202507Dandong: A trip to gaze directly at the border of North Korea📍Yalu River Pier 1 Cruise

How can you miss the Yalu River when you come to Dandong? I chose to take a cruise from Pier 1. The one-way ticket cost 60 yuan, less than NT$300, but I bought a rare geopolitical experience - the sense of distance of standing in the gap of history and seeing a closed world. Not long after the boat started, the buildings on the shore quickly retreated, and the view turned, and we had come to the "water border" between China and North Korea. Unlike the DMZ in South Korea, you don't need expensive tour groups or telescopes to clearly see North Korean villages, soldiers and hanging slogans with your naked eyes. Even when you open Google Maps, the location point has quietly slipped into North Korea - at that moment, the gray area between technology and politics makes people a little surprised and a little funny. According to the simple explanation, the border crossing line in this area has not been clearly divided since ancient times. Sometimes the direction of the river and the establishment of the dock determine who is stationed here. This river is not just a river, it is a historical dividing line and a watershed of fate. On the way back, the boat also thoughtfully arranged a free guided tour. However, the guide spoke in a flat tone and expressionless face throughout the whole process, as if he had said it thousands of times. At the end, he smiled and said: "I work part-time in a public institution, and the price will not be low~" To be honest, that tone is a bit familiar to me. After all, I usually sell insurance in bank channels, and this routine sales talk is too familiar (laugh). After the tour, she started to sell "North Korean currency sets" - although I didn't buy them, this small souvenir limited to the border still makes people feel the fun of walking on the line. This cruise trip is not long, but it is enough to make people go from "imagination of looking at the map" to "reality seen with their own eyes". In the gap between the world, a ship crossed the history and the present, the wind blew on the face, leaving behind an endless travel story. #Dandong #Yalujiang #North Korea #Border #North Korean Border #Northeast #Liaoning Province