Dōngtiān, Jílínshì Sōnghuā Jiāng biān de wùsōng xīyǐn le hěnduō yóukè.
In winter, the rime ice along the Songhua in Jilin City draws many visitors.
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culture
The 1936 song 《松花江上》 (On the Songhua River), written after Japan seized the north-east in 1931, became the lament of the refugees from Manchuria. It opens 'My home is on the Songhua River in the north-east'.
history
The name renders the Manchu Sunggari, 'Milky Way'; the characters for 'pine' and 'flower' are there only for the sound.
