Jilin City 3 Days 2 Nights｜No fancy tricks!!!

4 people spend 5800 RMB to experience the romance of the "Rime City"! Skiing + Hot Springs + Wula Street, book your Northeast New Year vibes in advance!

📅 Trip Highlights:
📍 City: Jilin City ("Northern River City," gateway to Changbai Mountain, super convenient high-speed rail)
👫 Number of people: 4 (1450 RMB per person, all-inclusive for food, accommodation, transportation, and activities, easy and worry-free)
💰 Total budget: Perfectly wrapped up within 5800 RMB!

🚗 Day 1: Arrive in Jilin City｜By the Songhua River, start with a bowl of hot Guobaorou (sweet and sour crispy pork)
🚄 Transportation: Changchun → Jilin City high-speed rail, ticket price 31 RMB/person × 4 = 124 RMB (40-minute ride, recommended to arrive in the morning)
🏨 Accommodation: [Boutique Homestay by the Songhua River] (4-person suite, river view + floor heating, 500 RMB/night × 2 nights = 1000 RMB)
🌆 Afternoon:
✅ Stroll along [Songjiang Road]: century-old street, check in at the "Pearl of River City" sculpture
✅ Climb [Yaoluren Viewing Platform]: overlook the S-shaped Songhua River + city panorama, free!
✅ Check in at [Century Square]: giant snowman, ice bicycles (experience price 30 RMB/person)

🌙 Highlight: Night tour of "Jilin City Night Market" + riverside light show
📸 Must-shoot: Rime light tower, couple lock bridge, ice carousel

🍲 Dinner: [Lao Bai’s Guobaorou Restaurant] must order: Guobaorou (sweet, sour, and crispy!) + sauerkraut pork hot pot + grilled cold noodles, 60 RMB/person × 4 = 240 RMB

⛷️ Day 2: Choose between Vanke Songhua Lake Skiing or Hot Springs｜Top winter experience in the North
🚌 Transportation: Taxi/carpool round trip (about 100 RMB/person × 4 = 400 RMB)

🎿 Option A: Ski lovers must choose (winter November-March)
🎫 Ski ticket: weekday 4 hours 298 RMB/person × 4 = 1192 RMB (includes ski gear + helmet)
✅ Beginners don’t worry! Hire a 1-hour coach (about 200 RMB), you can ski on beginner slopes in half an hour
✅ After skiing, check in at snow ring hotspots: snowmobile, snow banana boat (50 RMB/person each)

♨️ Option B: Lazy hot spring plan (available all year)
🎫 [Mingshan Oasis Hot Springs]: largest indoor hot spring complex in Northeast China, 138 RMB/person × 4 = 552 RMB
✅ Features: red wine pool, ginseng pool, ice and fire contrast (outdoor snowy hot springs are super refreshing)

🍲 Lunch: simple meal inside the scenic area or bring your own food
🌙 Dinner back in the city: [Wula Street Li’s Steamed Pancakes] must eat: steamed pancake rolled with scallions + chicken stewed with mushrooms, 50 RMB/person × 4 = 200 RMB

🏮 Day 3: Wula Ancient City + Confucian Temple｜Travel back 300 years, taste the Manchu New Year flavor
✅ Morning: [Wula Guojie] (free)
Dress in Manchu costumes for photos (rental 30 RMB/person), browse intangible cultural heritage market, check in at the "Dasheng Wula" chief’s official residence ruins
✅ Noon: [Sachima Old Workshop] watch the master pull sugar and fry cakes live, buy handmade Sachima (50 RMB/box, shared by 4)

✅ Afternoon: [Jilin Confucian Temple] (ticket 50 RMB/person × 4 = 200 RMB)
Largest Confucian temple in Northeast China, red walls and yellow tiles like a mini Forbidden City, perfect for Hanfu photos!

🚄 Return: Jilin City → Changchun high-speed rail, around 14:00 departure, ticket price 31 RMB × 4 = 124 RMB
🍜 Lunch: [Lao Han Tou Tofu Skewers] Jilin specialty fried tofu skewers + spicy hot pot, 20 RMB/person × 4 = 80 RMB

💰 Total expense breakdown:
Transportation 648 + Accommodation 1000 + Food 520 + Tickets/Experiences 1944 + Shopping 100 + Miscellaneous 588 = exactly 5800 RMB!

💡 Blogger’s private tips:
✔️ Remember to wear gloves + face mask when skiing, or your "snow face" will crack
✔️ For Sachima on Wula Street, trust the "Li’s" old brand, don’t buy packaged goods from the scenic area
✔️ Book homestays in advance! Prices rise quickly on weekends