Jinan has "seventy-two springs" because there are many springs in China, so it is called "Spring City".
Jinan has "seventy-two famous springs" because of its numerous springs in China, and is known as "lotus flowers on four sides and willow trees on three sides, and a city with mountains and half a city of lakes". The eight scenic spots in Jinan are world-famous. It is a tourist city with unique features of "mountains, springs, lakes, rivers and cities", a national historical and cultural city, the first batch of excellent tourist cities in China, and one of the birthplaces of prehistoric culture-Longshan culture.
Jinan has a long history and is the birthplace of the prehistoric culture "Longshan Culture". The ruins of the Neolithic Age in the region are Chengziya, the Great Wall of Qi, which preceded Qin Changcheng, and the painted Luohan in the Song Dynasty and the giant Buddha in the Sui Dynasty (located in the giant Buddha village in Licheng District, built in the Sui Dynasty, making it the largest Buddha in Shandong). The Book of Songs, China's first poetry collection, contains the satirical poem Dadong written by Tan Ren, which is the earliest extant document about Jinan.
Famous scenic spots in Jinan:
Jinan, as a spring city, is rich in tourism resources. It is a national historical and cultural city, an excellent tourist city in China and an important part of Shandong tourism "one mountain, one water and one saint", attracting many domestic and foreign tourists every year.
Jinan's tourism culture highlights the characteristics of "spring city", and there are four spring groups: Baotu Spring, Black Tiger Spring, Pearl Spring and Wulongtan. Jinan City has adopted the "spring protection" plan, which has made the annual gushing of major spring groups a reality.
in August, 213, Jinan "the first spring scenic spot in the world" national AAAAA-level tourist scenic spot passed the acceptance of the National Tourism Administration and was officially listed.