Daxinganling Travel Guide

Daxinganling is a region of mountains and forest spreading across northwestern Heilongjiang. Forest runs on over a wide area, thick with trees such as larch and birch. Winter is extremely cold, and the land is covered in snow and ice.

In Mohe, near the northern tip of the region, lies a settlement at China's far north. Around the summer solstice the nights are short and the dim light lasts long. Winter brings long, severe cold, and scenery unique to these high latitudes can be seen.

In the forest are settlements of ethnic minorities who have lived alongside reindeer. A culture of hunting and gathering is carried on, and trips touching that life are also made. Mountain fare that uses the bounty of the forest is another feature of the land.

Daxinganling can be reached from Harbin by rail and road, and getting around the region centers on cars. As the distances between sights are long, allow plenty of time in the itinerary. In summer it is also known as a destination for escaping the heat, and one can walk through the cool forest. It is a land suited to a trip slowly savoring the northern forest, the cold, and the culture of ethnic minorities. The trees of the forest change with the seasons, showing a different face on each visit.