korean cuisine! Be sure to bring digestive tablets because you’ll be eating from morning till night!

✅ A one-day food and sightseeing incomplete guide

🌞 Morning: Start at the water markets
Visit Dongfang Water Market (closes at 8, so go early!) and West Market to experience local life. Hot rice cakes, sticky rice sausages, and warming beef soup rice—any stall is delicious and safe!

☀️ Noon: A feast of staples
Cold noodles: Yanji’s signature! Buckwheat noodles with a sweet and sour icy broth, a summer lifesaver! Recommended: Service Building Cold Noodles, Shunji Cold Noodles.
Jajangmyeon: Sweet Korean-style black bean noodles! The dark sauce coats the noodles, so tasty it’ll “smear your face”! Recommended: Xingdou Restaurant.
Soybean milk noodles: A magical combo of iced soybean milk and noodles, surprisingly amazing! Refreshing and light!

🌙 Evening: A feast of barbecue and hot soup
Skewers/Grilled meat: One skewer in life, who can resist sizzling grilled meat? Recommended: Heba Barbecue, Jinli Skewer Shop.
Grilled seafood: Close to the Korea Strait, seafood is fresh and cheap! Must-try: Zhenhaibei’s grilled scallops and crab roe bibimbap!
Samgyetang: A whole chicken stewed until tender, stuffed with glutinous rice, one bite warms your heart and stomach.

This summer, don’t endure the heat anymore! Tag your foodie and travel buddies and rush to this 22℃ cool world together!