Mug Shot — «Jinan - Baotu Spring»

City: Jinan Country: China Edition: 2008 Icon Edition Belongs to: 329 users (27 trading, 152 seeking)

Jinan is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilisation and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub. The city is located in north-western Shandong about 400 kilometres south of Beijing. Jinan is a historical city with a history of some 2000 years and is famed for its numerous relics. It is the cradle of the Longshan Relics Culture, the reputed prehistoric culture of China and is found in Longshan Town of Jinan, hence the name.

The Baotu Spring is a culturally significant artesian karst spring. It is mentioned in the Spring and Autumn Annals, one of the Five Classics of Chinese literature and was declared the "Number One Spring under the Heaven". The spring water feeds into a rectangular spring pool that extends 30 meters from east to west and 18 meters from north to south. The spring pool is surrounded by historical structures such as the Leyuan (or Luoyuan) Hall (Song Dynasty, to the north of the spring), the Guanlan Pavilion (Ming Dynasty, west of the spring), and the Laihe Bridge (built during the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty, east of the spring). The area of the Baotu Spring as well as some neighboring springs in the same group are protected by a public park.

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  China, Jinan

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