Chagan Lake [Changchun]

Chagan Lake is located in Qian Guo County, northwest of Song Yuan city, not far from Changchun, the center of Jilin Province. With 600 million cubic metres of fresh water, Chagan Lake covers 259 square kms. It is 37 kms long from south to north, 17kms wide from east to west, with an average depth of 25 metres. It is the largest freshwater lake in the province.

Chagan Lake is a well-known fishing base, a bullrush growing area and natural holiday resort. There can be found 68 kinds of fish, including carp, chub and crucians. Among them, Pangtou is authorized as an AA Green Food by the national Green Food authorization center.

It is a paradise for wild animals that have chosen the rich habitat of Chagan Lake. Foxes, rabbits, wolves, snakes and birds, such as pheasants, cormorants, swans and red-crowned cranes make a home there. In the vast grasslands there grows more than 200 kinds of wild plants, 150 of which are valuable herbs.

The spectacle of ice fishing in the winter is a great visiting attraction.