中国优秀旅游城市——吉林
吉林是吉林省第二大城市，原名“吉林乌拉”，满语的意思是“沿江的城池”。环绕的群山和回转的松花江水，使吉林形成“四面青山三面水，一城山色半城江”的天然美景。吉林有着丰富的旅游资源，被誉为“滑雪天堂”、“冰雪香格里拉”，是一座具有鲜明的山水风光特色和深厚的历史文化底蕴的魅力城市。城市依托自然优势，夏季是避暑度假的胜地，冬季又变身为冰雪旅游的乐园。吉林雾凇更与泰山日出、钱塘潮涌、黄山云海一同被誉为中国四大自然奇观。
jinlin ranks the second largest city of jinlin province. the name of jilin is short for jilin wula, a manchu word meaning 'a city along the river'. the beautiful city is surrounded on all sides by the offset of the changbai mountains, and the songhua river twines through its very centre. the glamour city is reputed as ‘ski paradise’ and ‘ice and snow shangri-la’, with profound historical culture and picturesque natural landscape. truthfully, jilin is also a tourist destination favorable at any season. but rimmed trees of jilin are extolled as one of the four major natural wonders of china along with the sunrise on the tai mt., qiantang riverand the sea of clouds in the yellow mt.