Erdaobaihe Town is the only one place where is valuable and rare plant Beauty Pine was native. What the unique is this kind of tree only grows in the volcanic ash soil. Once there are people tried to transplant it to other kinds of soil, but field.
And what the interesting is it is often come across some ‘savages’ living alone in this First Town of Changbaishan Mountain. Although most of them has more than 100-year-old, they like to tell people they only 98-year-old or 99-year-old.
Start Changbaishan Mountain tour from the north hill, the Erdaobaihe Town is the only way. Thus, it is famous as the First Town of Changbaishan Mountain.
Erdaobaihe Town is located at Jilin Province, is named because of the Erdaobaihe River which originate from the Changbaishan Tianchi. Maybe it sits at the foot of Changbaishan Mountain, is stained with the immortal breath, it is full of the mysterious colors, such as the strange devildom in winter, Beauty Pine only grows in volcanic ash soil, ‘saveages’ living alone, etc.
In Jilin Province China, the beautiful rime always appears in winter, it is a magical natural wonders. When the rime appears, the long bank of Songhuajiang River is covered by white rime, like thousands of pear flowers, people seems like to enter a white fairyland in poem or painting. However, the magic place - devildom has the special rime view.
The Devildom is located at Hongfeng Village, Erdaobaihe Town, sits on the Naitouhe River which originates from the Naitou Peak in Changbaishan Mountain passing beside village. What the most interesting is the whole river is surrounded by forest, looking from a distance, the river is shining in forest. Owing to the hydropower station on the upstream, the river is not frozen in winter. When it is -20℃, the dead trees in river have rimes.
No matter the tall pines or the stunted shrubs, they all industriously display their last colors in the end of life, extremely enchanting and strange. In the morning, the village named Devildom is enveloped in a mysterious atmosphere by the fog and mist, seems to take you to a ancient mysterious world. The magical view let people addict into it, and it is also the paradise for photographers.
About this magical land, this is a legend. It is said in a winter a old man passed here, he was so tired that fell asleep beside the river, when he woke, his hair, cap, mustache, brow and the stick in hand had frozen with white frost. The old man slowly walk in forest, suddenly the people seeing him said the immortal coming…The Devildom is endowed more mysterious color.
