Withitspoeticbeautyof"springinwinter",Jilinrime,togetherwithGuilinlandscape,YunnanShilinandtheThreeGorgesoftheYangtzeRiver,isknownasChina'sfournaturallandscapes.
Inthemiddleofwinter,whenthousandsoftreesareindepressioninnorthernChina,whenyouenterJilinCityinNortheastChina,youwillseeamagicalandbeautifulscenery.LookingalongtheBankofSonghuaRiver,thepinesandwillowsarefrostedandcoveredwithsnow,andthejadeiscoveredwithsilver.Thisiswhatpeoplecallthe"mistyscene".
Rime,commonlyknownas"treehanging",istheicecrystalcondensedonthebranchesandleavesbyfogandwatervaporwhenitiscold,whichcanbedividedintogranularandcrystalline.Thegranularrimestructureiscompact,formingaverysmalliceblock,whilethecrystallinerimestructureislooseandlargeflake.TherimeinJiliniscrystalline.ItisformednaturallyintheuniquegeographicalenvironmentofJilinCity.15kilometersuptheSonghuaRiverfromtheurbanareaofJilinProvinceistheplumphydropowerstation.Inwinter,theriverwaterpassesthroughthewaterturbineunits,andthewatertemperaturerisesandbecomeshot.Everywinter,thereisstill4℃waterflowingfromthewaterturbineunits.Theriverwatercarriesalargeamountofheatenergy,formingawonderlandwheretheSonghuaRiverflowsslowlythroughtheurbanareafordecades.Fromthesurfaceofthewatercontinuouslysteamingoutwatervapor,thewholeriverwhitefogTengteng,foralongtimedoesnotdissipate.Alongtheriverbank,therearemanypinesandwillows.Undercertainpressure,temperature,winddirectionandotherconditions,thetranspirationfogontheriversurfacecondensesintoafoggrave
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Towatchrime,weshouldpayattentionto"watchingfogatnight,watchinghanginginthemorning,andenjoyingfallingflowersnearnoon".
"Watchingfogatnight"istowatchthefogsceneontheriverontheeveofrimeformation.Ataboutteno'clockinthenight,therebegantobewispsoffogontheSonghuaRiver,andthenitbecamebiggerandthicker.Largegroupsofwhitefogrolledupfromtheriverandwanderedtobothsidesoftheriver.
"Morningwatchhanging"istogetupearlytowatchthetreehanging.ThedarktreesontheBankofthetenliRiverturnedsilverovernight.Willowsarelikejadebrancheshangingdown,andpineneedlesarelikesilverchrysanthemumsinfullbloom.
"Enjoythefallingflowersnearnoon"referstothescenewhenthehangingtreesfalloff.Generallyatabout10am,thehangingtreesbegintofalloffonebyone,andthentheyfalldowninclusters.Thesilverflakesfalloffintheairwhenthebreezeblows.Thebrightsunlightshinesonthem,andcolorfulsnowcurtainsareformedintheair.
Itissaidthatalongtimeago,therewasanoldmotherbytheSonghuaRiver.Herhusbanddiedearly.Sheraisedherthreedaughtersandworkedhardtoearnmoneytosupporttheirchildren.Astimewentby,thethreedaughtersgrewupandmarriedoutoneafteranother.Afterthethreedaughtersgotmarried,theoldmother,whowaslonelyandold,couldnotwork,soshehadtotaketurnstolivewithherthreedaughtersThethreedaughterswereunfilialandpushedtheoldmotheraroundlikearubberball.Oneday,onthewaytothethirddaughter'shouse,theelderdaughterandtheseconddaughterroaredinthecoldwind.Themoreshethoughtaboutit,themoresadshewas.Herwhitehairandtearsflutteredwiththewind,hangingonthetreestoformice.Peoplelookedatthesilverbranchesandcouldn'thelpthinkingofherheadSilverhair,butalsoincreasethehatredofunfilialdaughter.