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Marshal Zhang's Mansion Museum

Marshal Zhang's Mansion Museum was built in 1914 and covers an area of ​​53,000 square meters. It includes several groups of cultural relics buildings such as Sanjin Siheyuan, Daqinglou, Xiaoqinglou, Guandi Temple, Red Houses, Zhao Yidi's former residence, the former site of Bianye Bank and the former office site. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit. At present, Marshal Zhang's Mansion Museum Exhibition Hall and Shenyang Financial Museum have been opened using Marshal Zhang's Mansion Museum building complex. The exhibition area of ​​Marshal Zhang's Mansion Museum Exhibition Hall includes Sanjin Siheyuan, Daqinglou, Xiaoqinglou, Guandi Temple and Zhao Yidi's former residence. The Shenyang Financial Museum, built on the former site of Bianye Bank, mainly displays restored displays such as the original Bianye Bank's trading hall, president's office and underground vault, as well as basic displays such as the history of Northeastern financial development and the story of currency, which comprehensively reflects the history of Bianye Bank. It shows a brief history of financial development in Northeast China and the history of monetary and financial evolution.

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Shenyang Imperial Palace

The Shenyang Imperial Palace is one of the two fully preserved palace complexes in China. It served as the imperial palace of the Later Jin before the dynasty entered the pass, and after the Qing dynasty moved its capital to Beijing, it was converted into the Shengjing Temporary Palace (also known as the Fengtian Temporary Palace). The palace houses a large collection of court artifacts left over from the former imperial palace, and precious treasures of the Qing court's old collection can be viewed in the various exhibition halls. The entire palace complex is divided into three routes based on architectural layout and construction sequence: the east route features the Dazheng Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion built during Nurhaci's reign; the central route comprises the inner palace complex expanded during Emperor Taizong of Qing's reign, including the Daqing Gate, Chongzheng Hall, Fenghuang Tower, as well as the Qingning Palace, Guansui Palace, Yanqing Palace, and Yongfu Palace; the west route includes the Wensu Pavilion and other structures added during the Qianlong period. The Daqing Gate is the main gate of the Shenyang Imperial Palace, commonly known as the Wu Gate. It is a five-bay flush gable roof building, with the roof fully covered in glazed tiles and trimmed with green edges. The wall decorations feature protruding sea water and cloud dragon patterns along with various auspicious beasts, exquisitely crafted. The Chongzheng Hall, commonly known as the "Golden Throne Hall," is where Hong Taiji handled daily government affairs and received envoys. Inside the hall are displayed cultural relics such as a gold-lacquered cloud dragon screen, an openwork golden dragon throne, and gilt bronze luduan incense burners. Above the throne hangs a plaque inscribed with "Zhengda Guangming," written personally by Emperor Qianlong, modeled after the plaque written by Emperor Shunzhi in the Palace of Heavenly Purity in Beijing. The Dazheng Hall, commonly known as the "Octagonal Hall," was also called the "Great Hall" or "Dugong Hall" before the Qing entered the pass. It is an important palace built by Nurhaci and the main building on the east route. Before the Qing entered the pass, important ceremonies such as the emperor's enthronement, New Year's Day congratulations, and the Wanshou Festival banquets were held here. In ordinary times, it was used to convene meetings of the Deliberative Council of Princes and Ministers or to promulgate important edicts. Inside the hall are displayed cultural relics such as a golden dragon throne, a gold-lacquered screen, and cloisonné elephant-backed vases, as well as calligraphy left by Kangxi, Qianlong, Jiaqing, and Daoguang during their eastern tours to Shengjing. The Phoenix Tower is located north of the Chongzheng Hall, standing atop the elevated terrace of the inner court. The three-story tower features a hip-and-gable roof with surrounding corridors, covered in yellow glazed tiles with green trim along the edges. "Phoenix Tower at Dawn" and "Viewing the Pagoda from Phoenix Tower" are counted among the Eight Scenes of Shengjing. The tower houses a plaque inscribed with "Purple Mist from the East" in the imperial handwriting of Emperor Qianlong. The Wensu Pavilion was built during the Qianlong era specifically to store the "Complete Library of the Four Treasuries" and serves as the main structure of the western route; the "Complete Collection of Illustrations and Writings from Ancient and Modern Times" was also stored within the pavilion. Its architectural paintings do not use the dragon-and-phoenix motifs commonly found in palaces; instead, they feature themes harmonious with the function of a library, such as "white horse presenting books," with a fresh and elegant color palette that forms a striking contrast with the red-and-gold-dominated exterior decorations of other palaces. This was also the place where Emperor Qianlong read during his eastern inspection tours.

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Shenyang Fangcheng Cultural Tourism Area

Shenyang Fangcheng Cultural Tourism Zone is located in the center of Shenyang City. It is surrounded by Shuncheng Street in the east, west, south and north, with a total area of ​​1.69 square kilometers. It is a block with dense historical and cultural resources in Shenyang City, and it is also an area with concentrated historical and cultural relics in Northeast China. There are Shenyang Imperial Palace, a world cultural heritage, and Zhang Xueliang's former residence, a national key cultural relic protection unit, 7 provincial cultural relic protection units such as the Khan Palace Site, 9 municipal cultural relic protection units such as the Shengjing City Site (Northwest Corner Tower), 42 historical buildings such as the former site of the Governor's Office of the Three Eastern Provinces, 11 traditional stores such as Ma's Shaomai and Laobian Dumplings, 4 provincial intangible cultural heritages such as Shenyang folk traditional lantern riddles, Shenyang Hu Kuizhang pen making craftsmanship, Ma's Shaomai making skills, and Liao cuisine traditional making skills, and 16 municipal intangible cultural heritages such as Manchu pearl ball competition, Chen's metal relief craftsmanship, Li Liangui's smoked meat pancake traditional making skills, and Li Yongli's nuclear carving Attraction. Shenyang Zhongjie, which is known as the "No. 1 Street in Northeast China", is also a national demonstration pedestrian street.

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Jingyue Lake

Jingyue Pond (Crescent Pond) is a reservoir in the southeastern suburb of Changchun. It is known as the "sister lake of Taiwan's Riyue Lake". The groves of trees planted around the lake have become the largest forest park in Changchun. Walk through the forest paths to admire the trees, or stroll to the reservoir to look at the glimmering water and breathe in some fresh air. This is a great place to relax and unwind.

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Liaoning Provincial Museum

The Liaoning Provincial Museum is located in the southern suburbs of Shenyang. The new building was opened in May 2015. Historical art and cultural relics archaeologically excavated in the Liaoning area are the subject of the museum. The bronzes, ancient maps, painting and calligraphy works, Hongshan jade, Liao Dynasty ceramics, Ming and Qing Dynasty prints, epitaphs and ancient currency are especially distinctive.

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Changchun Zoological And Botanical Park

Changchun Zoological And Botanical Park is located at 2121 Ziyou Avenue, Nanguan District, Changchun. It is a diversified park integrating animal and plant exhibitions and science education, traditional Journey to the West themed performances, and a leisure camping area. Currently, Changchun Zoological And Botanical Park is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, covering an area of approximately 74 hectares, including 56 hectares of green space and 8.8 hectares of water. The park boasts beautiful scenery and abundant resources, with more than ten thousand plants and nearly a hundred species of animals and plants, including Asian elephants, giraffes, zebras, and rhinos. During the day, there are science shows and feeding sessions for small animals such as red pandas, hippos, and Asian elephants; at night, there are Journey to the West themed performances. It has been praised by netizens as "a theme park suited to Chinese children's tastes" and has obtained authorization from the 1986 CCTV adaptation of Journey to the West. With immersive scene design, a main stage and more than twenty sub-stage performances, the "snow cake monkey" feeding at the foot of Five Elements Mountain has gone viral. The leisure camping area offers a relaxed and comfortable experience, and the park also features nearly three thousand sets of decorative lanterns, bringing you into a dreamlike Journey to the West Fantasyland!

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Shenyang Fantawild Adventure

Shenyang Fantawild Adventure is located on Shengjing Avenue in Shenbei New District, Shenyang, covering an area of approx. 500,000 square meters. Meticulously built by Shenzhen Huaqiang Group, it is a large fourth-generation theme park in Northeast China. Shenyang Fantawild Adventure features sci-fi and interactive experiences, and is composed of more than a dozen large themed project areas, including Fly Over the Limit, Crazy Idioms, Dinosaur Crisis, Light of Life, Conch Bay, Liaozhai, Boonie Bears Adventure, Boonie Bears Talk Show, Fire Meteor, Mysterious Valley, Hurricane Flying Chairs, Children's Kingdom, Mine Coaster, Carefree Jellyfish, and Corgi Go-Karts, covering more than 300 themed, amusement, leisure, and view projects, including many mega-scale rides, with the vast majority suitable for all ages. Here you will find the high-altitude flying experience "Fly Over the Limit," the large volcano adventure "Mount Vesuvius," the large dinosaur resurrection disaster experience "Dinosaur Crisis," the enigmatic and wondrous interpretation of traditional Chinese mythology "Liaozhai," the colorful and dreamlike "Conch Bay," and the magical cartoon interactive show "Boonie Bears Talk Show," among others.

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PALACE MUSEUM OF THE PUPPET MANCHUKUO

The Palace Museum of the Manchurian Regime is a cultural tourism landmark in Changchun that combines the dual attributes of "museum + attraction". It is currently a national first-class museum, a key cultural relics protection unit, one of the first batch of national AAAAA tourist attractions, a national patriotic education demonstration base, a national research and practice education base for primary and secondary schools, one of China's "most innovative museums", and an influential project unit of the International Council on Monuments and Sites. The Palace Museum of the Manchurian Regime is located at No. 5 Guangfu North Road, Kuancheng District, Changchun, Jilin Province. It was originally the Changchun salt warehouse in the late Qing Dynasty and later served as the official office of the Jilin-Heilongjiang Salt Tax Bureau during the early Republic of China. From 1932 to 1945, it was the imperial residence of Puyi, the puppet emperor of the Manchurian regime. In 1962, it became the Exhibition Hall of Imperialist Aggression in Northeast China and later the Exhibition Hall of the Manchurian Regime Palace. In 2000, it was officially renamed the Palace Museum of the Manchurian Regime, becoming an important site for patriotic education. In recent years, the Palace Museum of The Manchurian Regime has embraced the vision of "becoming a pioneer in innovative operations among China's museums and attractions." Through its development strategy focusing on academic excellence, creative revitalization, innovation-driven growth, and open sharing, it has achieved leapfrog progress in various operations and overall enhancement in museum management. The museum integrates six functional areas: the imperial core zone, the exhibition hall of northeast China's occupation history, the museum eye art palace, the M+ creative block, the interactive experience zone, and the administrative area. The palace museum of the Manchurian regime currently has 39 original displays of the Manchurian court including the Jixi building, Qinmin building, and Tongde hall, along with 4 large-scale permanent exhibitions and 12 thematic exhibitions. It has saved over 73,000 art pieces, including a large collection of Manchurian court relics, Japanese modern artifacts, northeastern China modern artifacts, folk relics, representative modern paintings and calligraphy, sculptures, and works by intangible cultural heritage inheritors.

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Laobiangou Scenic Area

Located in Nanyingfang Village, Dongyingfang Township, Benxi Manchu Autonomous County, Benxi Laobiangou Scenic Spot consists of three tourist areas: Yongluo River, Shizhen Slope and Wanxiang Valley. It's a beautiful and rich, ancient and fashionable, magical and colorful fairyland. Picturesque because of the rolling mountains and the flowing water, and famous for the red maple leaves on the mountains.