Yalu River Bridge 鸭绿江大桥 Sunset
My driver/tour guide continued to show my around the Yalu River, primarily to introduce the mysterious town across the river named Manp’o 满浦. As he was decribing the lives of the people on the other side, it became more and more clear that the people of China have a much better life. For all the flak that the Chinese government has been getting, there is no denying the fact that they managed to uplift the lives of hundreds of millions of Chinese. Don’t believe me, just take a look across the river.
Rock With Yalu River Bridge 鸭绿江大桥 Inscribed on It
He then brought me near a bridge which crosses the Yalu River, this is the Yalu River Bridge 鸭绿江大桥. This is the bridge to legally go to North Korea and vice versa. As my guide explained, there are a lot of ethnic Koreans in Ji’an and Jilin province as a whole so it is not surprising to have people crossing the border every now and then. The Chinese side of the bridge is intimidating and anyone thinking of sneaking across this bridge would have to think twice.
Bridge to North Korea 朝鲜 Across the Yalu River 鸭绿江
He then pointed me towards the town once more and pointed out a series of white blocks on the mountainside. I couldn’t really see what was written on them, maybe I wouldn’t have been able to anyway since it was most probably in Korean. Apparently, it wrote something about the Dear Leader Kim Il Sung, in typical North Korean fashion. I don’t know what they intend to tell the Chinese from that sign, but I don’t think the Chinese care much about it.
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