Travel by train throughout China is reliable and inexpensive. China is a huge land full of beauty and staggering contrast.
Jilin Province borders on the wide open grassy plains of Mongolia to the west and the mountains of Korea to the east.
Songhua Lake is part of a huge nature reserve.
The volcanic mountain, Changbaishan, is a great natural beauty in the wilds of the northeast.
Inner Mongolia is only a few short hours by train.