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After visiting some excellent provincial museums in other cities, (such as Chongqing and Wuhan, for example), this one was very poor with some only OK exhibits housed in an appalling and decaying museum miles away from the other sights in the city. Your only way of getting here is by taxi but I wouldn't bother as it's not worth your while visiting. There is another larger provincial museum just up the road which I didn't know anything about until I did some research on Jinan after I came back. It is located in the south of Jinan, at the intersection of Li Shan Road and Jing Shiyi Road, near the Thousand Buddha Hill.
Admission: Free
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Number 14 Jing Shiyi Road, Lixia District, Jinan.
Daming Lake is located to the north of the city centre and translates as "Lake of Great Light". The water from most of the springs in the city converge to form the lake where it then empties through the North Water Gate built during the Song dynasty (960-1279). The lake itself was recorded as early as 1,500 years ago in the Annotated Book of Waters by Li Daoyuan. In 1958 the Jinan government established a park around the lake which occupies 86 hectares. The lake measures 46 hectares with six islands and has an average depth of 2m.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
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It is not normal for me to suggest that a 'Must See' activity is a waste of time, but here goes....
This museum should be one of China's treasures, and indeed several guidebooks highly rate its collections.
The museum is in a poor state of maintenance, and is decaying. The exhibits are poorly labelled, very badly lit and objects are grouped together haphazrdly. there are no general explanations in Chinese or English, and the only English labelling is generally unhelpful. The museum fails to educate or inform, and was staffed by surly, rude security guards who followed me around very closely with their two-way radios crackling away at high volume. Four of the rooms were not open, including the Buddhist sculptures room (allegedly one of the stars).
If you already know about the Longshan/Dawenkou culture and have an understanding of Chinese bronzeware and the Shandong region Han tomb carvings, then it is definitely worth visiting. If you do not already have a good understanding, you will learn nothing here.
Unusually, photography is prohibited in the museum.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Wenhua Xilu
Phone: 0531 296 0284
This spring park lies just to the north of the Baotu Spring Park. Legend links the Five Dragon Pool to the Tang Dynasty general Qin Shubao, whose residence is said to have stood at the site. According to the legend, the spring pool formed after torrential rains and submersed Qin Shubao's home. The spring that supplies the water for the Five Dragon Pool belongs to a group of springs that also contains 28 other springs. The water originates from the deepest circulation of all the springs in Jinan.
Admission: RMB5
Written Jul 18, 2009
Address: No. 18 Kuangshi Street, Shizhong District
This mosque is located to the west of Baotu Spring Park and dates back to the late 13th century. The mosque is located in the Muslim area of the city where you can find lots of stalls and restaurants cooking up Muslim food.
Written Jul 18, 2009
Address: 47 Yongchang Jie.
This is the most famous set of springs in Jinan and are located in the centre of the city, across the road from Quancheng Square. The existence of the Baotu Spring has been dated back more than 3,500 years to the times of the Shang Dynasty. The spring is mentioned in the Spring and Autumn Annals, the official chronicle of the ancient State of Lu and one of the Five Classics of Chinese literature. The park is home to a cluster of about 20 named springs out of a total of 72 for which the city is famed. As well as the springs, there are a whole host of buildings including pavilions, halls and teahouses.
Admission: RMB 40.
Written Jul 18, 2009
This is a lovely, well designed rectagonal square known, in English, as Spring City Square. It's located right in the middle of the city, surrounded by tall office and hotel buildings. There's a musical fountain at its eastern end where water dances to western orchestral classics to the back-drop of a two-storey colonnade.
Written Jul 18, 2009
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The most famous spring in Jinan (known as "spring city"). There's also a museum about famous female Song-dynasty poet Li Qingzhao (a Jinan native) in the park.
Admission has risen to 40 RMB and some people feel that it's not worth the price though.
Written Jun 4, 2007
Jinan is known for its numerous springs. Much like Rome. The difference is while in Rome I saw most springs have been channelled into beautifully carved public taps which keep flowing, the springs remain as springs in Jinan. This Bao Tu Quan has water oozing from the eye and it thrills me to see this (April 2006).
It is unfortunate that the spring is now within the confines of a park, which costs RMB15 to enter. (you have to pay entrance ticket to almost every park in China)
Having paid a fee, the visitor would expect something out of it. So the response to that from the park authorities is to build a lot of "things" - souvenir shops, pavilions etc which to me destroy the very beauty of the park. But everybody's tastes differ, so I shouldn't really pass judgment.
The park is also houses a memorial to a very famous female poet by the name of Li Qing Zhao, a citizen of the Song dynasty (about 1000 years ago).
Written May 8, 2006
Address: across the street, west-end of Quan Cheng Square
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The Hong Jia building was built in 1905. This year is its century commemoration. It have come through too much. Hearing from old-timers, the Church had many steps what covered in soil already. Behind the church, there is bulge where is the location of holy place. In the past, the villagers around the building were living with the church in affinity. The church afford a place for their ablution, marriage, mass and so on.
Written Jan 3, 2005
Address: Hongjia building northroad, LiCheng, Ji'nan
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