Baotu Spring
( 2003-09-13 13:44) (chinadaily.com.cn)
Centering around springs, Baotu Spring Park is a natural rock and spring
garden unique in ethnic style. Baotu Spring, the best one among the famous 72
springs in Jinan, is hailed as "the first spring under the heaven", the spring
water spurts out in three prongs, with water droplets falling around, just like
three piles of snow, which is very spectacular. The spring water is very sweet,
optimum for making tea, which is limpid in color, ich in aroma, good in taste.
Sitting under the "Watching Crane Pavilion" in the east side of the spring with
a cup of tea in hand, one's mind will fly faraway and hates to leave.
Throughout history, Baotu Spring Park is the performing place for talk-show
and local opera. During the weekend, some classical pieces of Peking Opera, such
as "seeking a rich son-in-law" and "watch-Yangzi River pavilion", will be
performed under the "White Snow Building". Tourists can also enjoy some local
special opera here, like Lü Ju and Liuzi Opera.
"Bamboo Woods Garden" takes a land of 18 Mu and the garden got its name in
the Yuan Dynasty, when the garden was very large and full of bamboo. In the
garden lie some famous springs, including Wangshui Spring, Donggao Spring and
Baiyun Spring, four pavilions, five bridges and one flower garden. In 1985, the
Memorial Hall of Li Kuchan was established here and now the "Bamboo Grove
Garden" is attached to the Baotu Spring Park.
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