Jinan is the capital of Shandong Province, which is the birthplace of Qilu culture, has a variety of natural springs, famous for water and springs in the world, the people and the city are permeated with an aura that carries the favor of the gods, the following is to share with you Jinan Travel Tips for Four Days.
Jinan city gives me an easy-going and clean feeling.
The two natural wonders of the world's first spring and the Five Mountains are both located in the place known as the world's spring city, the city can not have the spirit?
This time to live in Furong Street next to the lotus hall hostel, decoration random retro, the boss lady is very good, the night and the south and north of the lady chatting with each other postcards, at night you can hear someone play the guitar in the courtyard. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm sure I'll be able to.
Hotang
Hotang
This trip to Jinan **** four days, itinerary:
Day 1: Furong Street → Wangfuji Pond → Qushuting Street → Daming Lake → Baotu Springs → Pearl Springs → Springs Plaza
The next day: the five dragon pools → the Grand View Garden → Daimiao Temple → Mount Tai (Red Gate Night Climbing Route )
Third day: Mount Tai (Tiancandle Peak route)
Fourth day: Heihuquan Spring Spring Group→Jiefangge→Kuanhouli
『Sightseeing Spots』
"Mount Tai"
The Five Mountains of the world
Five unique mountains
Tai Shan fame is too big, I specially split two days to climb, the second day I took the train at noon to go to Tai'an, high-speed rail only takes seventeen minutes, the Tai'an station is so broken that I can't even find the bus stop
At the Red Gate and a sister in Tai'an climbed to talk to her about the place, to the effect of Tai'an-
"So poor, but we have a mountain. So chaotic, but we have a mountain. So inferior, but we have a mountain. What do you care about us, we have a mountain anyway."
Red Gate
Tai Shan has three routes to climb the mountain, the most classic route: Red Gate → eighteen plates → South Heavenly Gate → Jade Emperor Peak Route, which is also the only route that can be climbed at night. The most primitive and rustic route: North Heavenly Gate→Hou Shi Wu→Tian Candle Peak→Dragon Ridge, with the least development full of primitive forests. The most energy-saving route: Peach Blossom Valley → Black Dragon Pool → Baizhang Cliff → White Dragon Pond route, this route has a cable car, and can be self-driving.
I plan to climb up the mountain from the red door night to see the sunrise after descending from the sky candle peak. The general climb up to the death of the heart have basically take the cable car down, but the night climb a black along the way can not see anything, in order not to miss the majestic scenery of Mount Tai, I am ready to climb down from the Tiancandle Peak route.
Mount Tai
In this wait until 8:30 p.m. to start climbing, bought a hiking stick, bamboo, two dollars, things did not carry a lot of water do not need to bring more mountain five dollars two bottles more (Raiders have been done enough), climb to the back of the tired can not wait to throw the shoes, not to mention the water. Need a flashlight, Taishan on a street lamp are not, night climbing black reach out.
Shopping Street
There are a lot of people climbing at night, and it's very dark, so you can't see anything but your head, and there's a brightly lit area on the road that sells fruits and poles at regular intervals. In this kind of quiet only the insects chirping in the dark night deep mountain, there is a light place is very friendly.
There are also temples at intervals along the road where you can burn incense.
Central Heavenly Gate
Climbed about two hours to the Central Heavenly Gate, the two hours I sweat on the body has been wet clothes, to the Central Heavenly Gate prices rose bananas and apples on the sale of each, there are also rented coats, but the South Heavenly Gate also have, the heart of the rent in the Central Heavenly Gate and then have to hold a smell of copper is also heavy to the death of the coats to continue to climb the people.
Eighteen plates, but also the steepest part of the journey, *** count 1633 levels, after the South Heavenly Gate. This section is so steep that the stairs can not step on the whole foot, I climbed less than four minutes to stop and rest for a while.
To this vertical height of 400 meters, the basic people are not much temper and image, horizontal and vertical lying sleeping and resting have, sit down gently back a lean I can lie on the stairs. I can see the stars without tilting my head. People around the fragmented footsteps and cane touching the ground sound three by three from my ears, surrounded by black others can not see me, I continue to lie down and look at the stars for a long time.
Tianjie
At 1:00 a.m., I reached the South Heavenly Gate. Here all over the people lying asleep ready to go to see the sunrise the next day, the mountain wind is very cold, I rented a military coat intermittent sleep until 3:30, and then from the Tianjie up towards the sun peak to continue to climb. Earlier to occupy a rock to see the sunrise.
3:50
4:20
4:40
Unfortunately, it was raining that day, and the clouds were thicker, so the sunrise and the sea of clouds weren't obvious. But still shocked by the beauty of this strange, hundreds of people watching the sun peak was silent.
Sunrise
Many monuments on the mountain, many of the stone inscribed with red lacquer characters, the most domineering nature is the Jade Emperor Peak "five mountains alone.
So far, I climbed to the top of Mount Tai.
The Five Mountains
Back to the South Heavenly Gate to eat breakfast and rest ready to go downhill.
Tiancandle Peak route has not been developed much, not even a road sign, a ropeway uncle gave me directions.
Houshiwu Ropeway
The uncle: "You want to go to Tiancandle Peak? No, I mean that part is a bit remote and less crowded. Oh getting lost won't be a problem, it's just that the path is narrow, so be careful."
Hou Shi Wu
Indeed is the most simple and natural route, on the road, a large area of primitive forests and magnificent rocks, along the way, the pile of rocks, the formation of stone rivers, stone sea, stone forests, as well as the strange shape of the strange knot of the pine, the humid earthy air of the mountain forests, the ethereal birdsong, these rhythms of nature is incomparable and harmonious formation of the scrolls in general wondrous scenery.Along the way
The broken and irregular shapes and colors are not rich, but they fit together beautifully. This is a feeling that I can't paint with many paintings, and it's an honor to see this miracle of creation and natural wonders with my own eyes.
Along the way
To the stone sea, the mountain is located in a small stone pavilion, the left side of the small sky candles, go in to sketching by resting, this time suddenly started the mountain fog, floating white fog to the naked eye visible speed of the peaks and pines are covered, the air more and more humid. I was in the pavilion and dared not go out. It took about an hour for the fog to recede, and at the same time the thunder rang out, so I packed up my painting gear and continued on my way. Remained some thin as a ribbon of fog wobbly set in the mountains, stone steps pine trees in the fog became hazy, like a fairyland. I can see with my own eyes this fog up and fog out spectacle is really a good thing.
Small Sky Candle
Small Sky Candle
Photographing suddenly felt something fall on my head, look up and was dropped a face of pine cone skin. A squirrel was right above me, munching on a pine cone. It was jumping between the pine trees with the sound of the wind breaking, full of aura?
Squirrel
I walked through the stone steps, climbed over the rocks, crossed the mountain stream, stepped over the slope, this primitive route has not been developed completely, many places have not been repaired completely, often appear to break the road and then in front of the road and then renewed, a number of times I feel that the front of the road, and then found that there is a road. The only sound in the huge mountain is the sound of "empty - empty" when my broken bamboo walking stick is stationed there. I'm not distracted, so when I get tired, I sit down and dip my hand in the rain to draw, and then I take a break and continue along the winding road.
No one on the road, it seems that the whole forest is mine, I stop and go at my own pace, sitting on the ground, along the way to see the wonders of the scenery can slowly enough.
Big Sky Candle
The seven-hour mileage was a stop-and-go affair, with stops to gaze at the beauty of nature at every turn. I walked past the towering Tiancandle Peak, the deep blue picturesque Skyworks, the distinctive ridge of the Dragon's Ridge, the vast forest baths of jade, the rare slope of the good man, and the cranes flying down the valley, only to feel what it is like to be on earth.
Wangtiange
Dragon's Ridge
Noon time began to rain, soft legs I wore into the wet soil of the shoes on the bamboo cane like a beggar, in the rain finally arrived at the ceremony of sealing Zen, down the mountain.
The foot of Mount Tai
Summary, in addition to shock, probably is afraid of it. I know that the Candlewick route is less crowded, and it's okay that I like it less crowded, but I didn't realize that I only met six people in seven hours, and three of them started hiking when I got to the foot of the mountain, and the guardrail on the road wasn't repaired, and there were a few sections of the road that were broken off to the back of the road to be renewed. However, there is really no turning back to climb Mount Tai, and I can only carefully grope my way down the mountain, but I'm glad to be safe and sound.
As for the mountaineering night climb unknowingly dumped a lot of people, which there is a section only I climbed alone, too dark and too quiet. I could hear my clothes rubbing and the soles of my shoes hitting the ground. I have never been afraid of anything weird since I was 18 years old, but at that moment, I was scared. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get a good look at this, but I'm sure I'll be able to get a good look at it.
Top of the Jade Emperor
This is about more than ten hours of solitude in the mountains and trekking, the road to the wonders of the magnificent scenery so that I return to the basics, the state of mind and the body seems to have been sublimated, I cherish life and love of life
After seeing the miracle of those natural Creator, all the small worries are no longer exist, can walk for seven hours to go down from the guardrail have not been repaired the mountain road alive! I don't think that's a big deal anymore.
"Baotu"
Baotu
Baotu is known as "the world's first spring" Baotu, the water is as clear as a mirror, the first time I saw I was stunned, the size of the springs in the koi in the hundreds, such as orange ruby and obsidian lining the pool, the smallest is as big as the palm of your hand, none of which are The smallest is as big as the palm of your hand, and none of them are sick and miserable, and the blue and green water of the spring complements each other. Only Jinan's springs can produce so many koi, right?
Baotu
Baotu There are three springs, spring water gushing out to form fountains, there are many small springs from time to time to shake on a string of bubbles. Lao She has written Baotu Baotu feeling -You stand still to see three minutes, you will feel the greatness of nature, so that you do not dare to look at the eyes again. Always so pure, always so lively, always so distinct, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, never tired, never retreat, just nature has such power!
Never again in this life will I see such a clear and beautiful spring.?
Seal Pool
There is also a seal pool at the surrounding springs, and the Jinan springs can keep even seals comfortable.
"Daming Lake"
Daming Lake
To this day, I am still talking about Xia Yuhe's Daming Lake, where I saw the most beautiful lotus flowers so far. The color is like a jade face, such as wine, such as sheep's fat and jade, the shape of the transparent like a cicada wing, open into an incomparable harmonious posture. The lotus leaves are connected into a piece, the lotus flower is independent of which.
Daming Lake
Daming Lake is very large, I walked around about four hours, in the middle of going to the super Ran Pavilion, where the display of wood carvings, stone carvings, clay sculptures, fossils, calligraphy and paintings, and so on. Here I am also the first time to see hollow wood carvings, the plane and three-dimensional combination, ingenious. The sixth floor offers a panoramic view of Lake Ming.Scenic Springs
Daming Lake
The Chaoran Pavilion
There are countless bridges and pavilions in Daming Lake, and every one of them has a beautiful name. Meixi Bridge, Shui Xiang Pavilion, Fish Island Sinking and Floating, Wenzhao Stage and so on.Crossing the bridge to see the lake, really enjoy.
Ningxue Bridge
Wulongtan Park has a lot of springs, Lianquan, ancient hot springs, crescent springs, gnarled brooks and other rising springs?
Lianquan
In addition to Baotu is probably the clearest spring water here, which is still countless koi carp, Jinan's fish is really the most I've seen so far, and will also leap the Dragon Gate.
You just look at the surface of the water, ah, suddenly there is a leap out, only for a moment, the tail and body bowed into the water again. The park has a bamboo pavilion and secluded paths. I can't get enough of the springs and the scenery.
Dai Temple
Located at the foot of Mount Tai, where Qianlong once lived, it carries a heavy history. Dai Temple is not as big as the Forbidden City, but there is a city wall around, I went when it was already almost evening there are very few people, walking on the wall of a person are not, very quiet, the wind also cooled down.
City wall
Lu Ban Hall, acacia tree hold son, in the bedchamber, copper pavilion and other historical sites.
I was struck by two 300-year-old ginkgo trees in the Central Bedchamber. The ginkgo tree grows very slowly, and there is a male grandson tree called, male seed grandson harvest, so these two have five people embrace so thick ginkgo tree, the world is rare.
Kylin's eye
With the Heavenly Gate
Purple Garden
Tanghuaiyuan
"Heihuquan"
Heihuquan is the world's second most famous springs, second only to Baotu, due to the Shuo wind blowing into the springs sound as a tiger whistling name. Here open, do not need to buy a ticket, the spring water is clear and clear, here belongs to the Baotu spring group, in addition to the Black Tiger Spring, there are white stone springs, nine women's springs, Pipa Springs, etc., where the springs can be directly drink.?
The water crowd
I just walked to the door and saw a lot of moncler jackets and women with water jugs picking buckets to go in and out, go in to realize that there are a lot of people in the Baishi Spring that direct water, I was incredibly excited to go and buy a bottle of water, and then poured it out. And then went to scoop the spring water?
White Stone Spring
After all, it's still an open-air spring surrounded by rocks and grass, and it's still a little nerve-wracking to drink it directly, but the water doesn't smell fishy at all, and the water is cool and sweet, so it's really quite nice to drink.
Pipa Spring
Nine Women's Spring
Heihuquan and other springs have their own special features, nine women's springs in a platinum dragon's whiskers koi, very rich in fairy, Heihuquan springs spring gushing overbearing, Pipa Spring water murmuring like a pipa YangYun.
"Liberation Pavilion"
Commemorating the history of the liberation of Jinan, however, as a liberal arts idiot I looked down the only thing I could think of was that "Zhou Enlai's handwriting was really good" and "the newspaper layout design of that period was really good.
Liberation Pavilion
Liberation Pavilion
"Qu Shui Ting Street"
Qu Shui Ting Street
Through the Qu Shui Ting Street is the Daming Lake, which is a quaint street that connects the East Huawuizi Street and the West Sidajie Street and other hutongs, and there are teahouses on one of the streets, where one can sit by the water and drink tea. After climbing Mount Tai back to rest on the night I nibbled on hawthorn cake in the surrounding hutongs of Qu Shui Ting Street around, quiet and comfortable atmosphere, the night breeze are gentle.?
"Pearl Spring"
Pearl Spring
Pearl Spring Spring is also one of the famous springs, but it is quite difficult to find. It is located inside the NPC Standing Committee, and I was afraid that the security guards would stop me when I went in.That time has been almost evening, the water printed with the sunset afterglow quiet as a picture, which is still very much koi, it seems that the famous springs and koi is supporting. Pearl Spring koi is very lively ah, there has been a leap Dragon Gate.
Pearl Spring
NPC Standing Committee of the environment is very good, small bridges, water, rockeries and willows have, evening is very quiet, suitable for a leisurely walk. There are a lot of adults with children to play, the deepest part also has a pentagonal spring.
NPC Standing Committee
"Kuanhouli"?
Kuanhouli
A vintage shopping street, neighboring World Trade Center and a bit larger than Furong Street, it has better architectural design, much larger storefronts, and many bars and cafes.
Quancheng Square
Quancheng Square
Quancheng Square is a landmark in Jinan, a stage for square dancers at night, and is surrounded by a shopping district. At night there is a musical fountain in the Lotus Pond.?
About this musical fountain I am very puzzled, it will actually spray to the outside of the guardrail I'm still very happy I grabbed the first row? I can't even squeeze in in Dalian lol
Quancheng Square
So the straight column of water in the center, yes, it hit me impartially. I was suddenly overwhelmed by the water when I took the picture. The eating crowd around me laughed uncontrollably, but to be honest, it was pretty smooth too...?
That's all the main attractions so far~ There are also a lot of unnamed springs and other sights along the way, which are beautiful and make up the soul of the city.
Baichao Dyeing
Dai Temple
Kuanhouli
Quancheng Square
--『Gourmet』
Jinan is a city with a rich cultural heritage and a long history, and there are many centuries-old restaurants, as well as a wide range of local specialties.
"Oil Xuan"
Oil Xuan Zhang
Jinan's famous food, deep-fried pasta shaped like a whirlpool, I went to the Grand View Garden to buy the most famous oil Xuan Zhang's oil whirlpool, although it is very famous, but it is a small stall, a fat uncle and his daughter-in-law together to sell the masters of the folk series. It is indeed delicious! The noodles are very strong and not very oily, and the scallion and flour aroma mix perfectly.
"National Football League stinky tofu"
National Football League stinky tofu
The name really is not high-level black, and do so famous on a variety of food programs do stink of a level, just the sauce has three kinds of stinky tofu deep-fried skin crispy trap soft rotten, poured with the sauce with shredded sour cabbage, very acceptable.
"Straw Buns Bun Shop"
Straw Buns Bun Shop
Longjing Pork
In the Baotu neighborhood, is also a century-old. Baozi have a lot of traps, a kind of trap and a lot of materials, I ordered Longjing pork (Longjing tea + pork) and vegetarian three fresh (carrots + fungus + vermicelli + egg), the skin tendons firm, a lot of traps flavor is also enough, the small one bun are very substantial, this trip is not a waste of time.
"Sweet Foam"
Sweet Foam
Jinan specialty! It's filled with crumbled noodles, seaweed, peanuts and leaves, and it's just totally salty, so why call it sweet foam? It's nice to drink hot in the morning, much better than the noodle tea you get in Beijing?
"Crispy biscuits"
Crispy biscuits
The next door sells crispy biscuits, there is a price of one piece, one piece, five or two pieces, the outer skin is so crispy that it falls off as soon as it is peeled off, and inside the hairy white flour with some pepper, sticky and tasty and the price of the cabbage.Sesame seed burrito
The burrito is crunchy, a little dry but with a great sesame flavor.
"Xuji Noodle House? ?
Ma Xiang Noodle
A noodle shop where the line goes out the door every time, and the Ma Xiang Noodle is the specialty. The northern noodle dish is really great, the noodles are al dente and flavorful, with minced meat and sesame-scented soup, it's satisfying to eat hot, but it's just too hot.
"Fresh thick fish noodle soup?" ?
Fresh Fish Noodle Soup
If the sesame noodles are heavy, this is a little fresher. Opened in the depths of Furong Street is more difficult to find, but the wine is not afraid of the deep alley, the taste is really worthy of the name, the boss is particularly good people also recommended that I come for the first time how to order, milky white fish soup is very fresh, the fish fillets are tender and delicate without thorns, you can choose to choose the udon noodles, ramen, powder three kinds of noodle base, as well as their special quality spicy sauce. It is a very nutritious and delicious dish.
"Soy bean fried yogurt?"
Mango Fried Yogurt
This store is amazing because the owner fried the yogurt not in chunks but in ice cream. The owner pours the yogurt down and keeps crushing and smoothing it to prevent it from solidifying, so that it can be fried into an ice-cream shape and then folded into bricks and cut into boxes, but this is very labor-intensive, and the owner's back is not good. The owner moved the store to a remote location, saying it was to keep business from getting too good
"Shing Wong Temple Shengjian?"
City God Temple Shengjian
This is really the best shengjian I've ever had! There are a lot of traps, crab roe, mustard greens, fresh meat, as well as pot stickers, Spanish mackerel, beef, and you can have as many as you want! Crab roe is really very good bite bite with crab roe and meat soup flow out, very fresh, Spanish mackerel pot stickers are also very good, Spanish mackerel pounded crushed trap is very sufficient, and the outside of the charred tender crust is a perfect match.
Submarine Hot Dogs?
Submarine Hot Dog
This is truly the best hot dog I've ever had! Classic a la carte sausage + tuna + sauce, there are a lot of sausage to choose from, I chose the Mexican chicken sausage and mayonnaise, originally I thought the chicken sausage should be the kind of bisquick, the result of the sausage inside is really runny delicate chicken, the bread is also very soft, with pickled cucumber and shredded lettuce and mayonnaise yummy called dad.
"Hawthorn cake?"
Hawthorn cake
Jinan is another specialty, hawthorn on a skewer. The other evening in the hutong slowly walking to see the street store put on the buy a popsicle to eat, sweet and sour, than the supermarket to sell a lot of fresh and delicious.
De Yuquan Yogurt
De Yuquan Yogurt
Every city seems to have its own yogurt, but why is it so much more expensive in Jinan than in Beijing?
"A water big cup of tea"
A water big cup of tea
Jinan opened everywhere a very cheap drink store, the price of pro-portion of touching, although the flavor is not too touching but also very affordable. The milk green jasmine is more favorable.
"Anjia Egg Tart"
Anjia Egg Tart
Said to be the best egg tart in Jinan? The highlight is that this store has tiramisu-flavored egg tarts, bought a taste, indeed, tiramisu cocoa aroma, but also the tenderness of the egg tart, but a little bit of oil, eat too much will be greasy.
"Winter and Summer Matcha"
Winter and Summer Matcha
This matcha dessert store is superb, the owner from Japan to study abroad to bring back the most positive matcha, to make the most positive matcha dessert in Jinan. The order matcha bamboo tube inside the matcha ice cream, matcha tea jelly, red bean paste, glutinous rice dumplings, corn flakes, and a cup of matcha honey, bamboo tube is a large portion of the matcha flavor is not sweet and greasy very pure. The design of the store is also very wabi-sabi, the environment is great.
Winter and summer matcha
This concludes my trip.
Previously, I was in a bad mood, and I thought it might be time to go on a trip to see the world. So I bought a plane ticket and put on my backpack and went to Jinan, a city with no subway, no light rail, and more bicycles and sheep than cars, and there are bicycles on the side of the road that can be ridden away by scanning the code. In this city I try to feel its essence and rhythm, rarely take public transportation, basically rely on walking, all the pretensions and distress on the way are step by step thrown behind, the more calm state of mind.
The world is too big, in addition to life and death, which is not idle.
If I don't become a human being in the next life, I would like to become a koi carp swimming in the spring water of Jinan, carefree and at ease.
Finally, I'd like to put a few sketches on the table, so that we can all live in our own poetic world.
Dragon Ridge
Daming Lake
Baotu