Baotu Spring Scenic Area is located in the downtown area of Jinan, and it is also called the three major scenic spots in Jinan together with Qianfo Mountain and Daming Lake in Jinan.

Baotu Spring is the main landscape of the park. The spring is divided into three streams, crystal clear, spewing day and night, and the water depth reaches several feet at full time. There are more than 30 famous springs near Baotu Spring, such as Jinxianquan, Shuyuanquan, Xibo Spring, Liuxuquan, Huanghua Spring, Dukangquan and Bailongquan, which constitute Baotu Spring Group.

The south gate of the park is resplendent and graceful, and the horizontal plaque "Baotu Spring" on the door is written in gold on a blue background, which is the imperial pen of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty and is known as the "first gate" of China gardens.

2. Daming Lake

Remember the summer by Daming Lake? Yes, this is Daming Lake.

It integrates waterscape, garden landscape and ancient architecture, and is known as "the first spring lake in China".

Known as "one pavilion, three gardens, four temples, six islands, seven bridges and ten pavilions on the third floor", it has the famous 16 Huming Lake view to enjoy.

Besides walking, cruise ships are also a good choice to visit Daming Lake. It's easy to row a boat on Daming Lake. Don't miss the sightseeing.

There are occasional exhibitions of winter jasmine, orchids and bonsai every year; Recommend the Lotus Show. The flowering period is about July1May-August 3 1.

3. Qianfo Mountain Scenic Area

Together with Baotu Spring and Daming Lake, it is also called "the three famous scenic spots in Jinan"; It's the remnant vein of Mount Tai. The mountain is not high, but the peaks are undulating and the trees are lush.

There are nearly 30,000 Buddha statues in the Wanfo Cave, and the largest reclining Buddha is 28 meters long. There are exquisite murals in the cave, which shows the profound Buddhist cultural connotation.

Qianfo Mountain generally climbs from the north gate, and generally reaches the top of the mountain in less than 1 hour, overlooking the panoramic view of Jinan city.

Temple fairs are held every year on the third day of March and the ninth day of September, lasting for one week; You can see performances such as gongs and drums, martial arts and Shandong Kuaishu.

4. Black Tiger Spring

There are natural caves where the boulder lies, such as tigers hidden deep, and the spring sounds like tigers whistling, so it is called Black Tiger Spring.

Black Tiger Spring is magnificent, and its inflow is second only to Baotu Spring, ranking second among all springs in Jinan.

Many citizens take water here, and the water quality is clear. Bees might as well try the spring water here.

5. quancheng square

Quancheng is another name for Jinan. The design of the whole square closely revolves around the theme of "spring", and the shape of the word "spring" is located in the center.

In the middle of the Lotus Music Fountain in the east of the square is a lotus statue. Fountains will change different shapes, each lasting about 30 minutes.

There is a Ginza Shopping Plaza underground in quancheng square, not far from Furong Snack Street. It is a good choice to come here for leisure at night.

6. Wulongtan Park

Located outside the west gate of the old city of Jinan, Baotu Spring is in the south and Daming Lake is in the north. There are many famous springs around the pool, forming the Wulongtan Spring Group.

The main landscape is named after Wulongtan. It is said that Wulongtan was the residence of Qin Qiong, a hero of Sui and Tang Dynasties. Later, it fell and sank due to heavy rain, and became the Wulongtan today.

The garden style has the essence of north-south gardening, consisting of pools, streams, ports and other landscapes, and 27 spring pools around the spring group are connected into one.

The scenic spots and historical sites and newly-built landscapes in the park include: the site of Qin Qiong's former residence, the former site of the leading organs of Shandong Province of the Communist Party of China, and the Shi Ming Pavilion.

7. Qushuiting Street

Qushuiting Street is a famous old street with historical and cultural characteristics in Quancheng Jinan.

On one side is an old house with blue bricks and red tiles, and on the other side is a leisurely flowing spring. People on the street wash clothes here, which makes the old street full of vitality.

At present, it still completely retains the spring city style of "every spring, every family hangs the sun" in Lao Can's travel notes.

8. Catholic Church

Twin Towers Gothic architecture, Jinan is also the largest Catholic church in East China and one of the three famous Catholic churches in China.

This building is magnificent. So magnificent and solemn. Compared with many Christian churches and Catholic churches in Qingdao, it is by no means inferior.

The space of the church is very large, with windows on all sides, and the afternoon sunshine passes through it, which conforms to the sense of ritual in religious places and has a sense of spiritual purification.

9. Furong Street

Furong Street is named after the Lotus Spring on the street, which is located in the Pearl Spring. Some people say that "even if you have never been to Furong Street in Jinan, you have never been to Jinan". This old street in the old city of Jinan is famous for its distinctive folk traditions and various special snacks.

Here, you will see that Furong Street is always crowded with people every holiday. This street, which is neither wide nor long, not only gathers many local delicacies, but also has a wide variety of small shops on both sides of the street. Walking among them, you can also appreciate the folk houses in the old city of Jinan and feel the ancient culture of Jinan. Of course, most tourists still come for snacks. If you are a foodie, don't miss it.

10 Shandong Museum

Shandong Museum, located in the east of Jinan, is the earliest provincial-level comprehensive geography museum established in China, covering an area of 34,000 square meters and a building area of 2 1000 square meters. Up to now, there are more than 6,543,800 cultural relics and nearly 10,000 natural specimens in the collection, and the exhibition categories are very rich. Magnificent and elegant architecture embodies the combination of national style and modern art and has become a major landscape of Jinan, a famous historical and cultural city in China. Here, you can see a large number of ancient ceramics, bronzes, ancient paintings and calligraphy, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Han stone reliefs and other cultural relics. Among them, the red pottery beast-shaped pot unearthed from Dawenkou site, the jade jade of Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty and Lu in Warring States, the bamboo slips of Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's Art of War, and the murals of Dongping Han Tomb are all treasures of the town museum, which are very rare, but only occasionally exhibited. There are souvenir shops and cafes on the first floor of the museum, which can provide simple meals; There is a water dispenser on each floor to provide boiling water. If you are tired of visiting, there are many rest seats in the museum to rest your feet.

1 1. The moat around the mountain park

Jinan Huancheng Park is built along the moat, with a total length of 6.26 kilometers. The park is mainly composed of three parts: first, the East Moat, a four-season garden scenic spot dominated by plant landscape, is divided into four areas: spring, summer, autumn and winter; The second is the West Moat, with the May 3rd Flower Memorial Garden in the south and Chunxi Landscape Garden in the north. Third, the eastern section of the south moat is a spring stone garden dominated by Black Tiger Spring.

12. Jiurushan Waterfall Scenic Area

JiuRushan Waterfall Group Scenic Area is a national AAAA-level scenic spot and national forest park, located in Xiying Town, Jinan City, Shandong Province. It is the source of Jinxiuchuan Reservoir, one of the birthplaces of 72 springs in Quancheng, and Jiuruting Waterfall, one of the new eight scenic spots in Quancheng, is also among them. The scenic spot covers an area of 36 square kilometers, creating the core landscape of "mountains, waterfalls, stacks, streams and pools" and forming a rare and unique large-scale natural ecological landscape in northern China.

The whole scenic spot is divided into six areas: Qingquan Waterfall Area, Canyon Adventure Area, Children's Recreation Area, Jianghu Cultural Area and Alpine Resort Area. There are many mountain springs in the scenic area, and there are large waterfall communities in Shandong Province. Springs, waterfalls and pools in China are all connected by wooden plank roads, and there are scattered large European wooden houses in China, which are mountainous.

13. Jiefang Pavilion

Jiefang Pavilion is a famous scenic spot in Jinan, located in the southeast corner of the former old city wall of Jinan, on the east side of Black Tiger Spring, facing Black Tiger Spring across the moat. Classical architecture in China is adopted, with golden glazed tiles and granite veneer for external use. The exhibition hall is divided into two floors, surrounded by squares. The lower floor is surrounded by cloisters, connected by Baoxia and the pavilion. There are landscapes, flowers, fish and insects, birds and animals in the gallery. Outside the gallery, there is a platform surrounded by a stone fence. Upstairs, there are pointed roofs, upturned horns and double eaves, fighting arches, animals blowing kisses and the singing of wind chimes. The whole building is resplendent and magnificent.

At the same time, Jiefang Pavilion is one of the bases of patriotism education in Jinan. Standing on the Jiefang Pavilion, people can not only mourn the heroic achievements of the martyrs, but also overlook the lush Nanshan, which is refreshing. Looking down, your Excellency, the black tiger spring hidden in the shade is particularly enchanting, and the flowing spring is like a beautiful hymn, which is refreshing.

14. Pearl Spring

Pearl Spring is one of the four famous springs in Jinan (Baotu Spring, Black Tiger Spring, Pearl Spring and Wulongtan). Located in the south of Daming Lake Park, Shandong Provincial People's Congress Courtyard (also known as Pearl Spring Courtyard) was once the residence of Shandong Governor in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Compared with Baotu Spring where tourists are weaving, the courtyard where Pearl Spring is located is much quieter. It is very pleasant to come here to enjoy spring and take a walk. Let's take a look at Pearl Spring. Pearl spring water is as clear as blue. Standing on the floating pavilion on the south bank of the pool, you can see a string of white bubbles gushing from the bottom of the pool not far away, floating like pearls, so it is called "Pearl Spring". Legend has it that the string of "pearls" in the Pearl Spring was melted by the tears of Shun's two concubines. There are many fish in the spring pool (most of the fish in Jinan spring water are brocade scales), which shows great vitality. You can also see good people feeding them with big white steamed bread. Compared with Daming Lake, it is really a paradise for fish.

15. Li Qingzhao Memorial Hall Li Qingzhao Memorial Hall is located by the spring of the Academy. Built in 1959 and expanded in 1999, covering an area of more than 4,000 square meters. It is a typical building in Song Dynasty, absorbing the essence of Suzhou gardens. Including 15 group of buildings, such as Yinfengge, Wenshuzhai, Tang Shuyu, Haitangxuan, Yanqin Ningxiang, Beilang and Yi 'an Building. There are beautiful cornices, rich and varied mansions hanging on mountains, jagged cloisters, lush flowers and trees in the courtyard, flying pavilions and waterfalls, and different exhibition rooms, which show the great achievements and rich lives of a generation of poets from different levels such as pictures, texts, images, books and paintings.

16. Kuanhouli

Jinan Kuankuanli and Shimao Kuankuanli, located in the core area of quancheng road, Jinan and Kuankuansuo Street, old Jinan, are century-old historical blocks of Qilu land built by Shimao in the city center, which continue the traditional vocabulary of old Jinan architecture and folk customs. Mao talks with the street, rivers share with the city, rivers echo with the city, springs blend, and history and modernity blend.

17. Hong

Red is "the source of springs, the hometown of clouds, the world of flowers, the ocean of forests, and a paradise for leisure and vacation". Unique wild cotinus coggygria forest, with red leaves all over the mountains in late autumn, forms a unique natural landscape.

There are four seasons in a valley in Hongguye, and the four seasons have different days. In spring, peanut trees and warblers fly everywhere, and hearts, Pak Lei and forsythia are dotted in a vibrant mountain forest; In summer, there is a lush heart in the valley, the waterfalls are swift, the mountain wind is cool, the depth of field in the valley is very long, and the water is flowing: in autumn, the mountains are red and the forest is dyed, which is beautiful; In winter, it is snowy, the trees are full of flowers, and the sunshine is pure and bright.

18. Shandong University

Shandong University is a well-known comprehensive university with a long history in China and one of the key institutions of higher learning directly under the Ministry of Education of China. Its predecessor was 190 1, the official Shandong University Hall founded in Jinan in the 27th year of Guangxu reign of Qing Dynasty. Since its establishment, Shandong University has experienced two historical stages: semi-colonial and semi-feudal society and socialist society, from the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China to People's Republic of China (PRC). During the period, it was renamed many times, and there were many changes such as closure, reconstruction, joint school and relocation. It absorbed various universities in different periods and also divided into more than a dozen colleges and universities.

19. Lingyan Temple

Lingyan Temple in Jinan is a national scenic spot and a Buddhist holy place. Founded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it has a history of 1600 years.

Stop at Lingyan Scenic Area, and you will see mountains and steep rocks there. White pool is beautiful, and spring is sweet and fragrant; There are many historical sites and many Buddhist sounds. There are not only towering Pizhi pagodas, but also grotesque iron cassocks. There are also ship halls in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and colored clay arhats in the Song Dynasty. There are also natural wonders such as "Spring Dawn in the Mirror Pool", "Castle Peak" and "Clear Cave and Snow". Therefore, Wang Shizhen, a writer in the Ming Dynasty, said that "Lingyan is the most secluded place on the back of Mount Tai, and it is not impossible not to visit Mount Tai in Lingyan".

20. Chao Ran Building

Chaoran Building, built in Yuan Dynasty, is divided into seven floors, with a magnificent momentum, and is known as "the first building in Jiangbei".

There are "the first woodcarving in Jiangbei" which is 8 meters high, "Wan" which has been circulated for nearly a hundred years, the original works of leading figures in Shandong painting and calligraphy circles in the 1950s and 1960s, and extremely precious ancient rubbings.

Transcending architecture is also the main content of Daming Lake expansion and reconstruction project, which mainly displays Jinan Quancheng culture, urban garden culture and national culture of old Jinan.