The largest tributary of the [[黑龙江|黑龍江|hei1 long2 jiang1]], flowing through Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces and the city of [[哈尔滨|哈爾濱|ha1 er3 bin1]]

preserved egg made by curing a duck or chicken egg in a mixture of salt, lime, clay, and wood ash; named for the pine-needle-like patterns that appear on the egg white.