2020 National Day Holiday Shijiazhuang Jinan Travel Notes

The 8-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday in 2020 is the first long holiday after the normalization of the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic. It is predicted that there will be a "blowout" in the domestic tourism market. We chose the relatively unpopular northern region and accompanied our parents to visit Shijiazhuang City in Hebei Province and Jinan City in Shandong Province. During the 4 days before and after, the itinerary was neither too fast nor too slow, the weather was neither too cold nor too hot, the attractions were neither too hot nor too hot, and there were not too many tourists. It was a relaxing and pleasant journey.

In Shijiazhuang City, we visited Zhengding Longxing Temple, Beimen Ruins Park, Shijiazhuang Liberation Memorial Hall, Dashi Bridge, Hebei Museum and other scenic spots. I feel that this "first city of the founding of the People's Republic of China" with a population of more than 10 million is quite low-key, and it is a bit lonely among the many dazzling provincial capitals.

In Jinan City, visited Shandong Museum, Quancheng Square, Baotu Spring Park, Wulongtan, Heihu Spring, Kuanhouli and other scenic spots. I feel that this historic city is not only a spring city, but also a flower city and a green city.

Shijiazhuang was founded in the early Ming Dynasty. It was originally the military village and official village of Zhengdingwei. After the Qing Dynasty abolished the military system of the Weisuo, it became a small village affiliated to Huolu County (now Luquan City) of Zhengding Prefecture. At the beginning of the last century, Beijing-Han Railway and Zhengtai Railway successively set up stations here, and gradually formed the prototype of the town. In 1925, it was renamed Shimen City. The People's Government was established in 1947, and it was the first large fortified city conquered by the People's Liberation Army. It was renamed Shijiazhuang City. In 1968, the provincial capital of Hebei Province finally "lost" Shicheng after several changes, opening a new chapter in urban development.

The territory is rich in tourism resources, with many scenic spots and historic sites. There is 1 national historical and cultural city, 13 national key cultural relics protection units, and 74 provincial key cultural relics protection units. Among them, Zhengding Buddha and Zhaozhou Bridge are both "North China Four Treasures" ( The other two are Cangzhou Lion and Dingzhou Tower).

Our first stop starts from Zhengding County, where Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport is located.

Zhengding, known as Changshan and Zhending in ancient times, is a famous national historical and cultural city. It was once called "Sanxiong Town in the North" together with Baoding and Beijing. Up to now, the stone forehead of "Sanguanxiong Town" is still embedded in the south gate. The long history has left many cultural relics and historic sites such as Longxing Temple, Linji Temple, Kaiyuan Temple, Tianning Temple and Guanghui Temple to the ancient city.

The greatest glory of Zhengding is that the supreme leader started his political career here.

【Zhengding Longxing Temple】

Longxing Temple, commonly known as the Great Buddha Temple, was first built in the sixth year of Kaihuang (586) in the Sui Dynasty. It was originally named Longzang Temple and was changed to Longxing Temple in Tang Dynasty. Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties had different degrees of reconstruction. In the forty-ninth year of Kangxi (1710), the forehead was awarded "Longxing Temple", which is still in use today. After the founding of New China in 1949, it was overhauled many times, and basically maintained the scale of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The temple is majestic and was once praised by the famous ancient architect Liang Sicheng as "the first famous temple outside Beijing". It is an important example for studying the architectural layout of Buddhist temples in the Song Dynasty. There are six "best in the country" in the collection of cultural relics: Mani Hall in Song Dynasty, Avalokitesvara sitting upside down on colorful hanging mountains, Zhuanlun Tibetan, Longzang Temple stele, bronze cast Avalokitesvara Buddha, and bronze cast Pilu Buddha.

Longxing Temple uses Tianwang Hall as the mountain gate, and the plaque "Edict to build Longxing Temple" is Kangxi's imperial script.

The ruins of the Hall of the Sixth Master of Dajue. It was originally the main building of the temple, and its scale was larger than that of the Mani Hall. Unfortunately, it collapsed in the early years of the Republic of China, and now only the foundation of the temple remains.

The famous Mani Temple. Mani is Sanskrit, meaning jewelry. It is said in the Buddhist scriptures that "Put the Mani beads into muddy water, and the water will be clear". Mani Temple is named after this, which means to get rid of turbidity and get rid of dirt.

This hall is the most valuable one among the existing ancient buildings in the temple, and it is a rare case for studying ancient buildings in our country. The main body of the main hall is in the shape of a "ten", and there is a Xieshan-style building in the middle of the four sides of the square hall. "Baoxia" is an architectural term referring to a house protruding from one side of the main building. The "Xieshan style" is one of the common construction methods of the roof of ancient buildings. It consists of two large sloping eaves at the front and back, two small sloping eaves on both sides and two vertical isosceles triangular walls.

The words "Mani Hall" are on the plaque in Nanbaoxia.

The stone incense burner in front of the hall is a relic of the Song Dynasty. On the front, there is a relief sculpture of Medicine Buddha, the leader of the Eastern Jingliuli World, surrounded by twelve generals holding weapons.

Dougong beam frame structure

During the tour, I originally wanted to study the architectural structure and French style in detail, but then I thought, as a tourist, is it necessary to act like an expert and get entangled in specific technical details? If you think it looks good, you can stay for a while, and if you don't think it's good, you can leave. This kind of travel is easy and free. The world is big and there is a lot of information, but you and I are small.

Murals based on Buddhist stories

Hanging Mountain, a mural art form that combines sculpture and painting, is a bit like 3D murals.

The colorful hanging mountain of Longxing Temple is 15.7 meters long and 7.5 meters high. There are more than 30 Buddha statues in total, and the "Sit Upside Down Guanyin" is in the middle. The so-called "sitting upside down" means that Avalokitesvara does not sit in the center of the hall but sits on the back wall, expressing the great compassion that will never turn back if all sentient beings are exhausted.

The statue of Avalokitesvara is 3.4 meters high, with her left foot on a lotus, her right leg raised, her hands hugging her knees, her body leaning forward slightly, her face is beautiful and peaceful, and her posture is elegant and dignified.

Mr. Lu Xun once praised this Avalokitesvara as "Oriental Beauty". After he got a postcard of "Avalokitesvara sitting upside down" by chance, he kept placing her on his desk.

The plaque in Beibaoxia reads "Guangchang Miaodi", which means that the Buddha's tongue is wide and long, he can speak eloquently, and he can comprehend the subtle truth. The pagodas on the east and west sides were not visited.

Archway door. The inscription on the south side is "Wonderful and solemn domain", which praises Buddhism as a wonderful and beautiful place;

Millennium locust tree

The precept altar is a place where Buddhists hold religious ceremonies when they receive precepts. The horizontal plaque "Jinshengjue Road" comes from the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai's "Returning to the Mountain in Spring to Send Meng Haoran" "Golden Rope Opens the Jue Road, and the Raft Crosses the Maze" (the latter sentence is the source of the inscription on the north side of the above-mentioned archway gate). The golden rope is a golden rope used to distinguish boundaries in Buddhism, which is extended to precepts or rules. The Jietan of Longxing Temple is one of the three major altars in northern my country (the other two are located in Jietai Temple in Beijing and Qingliang Temple in Wutai Mountain).

Inside the precept altar is a Ming Dynasty copper-cast double-faced Buddha statue, sitting facing each other, with their backs connected to each other. Facing the south is Amitabha Buddha, the leader of the Western Paradise, and facing north is the Medicine Buddha, the leader of the Eastern Pure Glass World. Knowledge about religion can be found on Baidu.

Zhuanlun Zangge, a two-story pavilion-style building in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Inside the pavilion is a wooden runner, commonly known as a Buddhist scripture cabinet, which was built in the Song Dynasty. The Zhuanlun Zang is a large bookshelf that can rotate, and it is divided into three parts: the top, the body and the seat. The top of the Tibetan is a dougong beam frame structure; the diameter of the runner is 7 meters, and the middle wooden shaft is 10.8 meters high, running through the top and bottom; there are Tibetan needles at the bottom, which bear the weight of the entire runner.

The scriptures are placed on the wheel, and spinning once is like reciting once. At that time, many believers were illiterate, which provided them with an additional channel to communicate with the Lord Buddha.

Cishi Pavilion, located opposite Zhuanlunzang Pavilion, is also a two-story pavilion-style building.

Cishi is the free translation of Sanskrit Maitreya, and the "Future Buddha" Maitreya Bodhisattva is enshrined in the pavilion. Maitreya wears a heavenly crown on his head, and his back is decorated with curly grass patterns, with flowers inside and flames carved outside, symbolizing Buddha's light and boundless mana.

Kangxi Stele Pavilion, erected in 1713, is engraved with the "Imperial Longxing Temple Stele" written by Kangxi.

On the west side of the Kangxi Imperial Stele is the Qianlong Imperial Stele erected in 1780, engraved with the "Revisiting and Revising the Longxing Great Buddha Temple" written by Qianlong.

The stele of Longzang Temple was erected in the sixth year of Emperor Kaihuang (586) of the Sui Dynasty. It records the situation in which King Xiaoxian, Duke of E, Hengzhou, was ordered by the emperor to persuade tens of thousands of people in the territory to build Longzang Temple. It is a study of Longxing Temple. important relics of history.

The forehead of the stele is semicircular, with six intersecting dragons in relief. There are 15 characters in regular script on the front of the stele, "Hengzhou Inspector E Guogong persuaded the country to build the Longzang Temple Stele". There are inscriptions and the names of counties under the jurisdiction of Hengzhou on the Yin of the stele and on the left side, which are divided into 5 sections and 30 lines. The number of lines varies, and it is also regular script.

The stele of Longzang Temple has high calligraphy value, and it is in the position of connecting the past and the future in the history of calligraphy art development from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty. It is a precious material material for studying the history of calligraphy art development in my country. Scholar Kang Youwei once praised this monument as "the first monument in Sui Dynasty", and later generations called it "the ancestor of regular script". Due to the serious defect of the original stele, the temple erected a replica stele next to it for the convenience of the public.

There are also ancient steles such as the Jiaqing imperial stele in the temple, but there is no special stele pavilion.

The performance of the emperor's worship to the Buddha is at 10:00 and 11:00 in the morning, and at 2:00 and 3:30 in the afternoon.

The main building Great Compassion Hall

It is enshrined in the bronze statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with thousand hands and eyes, with a height of 21.3 meters. It was cast in the fourth year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (971).

According to Buddhist scriptures, in order to save all living beings, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is divided into 42 Bodhisattvas of Great Mercy and Great Compassion. In addition to the two arms of the main body, each of the other 40 arms guides 25 causes and effects, and the 40 arms add up to exactly 1,000 changes. This is the origin of Avalokitesvara.

Located behind Dabei Pavilion, Pilu Hall was originally the main hall of Chongyin Temple, one of the eight major temples in Zhengding. It was moved to Longxing Temple in 1959 to strengthen protection. Due to time constraints, I did not go to visit.

【Beimen Heritage Park】

Zhengding City Wall, a thousand-year-old city, can be traced back to the Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was founded by the former Yan general Murong Ke in Hutuohebei, and it has begun to take shape in the Northern Zhou Dynasty of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. After repairs in successive dynasties, especially the large-scale expansion in the Tang and Ming dynasties and reinforcement with bricks and stones, a grand pattern of four gates guarding "Yingxu" in the east, "Changle" in the south, "Zhenyuan" in the west, and "Yong'an" in the north, with a perimeter of 24 miles.

Similar to the fate of most ancient city walls in China, after thousands of years of war and multiple wind and rain baptisms, Zhengding City Wall was gradually damaged and dilapidated. When it was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit in 1993, there were only more than 8,000 meters left. In 2001, the government mobilized residents to donate some city bricks to rebuild a new section of the southern city wall and city gate.

This time we saw the ruins of the north gate of the city wall

The vicissitudes are written on the face, and the wind and frost are engraved in the heart

"Freedom" comes from Guanyin who sits upside down in Longxing Temple, "one foot on the lotus, one foot up, in a big and free shape", which also implies the happiness and pride of the common people.

In Zhengding, we also saw the beautiful shapes of Tianning Temple, Guanghui Temple, Lingxiao Pagoda and Hua Pagoda from a distance, which were impressive.

The Lingxiao Pagoda of Tianning Temple is light and tall, majestic and lofty.

The Huata of Guanghui Temple looks like a huge bouquet from a distance, slim, exquisite and gorgeous.

The trip to Zhengding came to an end, and we went to the urban area of Shijiazhuang, 15 kilometers away.

"Unfinished building" Xiangyun International

Nansantiao Small Commodity Wholesale Market as famous as Yiwu

【Big Stone Bridge】

Located in the city center, Dashi Bridge is the earliest railway overpass in Shijiazhuang. It was proposed and donated by Zhengtai Railway employees to build it in 1907. It is the testimony of the early working class to show the world the power of unity and struggle.

The bridge is 150 meters long, 7 meters high, 10 meters wide, and has 23 holes. Originally built in 1907, it was later demolished. What you see now is the bridge restored to its original appearance on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Shijiazhuang in 1987.

In 1906 and 1907, the Beijing-Han Railway (now Beijing-Guangzhou Railway) and Zhengtai Railway (now Shitai Railway) were opened to traffic one after another, intersecting in Shijiazhuang, which caused great inconvenience to the traffic in the east-west direction, and casualties occurred from time to time. Representatives from all walks of life jointly signed a letter to the French general office that was in charge of the railway at that time, requesting funding for the construction of the bridge, but the French side ignored it all the time. The railway workers were very angry about this, so they raised their own funds for the bridge construction, and built the over-the-line bridge in the autumn of 1907, which is convenient for pedestrians and vehicles. The citizens were moved by the selfless spirit of the workers, and wrote ballads praising "the big stone bridge, the big stone bridge, the workers built it with blood and sweat, a piece of bluestone has a feeling of love, how can bluestone have high affection."

【Shijiazhuang Liberation Memorial Hall】

What is the landmark building in Shijiazhuang? Many locals believe that the Liberation Monument is the first to be promoted. As the first large fortified city captured by the People's Liberation Army in the War of Liberation, the Liberation Monument is the most eye-catching red mark and historical glory of this city of heroes and victory.

In the autumn of 1947, the People's Liberation Army launched a tough battle against the cities fortified by the Kuomintang Army. In the early morning of November 12th, after six days and six nights of fierce fighting, Shijiazhuang, which the enemy called "solid, can sit for three years", declared its liberation, abolished a strategic point of the Kuomintang in North China, and created a precedent for the People's Liberation Army to seize a big city. Subsequent urban battles built confidence and provided experience.

The monument consists of three parts: the inscription platform, the statue of the liberator, and the main monument. On the front of the inscription platform are the eight characters "Shijiazhuang Liberation Monument" inscribed by Marshal Nie Rongzhen, the commander of the Shijiazhuang Battle; the statue of the Liberator is 7.5 meters high, and a soldier made of copper is riding on a horse, holding a submachine gun in his right hand, cheering for the arrival of victory; There are seven high and low stone slabs, and there is the Shijiazhuang Liberation Memorial Hall under the stele.

The total area of the exhibition hall is 430 square meters, and the exhibition content is divided into five parts: the first part is Zhu De's handwriting, reliefs in the exhibition hall and the list of martyrs. The second part is pictures, exhibiting 210 photos, 6 light box films, and 3 electric light box schematic diagrams, recreating the battlefield situation of that year. The third part is the landscape, which reproduces the battle scenes of that year. The fourth part is 8 inscriptions, exhibiting the handwriting of party and state leaders commemorating the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Shijiazhuang. The fifth part is the exhibition of physical objects, including the texts and telegrams of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Working Committee during the liberation of Shijiazhuang, newspapers, books and periodicals published in Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei, as well as the clothes, guns and radio equipment of the PLA officers and soldiers.

Commander-in-Chief Zhu De's "Conquering Shimen": Shimen blocked the Taihang Mountains, and the warriors opened their fingers. Exterminate all the teachers and collect the important towns, and don't teach Huma to return to Qinguan. The tactics of tackling tough problems opened up a new dimension, and the people who had been trapped for a long time moved to smile. The heroes of our party really come out in large numbers, never worrying about sideburns.

【Hebei Museum】

Hebei Museum is a national first-class museum, with a collection of 150,000 pieces of cultural relics, including 334 first-class pieces (sets). The treasures of the ten town halls are: the "Changxin" palace lantern of the Western Han Dynasty, the bronze shop head with dragon and phoenix patterns carved in the Warring States period, the large bronze tripod with iron feet in the Warring States period, the gold and silver four dragons and four phoenixes plan seat in the Warring States period, the screen seat in the Warring States period with gold and silver tigers biting deer, the Western Han Dynasty Liu Sheng's gold-threaded jade garment, Western Han Dynasty's wrong Jinboshan furnace, Northern Qi Dynasty Wenxuan Emperor Gaoyang's tomb murals, Five Dynasties painted Sanyue relief, Yuan Dynasty blue and white underglaze red decal lid jar. This time we were lucky enough to watch 8 of them.

The museum is divided into north and south areas. The north area was built in 1968, which is an old exhibition hall; the south area is a newly built area, which is a basic exhibition area, focusing on the ancient civilization of Hebei. There are 9 permanent exhibitions: "Hebei in the Stone Age" and " Civilization of the Shang Dynasty in Hebei Province, Generous Elegy Song - Yanzhao Story, Heroes of the Warring States Period - Ancient Zhongshan Kingdom, Song of the Great Han Dynasty - Han Tombs in the City, Glimpse of a Hundred Years - Modern Hebei, Mural Paintings of the Northern Dynasties, Stone Carvings of Quyang, etc. Famous Kiln and Famous Porcelain".

Liu Sheng jade clothes with golden thread. In 1968, it was unearthed from the tomb of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan, Lingshan, Mancheng County. It is 1.88 meters long and is divided into five parts: hood, jacket, gloves, trousers and shoes. It is composed of 2498 pieces of jade pieces of various shapes, and is woven with gold thread, and the gold thread is about 1100 grams. This is the first time that our country has discovered the jade burial clothes with the highest specifications and the most complete.

Liu Sheng's wife Dou Wan's golden jade dress

The double dragon white jade bibill of the Han Dynasty is openworked, with grain patterns carved on both sides, and a pair of vigorous and majestic Kuilongs are openworked on the upper end, with their heads held high and their tails upturned, creating a vivid image.

Changxin Palace Lantern. Unearthed from Dou Wan's tomb in 1968. The whole body is gilded, 48 cm high, and it is the image of a court lady kneeling and holding a lamp. The maids of the palace wear a bun and cover their heads, wearing dark clothes and bare feet. It is composed of head, body, right arm, lamp holder, lamp panel, lampshade and other parts. Each part is detachable, the lamp panel can be rotated, and the lampshade can be opened and closed. The maid's body arm is hollow, and the right arm is a flue, which can introduce lamp smoke into the device to keep the room clean. There are 9 inscriptions engraved on the lamp, including the weight, capacity, casting time and owner of the lamp. Because of the inscription "Changxin still bathes", it is named Changxin Palace Lantern.

Bronze Goat Lamp. In the shape of a lying sheep, the sheep's back and body are cast separately. The sheep's back can be turned up and placed flat on the sheep's head as a lamp panel. The belly of the sheep is hollow to store oil.

Wrong Jinboshan stove, a kind of incense utensil. The overall height is 26 centimeters, and the stretched cloud pattern is staggered with gold wire and gold flakes.

Bronze Suzaku ring cup. Suzaku spreads its wings and raises its tail, standing on the back of the beast with a jade ring in its mouth. The whole body is embroidered with gold and inlaid with 30 turquoises.

Gold and Iron Dagger

Bronze shop head with openwork dragon and phoenix patterns. The palace gate component is 74.5 centimeters high and weighs 21.5 kilograms. It is currently the largest copper shop in the Warring States Period in China. The main body is the monster Taotie in ancient legends, with a standing phoenix on the forehead and a climbing dragon on each side. It adopts a combination of relief and openwork casting technology. The shape is exquisite and vivid, the lines are gentle and delicate, and it has a strong history feel. During the Shanghai World Expo, the shop was once displayed to the world as the treasure of the Hebei Pavilion.

Jiuding (pictured above) and Bagui (pictured below). The etiquette system of the Western Zhou Dynasty stipulated that the emperor used nine tripods and eight gui, and the princes used seven tripods and six gui. During the Warring States period, rituals collapsed and music was broken, and many princes overran.

Zhongshan Hou copper axe

Bronze covered beans in the hunting feast map. The surface of the utensil is decorated with four layers of patterns, a total of 90 figures, 63 beasts, 26 birds and 6 fish. The patterns are dense and vivid.

Silver figurine copper lamp

Misunderstood gold and silver copper plate mega domain map. The world's earliest scaled copperplate architectural plan discovered so far.

Eagle Column Copper Basin

Northern Dynasties Murals

After visiting the Hebei Museum, the trip in Shijiazhuang is over. Then go to Jinan City.

During this year's National Day, CCTV News' new media launched a large-scale themed report "Watching China by High-speed Rail", focusing on 8 railway lines within 8 days, showing a panoramic view of the achievements of the "13th Five-Year Plan" railway construction and the beauty of the motherland's mountains and rivers. This time, we experienced the speed and convenience of the "eight vertical and eight horizontal" passages in Qingdao (Island) and Yin (Chuan) from Shijiazhuang to Jinan.

It was the first time I saw the doors of the two hotels so close to each other.

Because of the numerous springs in Jinan, Jinan is also called Spring City. It is a sub-provincial city, a national historical and cultural city, and the first batch of China's excellent tourist cities.

Most of the tourist attractions are concentrated in the urban area, not too far apart, except for the Shandong Museum, which can basically be reached on foot.

【Shandong Museum】

Founded in 1954, Shandong Museum is the first provincial comprehensive topography museum established after the founding of New China.

The main building has five floors, the exhibition halls are distributed on the 1st to 3rd floors, and the main exhibition area "Shandong History and Culture Exhibition" is located on the second floor.

This is a provincial-level museum full of local characteristics, especially good at collecting ceramics, bronzes, oracle bone inscriptions, pottery inscriptions, clay seals, seals, bamboo slips, Han Dynasty stone reliefs, calligraphy and paintings, and rare books. The treasures of the town hall include the bamboo slips of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", oracle bone inscriptions, black pottery cups with eggshells, big jade biscuits from the state of Lu, terracotta animal-shaped pots, Yachou axe, murals of Dongping Han Tomb, song gui, nine-handed crown, Zheng Xie's double-pine scroll, etc. .

Terracotta animal-shaped pot (about 6300-4600 years ago). The terracotta animal-shaped ware of bionic pottery is relatively rare in the pottery discovered in the Neolithic Age. It is a rare art treasure 5,000 years ago and a representative of Dawenkou Culture in Shandong.

Painted pottery beans with octagonal star patterns (about 6300-4600 years ago)

Painted figurines of horses

White jade flower cup

Nine crowns. It was unearthed in 1971 from the tomb of Zhu Tan, the tenth son of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty. It is the only well-preserved physical crown of an early Ming prince found in my country. It is an extremely precious material for studying ancient Chinese costumes and rituals.

Golden jade belt

gem-set gold belt

Weaving Gold Dragon Robe

"Travel Map"

Liangshan Cao Ship. The military transport tank boat of the Ming Dynasty has a total length of 21.8 meters and a width of 3.44 meters in the middle. It is huge and well preserved.

Ming Dynasty half table. "Half table" means that the width of the table is only half of that of the Eight Immortals table. It is mostly used for drinking, and there are water lines around the table.

Eggshell black pottery cup. The wall is as thin as an eggshell, and the surface is black and shiny. It is a characteristic utensil of the typical Longshan culture, representing the highest level of pottery making in ancient China, and it is unique in the world.

Asian ugly axe. The vessel is huge, and the owner is "Yachou", a prominent family in the Shang Dynasty.

Song Gui. A typical bronze vessel in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, with 152-character inscriptions on the inner bottom and cover of the vessel, which is an important textual material for studying the social history of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Dakouzun. There are special symbols in the middle.

Great Jade Bi of Lu State. At present, the largest piece of Jade Bi from the Warring States Period has three layers of decorations on both sides, the inside and outside of the Pan Chi pattern, and the middle of the grain pattern. The shape of the vessel is regular and well-crafted.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Sun Bin's Art of War" Bamboo Slips. On April 10, 1972, it was discovered in Yinqueshan Han Tomb. The "Sun Bin's Art of War" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War", which had been lost for more than 1,700 years, were unearthed at the same time. It was listed as one of the "Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in the 30 Years of New China".

Oracle

Ming Dynasty Wen Zhengming and his son "The Mountain is Quiet and the Sun Is Long" Scroll

Murals of Dongping Han Tomb. Discovered in Dongping County, Shandong in 2007, it is the earliest, best-preserved, and highest-level mural in Shandong so far. It fills the gap in the archaeology of the Han Dynasty in Shandong. It is also a masterpiece of early Chinese paintings and is extremely rare in China.

African Wildlife Migration Exhibition (Donated by Eugene Behring)

Buddhist Statue Art Exhibition

A statue of Confucius carved in Kai wood.

Jinan Massacre Site

【Quancheng Square】

Quancheng Square is located in the center of the city, 790 meters long from east to west, 280 meters wide from north to south, and covers an area of 330 mu. There is a blue spring-shaped sculpture in the center of the square, which is a landmark building in Jinan.

The sculpture is 38 meters high, and it takes the shape of the word "spring" in seal script, with three clear springs rushing straight into the sky.

The lotus statue means "city", and the solidified "spring" and gushing water rise majesticly from the "city".

music fountain

sculpture on the square

Livelier at night

【Baotu Spring Park】

Baotu Spring is known as the "No. 1 Spring in the World", ranking first among the 72 famous springs in Jinan.

Baotu Spring Park is a famous cultural garden integrating the characteristics of northern and southern gardens in my country, focusing on spring water and cultural landscapes. It is a national 5A tourist attraction with rich cultural connotations. Spring, Baotu Spring, Dengzhou Spring, Ma Pao Spring, Guanlan Pavilion, Shuangyubei and other scenic spots are unique.

Li Qingzhao Memorial Hall

Kui stone, named for its resemblance to the legendary monster "Kui", is one of the famous stones in Jinan. In many introductions, it is said that "it has one foot, head raised, and the momentum of roaring to the sky", but I can't see it at all.

The strange stone "Daiyue Peak" in the Song Dynasty is thin and slender, with many holes, resembling a crescent moon.

There are many tourists in the park, and this is the only place where we feel crowded during the National Day this year.

The main attraction is Baotu Spring, where three streams of clear springs gush out.

The three characters "Baotu Spring" were written by Hu Zongzong, the governor of Shandong and the censor of the capital during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. The word "First Spring" was inscribed by Wang Zhonglin, a famous scholar in Jinan during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty.

Did you find that the word "突" is missing two points? It is said that the three gushing springs were so powerful that they pushed off the "cover" and "side".

When the book is used, you will hate it. In this situation, it is better to quote the words of famous people: Lao She "All year round, day and night, always so tumbling. You stand still and look at it for three minutes, and you will feel the greatness of nature. Dare to look directly. Always so pure, always so lively, always so bright, brave, brave, brave, never tired, never shrink back, only nature has such power!"

Yan Bi of the Ming Dynasty "Baotu Spring": The river is full of water in front of the thirsty horse cliff, and the Jiangxin spring flows into the pistil and pearl circle. Seventy springs in Jinan flow milk, and Baotu alone is called the first spring.

The word "Guanlan" was written by Zhang Qin, the Zuo Buzheng envoy of Shandong during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.

Dengzhou Spring is said to be named because of the water that connects Dengzhou.

Showroom of Baotu Spring Geological Park

Double Royal Monument. It is rare in the world to have the handwriting of the two emperors, grandparents and grandsons, on the same stele. The word "Ji Tuan" on the front of the stele is inscribed by Kangxi, and on the back is Qianlong's "Re-inscribe Baotu Spring".

Ma Pao Spring, the name of the spring comes from the legend that Guan Sheng, a general of Jinan in the late Northern Song Dynasty, died heroically in fighting against the invasion of Jin soldiers, and his mount was angrily digging out of the spring.

【Wulongtan】

Wulongtan is located across the road from the north gate of Baotu Spring Park. The blue waves are rippling, clear as a mirror, jinyu are swimming, the scenery is beautiful, and tickets are free, it is very worth a visit.

In Meiming Square, there are memorial statues of Wang Jinmei and Deng Enming, a representative of the Communist Party of China and the early founders of the Jinan Communist Party.

Ascend and look into the distance

flocks of koi

【Black Tiger Spring】

The Black Tiger Spring is 1,500 meters away from the hotel, and we walked along the moat.

The moat is opposite the ancient Jianquan

Seeing their parents in such a healthy body makes them very happy as children.

Autumn is getting stronger

When you see the iconic 3 stone tiger mouths, you will arrive at the Black Tiger Spring.

Heihu Spring is the one with the largest scale and flow rate among the four spring groups in Jinan. The spring water flows through the dark ditch and is ejected through three stone tiger mouths.

The spring water can be drunk directly, and many citizens take buckets to irrigate.

Liberation Court opposite

People are jumping in joy, the waves are splashing