When you arrive at the Old City of Hetu Ala, a place that is always blanketed in white snow in winter, some old objects commonly seen in the old days in Northeast China, such as old-style chimneys, cradles, paper-cuts for window decoration, Wanzi Kang (Kang is a kind of heatable brick bed in Northern China, and small-bowled long-stemmed pipes, may remind you of many childhood memories, as if an invisible hand turned the clock back.

This is the birthplace of Nurhachi, the first leader of the Qing Dynasty. Wandering around in the old city, you may stumble upon several promotional signs of the Manchu language standing on the snowy ground. Learn some idiomatic expressions in the Manchu language before you pay a visit to the Former Residence of Qing Taizu (the temple title of Nurhachi) , and a strong sense of nostalgia may well up in your heart as you recall the past in the light of the present.