Rivers for winter drift in China

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Who says traveling in winter is dull? Drifting in the winter can be awesome! Try some rivers that don't freeze in winter and it will definitely make your blood tingle.

Biquan River, Changbai Mountain, Jilin Province

Changbai Mountain, located in the northern part of Antu county in Jilin Province, is generally regarded as the most famous mountain in the northeast of China. In the winter, the mountain is a white fairy-tale world. Besides the serenity and elegancy, visitors can also feel novelty and excitement by drifting on the Biquan River.

The Biquan River is a cold lake formed by many springs. It measures about four kilometers long, ten meters wide and one meter deep. Its water temperature keeps at 6 C to 8 C. It is ice-free all the year round.

Admission fee: 100 yuan

Transportation: take the regular bus at South Passenger Station (Keyun Nanzhan) in Yanji to Changbai Mountain.

Dining: food of the Korean minority nationality such as cold cabbage with red chilli and Dagao (rice cake); eggs boiled in hot spring.

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