Poetic Baicheng Station in China: Baicheng 3 Days 2 Nights Nanny-Level Guide
🌿 Baicheng, Jilin | 3 Days 2 Nights Nanny-Level Guide! Wetlands, grasslands, bird paradise, unlock the northern secret realm with one click✨
“You must visit Baicheng! 🦢 Watch red-crowned cranes dance in the wetlands, 🌾 stroll through the sunset glow of the Horqin Grassland, 🌊 boat on the blue waves of Nenjiang Bay, and feel the poetry and wildness of the ‘bird paradise’!”
📅 【Itinerary】
💎Day 1: Wetland Exploration + Mongolian Style
Morning:
Xianghai National Nature Reserve
🕊️ “Home of the Cranes”|Six species of cranes worldwide inhabit here, take a boat through the reed maze, capture the red-crowned cranes’ courtship dance!
📸 Photo tips: early morning mist + backlit crane shadows, drone aerial shots of the wetland panorama|💰Ticket 60 RMB
Noon:
Mongolian Hand-Held Meat Feast
🍖 Freshly cooked lamb at a herder’s home, dipped in wild chive flower sauce + garlic paste, paired with blood sausage and sauerkraut, 60 RMB per person for a hearty grassland meal
Afternoon:
Chaganhaote Tourism Resort
🏹 Horseback archery + Mongolian yurt afternoon tea, wind farm group industrial style photo shoot, bonfire party under the starry sky at dusk
Evening:
Stay at Huanlangyu Xianghai Homestay
🔥 Heated kang bed + wetland starry sky, experience grass weaving DIY and parent-child study activities|150 RMB per person including breakfast
💎Day 2: Nenjiang Adventure + Red Memories
Morning:
Nenjiang Bay National Wetland Park
🌊 “The First Bay of Thousand-Mile Nenjiang”|Speedboat surfing + Liao Emperor Fish Viewing Platform, autumn colorful forest reflected on the river like an oil painting
Noon:
Whole Fish Feast (Lao Kanzi Pier)
🐟 River water stewed river fish + fried boat nail fish, fish soup with rice so fresh you’ll lick the bowl|50 RMB per person
Afternoon:
Former Site of the CPC Liaoning-Jilin Provincial Committee
🏛️ The best-preserved Liberation War site in Northeast China, hear Ji Yinglin’s entrepreneurial story, a must for red education
Dusk:
Aoniu Mountain Sunset
🌄 Climb to the top to overlook the forest dyed in autumn colors, maple leaves + wind turbines in one frame, shoot a post-apocalyptic style blockbuster
💎Day 3: Grassland Pastoral Song + Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience
Morning:
Momoge National Nature Reserve
🦩 “Hometown of the White Crane”|95% of the world’s white cranes stop here, walk the boardwalk listening to bird calls, explore the ancient Liao Dynasty city
Noon:
Taonan Heishui Watermelon Feast
🍉 Geographical indication product! Sweet sandy flesh, paired with steamed donkey meat dumplings, a summer exclusive delicacy
Afternoon:
Mobao Garden Calligraphy Study
🖌️ Thousands of famous inscriptions + Jingdezhen ceramics exhibition, DIY brush calligraphy copybook as a souvenir
Before Departure:
Niuxintao Moisturizing Wetland River Crab
🦀 Full roe and fat for Mid-Autumn Festival, buy vacuum-packed to mail home|💰80 RMB per jin
📸 【Photo Tips】Blow up your social circle
Xianghai Wetland: cranes flying + backlit reeds, forest style filter
Chaganhaote: Mongolian robe + wind farm background, cyber grassland style
Nenjiang Bay: sunset river + fishing boats singing at dusk, cinematic horizontal composition
Aoniu Mountain: drone aerial shot of maple leaves colliding with wind turbines
🚗 【Transportation Tips】
▪️ Self-drive: Changchun → Baicheng about 3.5 hours, wetland scenic area recommends charter car (300 RMB/day)
▪️ High-speed rail: get off at Baicheng Station, taxi to city attractions (starting fare 6 RMB)
🍜 【Food Highlights and Warnings】
✅ Must-eat:
Xianghai Whole Fish Feast (fried fish scales must order)
Chaganhaote Roasted Whole Lamb (reservation required)
Taonan Donkey Meat Steamed Dumplings (thin skin, large filling)
🚫 Avoid:
Be cautious buying “wild fish” in scenic spots, choose direct fishery sales
Dog meat restaurants (some tourists should be cautious)
“When the crane’s call breaks through the morning mist of the wetlands,
When the bonfire lights up the starry sky of the Mongolian yurt,
The romance of this city is freer than the wings of migratory birds.”
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