Foreword
Changbai,Father Mountain of the Jilin People
A Sacred Mountain /6
Mountain Abounding in Resources / 11
Water Flows Out Though No Water Flows In / 18
Monster in Tianchi /24
Changhai Mountain Waterfall /34
Divine Water of Changbai Mountain /39
"Luxurious" Civilian Lifea42
"Beauty Pine" /44
Underground Forest /48
Goddess Bathing Pool /50
Reaching the North Pole in Half a Day /56
Tizi River /66
The Great Gorge of Changbai Mountain /69
One Buddha as Three Mountains, and Three
Mountains Form One Buddha / 72
"Union of Pine and Birch" / 78
"A Stone That Floats in Water, and Wood That
Sinks" /82
A Land of Song and Dance /88
An Ethnic Group in White Clothes /94
Unique Food /96
An Ethnic Group Respecting the Old and
Cherishing the Young /98
Marriage Customs / I00
Eastern Pyramid / 104
No. 1 Stele in the East / 106
ATreasure House of Art in Northeastern Asia / 108
Two Sources Far Apart / 137
A Charming "Heavenly River" / 140
Gentle and Harsh "Unsealing River" / 148
Fishers on Qagan Nur / 152
Offering Sacrifices to the Lake for Fishing / 156
Into the Nature Reserve / 162
Dancing with Red-crowned Cranes / 167
Sacred Elms in "Sea of Incense" / 172
Jilin Rime, the Fourth Natural Wonder in China / 180
Three Types of Lanterns of Jilin / 187
Langmu, a Wood Harder Than Iron and Stone / 192
The "Detroit" of China / 196
"Hollywood" of the East /202
"Imperial Palace" of the Manchukuo Puppet Regime /204
City in the Forest /206
Huanglongfu City /210
Huge Crowds Watching "Two-person Song
and Dance Duet" /214
A Dish Braised in A Big Pot /220
Fiery Hotpot /222
Restorative Mountain Delicacies /223
Concluding Remarks
Appendices