What Scenic Spots Are There in Qiqihar? How Many Have You Not Visited Yet?

Qiqihar is a renowned charming city and outstanding tourist destination in China. The world-famous Zhalong Wetland is China’s largest national nature reserve for rare waterfowl. Boasting a century-long history, Longsha Park is the largest comprehensive garden in Northeast China.

Best visiting period: June to September Zhalong National Nature Reserve is the world’s largest reed wetland and the hometown of red-crowned cranes. Dotted with lakes and marshes and covered in dense reeds, the scenic area serves as a natural paradise for waterfowl and other birds to inhabit and breed. June to September is the prime crane-watching season, when large flocks of red-crowned cranes gather here. The crane release show is a signature highlight of the reserve, with around 20 to 30 red-crowned cranes taking flight each performance.

A true story that took place in Zhalong has been adapted into a widely popular song, telling the tale of a young girl who sacrificed herself to save red-crowned cranes. The song is titled A True Story.

Best visiting period: All year round Longsha Park is the earliest built park in Heilongjiang Province and the largest comprehensive garden in Northeast China, integrating a zoo, botanical garden (separate ticket required) and amusement facilities.

Climb Shenglong Mountain and ascend Tianyuan Pavilion to overlook ancient buildings including the River-Watching Tower, Guandi Temple, Shougong Ancestral Hall, Chengjiang Pavilion and Library Tower. The road below teems with tiny vehicles and crowds of visitors, a spectacular sight.

Every winter, the park hosts the Longsha Ice Sculpture Exhibition, a major local attraction. Qiqihar’s ice sculptures enjoy a high reputation at home and abroad and are hailed as unique treasures of Crane City. The park is liveliest in summer.

Best visiting period: Summer Peace Square was built to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Its core landmarks include the War of Resistance Memorial Wall, Victory Monument and the Jiangqiao Campaign Memorial Sculpture.

Best visiting season: June – September Opening Hours: 08:00 – 17:00 Admission Ticket: ¥10 per person. Ferry fare to the island: ¥30; speedboat fare: ¥40. Additional fees apply for on-island recreational activities.

Bright Moon Island is an islet surrounded by the Nenjiang River flowing through Qiqihar. Lush trees and blooming flowers cover the island, presenting stunning natural scenery. At the heart of the island stands an exquisite complex of ancient buildings, and the island is encircled by the country’s longest children’s sightseeing railway.

In summer, it is an ideal spot for river cruises, picnics, camping and summer getaways. In winter, it becomes a tourist resort for admiring northern snow landscapes and enjoying ice-snow activities.

Opening Hours: 08:00 – 16:00 Admission Policy: Free for Muslims; non-Muslim visitors pay ¥6 per ticket.

Bukui Mosque is one of the best-preserved ancient constructions from the old city dating back over 300 years. It is the largest, oldest Islamic building with distinctive Chinese national features in Heilongjiang Province and a provincial-level key cultural relic protection unit.

Best visiting period: Both winter and summer feature unique scenery Opening Hours: All day long Laodong Lake is a popular leisure, tourism and entertainment hub for Qiqihar locals. In winter, the frozen lake surface forms a natural ice sports base with a rich variety of activities: ice skating, snow sculpture making, snow football, dog sledding and snowmobiling, allowing visitors to fully enjoy ice sports fun.

Best visiting period: All year round Opening Hours: 08:00 – 18:00 Crane Spring Garden is a classical Jiangnan-style garden. Within its mere 2,000 square meters of pond stand several lifelike red-crowned crane sculptures of varying shapes. A winding stone bridge and an arch bridge stretch across the water, creating delicate charming scenery against rippling waves and weathered stones.

In summer, numerous locals come here to escape the heat, making it a perfect spot for casual walks.

Best visiting period: Autumn Opening Hours: 08:00 – 17:00 Snake Cave Mountain is an important Paleolithic cultural site, where stone knives, stone axes, stone implements and mammoth ivory fossils have been unearthed. Standing atop the mountain, visitors can gaze afar at the Great Wall stretching across the Greater Khingan Range and Daqing Mountain.

The scenic area features rolling ridges and jagged rocks forming a natural integrated landscape. Exquisite pictographic stones resemble turtles, oxen, frogs, dragons, lions, tigers and apes with vivid lifelike shapes. In particular, the natural giant Buddha rock bears an uncanny resemblance to Sakyamuni, verified by the Buddhist Association as an extremely rare natural formation nationwide. The area is dotted with stone steles inscribed with poems, alongside elegant ancient pavilions, terraces, towers and chambers, boasting profound and abundant cultural heritage.

Opening Hours: All day long Nenjiang Park is a cultural and entertainment venue focusing on sightseeing, recreation and commercial services, and one of the largest open public parks in Qiqihar.

Overlooking the lake from the riverbank, visitors see weeping willows swaying along the shore and glistening ripples spreading across the water, making it an ideal destination for leisure and vacations.

The ancient Heilongjiang Military Governor’s Yamen is an irreplaceable and precious late Qing architectural complex. Remaining structures include a two-story brick-and-timber building and three U-shaped bungalows arranged in two courtyards. The grand buildings are entirely built with blue bricks and plain grey tiles.