Saturday, October 28, 2006

Baotu Spring

Address: 1 Southern Baotu Avenue
Tele: 86-531-86920439
Open: 7:00-21:00 (7:00-22:00 during summer time)
Buses: 5, 41, 49, K54, K96, 66, 85, 102, 103, 104, get off at Baotu Spring
Ticket fee: ¥15 at this moment, and is likely to rise to ¥40 in this December.
www.baotuquan.net
It’s a great web has lots of detailed information and wonderful pictures. Unfortunately, it has Chinese only.

Baotu Spring Garden is a park located in the center of the city with an history of over 3500 year. It is the top of the 72 famous springs of Jinan, and enjoys the fame of “the Number One Spring of the World”. The Baotu Spring is one of the “Eight Wonders of Jinan”.
The famous woman poet, LI Qingzhao, also lived in the garden. Million-bamboo Garden is also a part of Baotu Spring Park, and the architecture is really worth seeing!

Baotu Spring is not only famous for its natural wonder and beauty, but also for its rich historical background and cultural spirit. For thousands of years, poets, emperors, governors, writers, artists, calligraphers and other people all come here to praise its beauty, and many of them left their works behind.






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