Yanbian Korean Garden & Villages

The Yanbian Korean National Minority Folk Custom Garden
The garden is located at the Yenchi urban district, 2 kilometer southward Mao'ershan Country Forest Park.
It is a place to appreciate and experience Korean ethnic minority culture, living habits, craft collections and taste traditional Korean food. Tourists can take part in all kinds of art performance of singing, dancing, swinging, springboarding, wrestling. Especially in the wedding ceremony hall, tourists can wear korean clothing, learn to step dancing, play as a bridegroom at traditional wedding ceremony of Korean marriage customs.        

Hongqi Korean Village
Located in Jinlin Province in northeast China, Hongqi village is known as the 'first village at the foot of Changbai Mountain'. It is known for its pure Korean flavor because almost all families in the village are of Korean ethnicity.

Located some 140 kilometers to the east of Yanji City, the administrative center of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, and 150 kilometers to the north of Changbai Mountain, Hongqi village is known as the 'first village at the foot of Changbai Mountain'. Changbai Mountain is the pride of Yanbian. A snapshot of the majestic mountain in winter would make a perfect Christmas card.

The village is marked on the travel map in Yanbian because of its purely Korean flavor. Most of the families there are Korean. To tell a Korean house from the Han style houses there, you need only look at the roof. If the four tips tilt up, it's Korean. The most visible aspect of a Korean house in the village is that it is usually surrounded by trees and other plants. Li Zhuhao explains that tree planting became a major hobby for the villagers as they came into more disposable income.

In the village plaza, tourists can ride on the swing. Swing is a traditional sport of the Koreans and villagers hold a swing competition every year. Besides sports, Korean food is world famous. Visitors to the village have the opportunity to try genuine, traditional Korean home-cooking. Korean food bears many trademarks, such as its spicy flavor, the kimchee or pickled vegetable, and bean paste soup.

Koreans also make rice cake during holidays and celebrations. To make the dish, they soak the rice in water, and then pound it with a huge wooden hammer. pounding rice is something tourists love to try. In Korean tradition, rice cake is served on important occasions such as anniversaries and birthdays. It is also presented to distinguished guests.

There is a saying that a meal without bean paste soup is not a real meal for Korean people. And it is not a Korean party if there is no singing and dancing. Korean folk song and dance is of distinguished character, just like their traditional clothes.