Golmin Salggiyan

Golmin Salggiyan is the Manchu name for the Changbai Mountains, a great wooded range whose heights give rise to rivers flowing toward the Amur and the Yalu. The mountain held a special place in the traditions of the Qing ruling house. The Manchu Veritable Records described a lake upon its summit and rivers issuing from the mountain. Qing officials and their guides later traveled into this difficult country to investigate the mountain and its sacred associations.