Baotu Spring ranks first among the springs in Jinan and is one of the three major scenic spots in Jinan. It is located in Baotu Spring Park in the downtown area of ??Jinan. Baotu Spring Park was founded in 1956 and has many scenic spots and historic sites. , with extremely rich cultural connotations, is the most representative landscape garden with the characteristics of northern and southern garden art.
Baotu Spring is the main scenery in the park. The spring pool is 30 meters long from east to west and 20 meters wide from north to south. Meter, the spring gushes out of the flat ground in three branches, and the water is crystal clear. There are large stones around the spring, surrounded by railings. You can lean on the railings to overlook the wonderful scene of the three springs gushing in the pool. Near Baotu Spring, there are golden threads scattered More than 30 famous springs, including Shuyu Spring, Xibo Spring, Liuxu Spring, Huanghua Spring, Dukang Spring, and Bailong Spring, form the Baotu Spring Group. Among them, Shuyu Spring is related to Li Qingzhao, a female poet in the Song Dynasty. The former residence is located next to Shuyu Spring. It is named after the collection of essays "Shuyu Collection". The Li Qingzhao Memorial Hall in the north of the spring was built to commemorate this famous poet. It is worth mentioning that the Li Qingzhao Memorial Hall in the south of Baotu Spring Park is The gate is magnificently and elegantly decorated. The horizontal plaque on the gate reads "Baotu Spring" with blue background and gold characters. It is the imperial pen of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. Some people call it the "first gate" of Chinese gardens. It is not an exaggeration at all.
Today, there is the Song Dynasty building "Luoyuan Hall" (now rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty) in the north of Baotu Spring. On the pillars on both sides of the hall are hung the couplets "The clouds and mist moisten the steam, but the sound of the waves shakes the Daming Lake." In the southwest, there is the Ming Dynasty building "Guanlan Pavilion". There is a stone tablet standing in the water in front of the pavilion, with the words "Baotu Spring" written by Hu Zuanzong, a calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty. To the east of the pond is the "Laihe Bridge", and an antique wooden bridge stands at the south end. The archway has the words "Dongtian Blessed Land" and "Pengshan Old Ruins" on the banner.
Baotu Spring water gushes out from the underground limestone cave, with a maximum inflow of 240,000 cubic meters per day. The altitude can reach 26.49 meters. The water is crystal clear, mellow and sweet, with extremely low bacterial content. After testing, it meets the national drinking water standards. It is an ideal natural drinking water and can be drank directly. "Baotu Tengkong" is the name of Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the first of the eight scenic spots in Jinan. The spring water is constant at about 18 degrees Celsius all year round. In the severe winter, the water vapor curls up on the water, like a thin layer of smoke. On one side is the deep spring pool with sparkling waves, and on the other side are the painted pavilions and carved beams. It constitutes a wonderful fairyland on earth, which the locals call "Yunsheng Mist". The water of Baotu Spring is clear and transparent, and has a sweet taste. It is an ideal drinking water. It is said that Emperor Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River and took Beijing Yuquan with him when he left Beijing. After I tasted the water of Baotu Spring in Jinan, I immediately changed it to Baotu Spring and named Baotu Spring "the best spring in the world". The spring is in a square pool, adjacent to Luoyuan Hall in the north and Guanlan Pavilion in the west. , with a crane bridge in the east and a promenade in the south, the scenery is excellent. Goldfish are stocked in the spring pool, and the big ones are more than three feet long. On the east side of the spring, across the crane bridge, you can see the Heting Tea House, which is specially designed for tourists to use Baotu. Fragrant tea brewed from spring water.