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Willettsworld Says: 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...
Willettsworld Says: 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...
mke1963 Says: 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...
Willettsworld Says: 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...
Willettsworld Says: This tiny temple is located to the west of Five Dragon Pool Park along a very busy road. The temple is dedicated to Guandi, the Taoist God of War and is free to go inside.
Willettsworld Says: 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.
Willettsworld Says: 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...
Willettsworld Says: 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...
ellyse Says: 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.
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hooiluangoh Says: 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...
Hotel Sofitel Silver Plaza Jinan
1 Review and 501 Opinions The deco is a little old, but this is a standard international hotel living up to the international...
Home Inn (Jinan Beiyuan Street)
1 Review and 165 Opinions Home Inns are fairly cheap mid-range, no-frills type chain of hotels found all over China and each...
Taisheng Fanzhuang: Good budget place for local food
ellyse Says: Good local food at reasonable budget prices. Stir-fried li3 ji1 shreds (chao3 li3 ji1 si1, 18 RMB): one of the dishes that you'll see on every table in this restaurant, very tender shreds of meat.Pu3 cai4 (a kind of vegetable) in milky broth (nai3 tang1 pu3 cai4, 14 RMB): a...
Shao4 Shan1 Chong1 (Hunan food): Pickled chilli pepper steamed fish
hooiluangoh Says: The deco is contemporary Asian. From the outside the Chinese characters shao shan chong perch above the roof. So you can't miss it.Menu in Chinese only. Don't just get frustrated because the names are all accompanied with pictures of the dishes. Well, then again, you might...
Ya Ma Dun Tang: Cantonese food in Jinan
hooiluangoh Says: You get good double-boiled soup, and glutinous rice & chicken wrapped in lotus leaves.Typical fast-food setting. A few chicks and ducks and char-xiu hang by the display window.All dishes are meant to serve an obese American - HUGE. Order the soup of the day for RMB12 and it...
Parkway - at Isetan Jinan: Malaysian/Singapore food
hooiluangoh Says: The chicken rice is close to the version we get at home (ie Malaysia).The mince meat noodle soup is superb.The ice kacang is lousy thought, the shaved ice is not nearly fine enough.But to sum it up, If you misse Malaysian/Singaporean food, go there. Mince meat noodle soup,...
ellyse Says: Taxi flagfall is 7.5 RMB, meter rate is 1.5 RMB/km. Not a bad way to get around town if you're in a hurry. Taxi from train station to the restaurant mentioned in restaurant tips section cost about 10 RMB.
ellyse Says: Bus Tai'an -- Jinan could arrive at any of the 6 (?) long-distance bus stations in Jinan so make sure you know which one you're going to. There seems to be more than 1 long-distance bus station in Tai'an, a little confusing. Ours cost 17 RMB, arrived in 1.5 hours at the...
ellyse Says: There's a KFC next to the long-distance bus station (opposite Jinan train station), clean squat toilets in the basement.Chinese-language Jinan map available at a newspaper stand near Jinan train station for an asking price of 5 RMB, bargainable to 4.5 RMB.
someguy3ca Says: Jinan is the friendliest place in China. I worked in a computer company there and loved it. Some of the best places to eat are the little not so clean restaurants on the street. The local beer there (Bat-to-shan) is good.
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This tiny temple is located to the west of Five Dragon Pool Park along a very busy road. The temple is dedicated to Guandi, the Taoist God of War and is free to...
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Q: I stayed in Shandong hotel last time? is there any cheaper hotel there? andy
A: Can you tell us which city?
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Visiting Jinan successfully is not easy, and although there is a lot to see in this capital of Shandong province, I had a frustrating visit. Jinan's potential is obvious: it has a very long and...
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Striding the Yellow River in the north and against Mount Tai in the south, Jinan has been renowned throughout history. As a time-honored city, Jinan has become a window of the Chinese history, through...
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I've got some interesting experiences in Jinan. I'd love to share with you the 5 tips I've written, the 4 photos uploaded, and 0 travelogues I've created.
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The city sits on mineral springs
It was walled before. Ji - an ancient Chinese river. No longer exist. Its path taken over by the Yellow River. Nan - South The city is perched on the southern side of the Ji River.
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Jinan is the capital city of the eastern province of Shandong. The city is located in north-western Shandong about 400 kilometres (250 miles) south of the national capital of Beijing. I came here,...
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