Jinan capital of Shandong and "Spring City"

Jinan is a sub-provincial city and the capital of Shandong district. The city is an important historical center of Buddhist culture for the whole province, and valuable historic sites are left behind in its southern counties.

Jinan is known as the “Spring City” because of the large number of springs. The majority of springs, known historically as the “72 Famous Springs” are concentrated in the downtown district and flow north to converge in Daming Lake.

One of the most beautiful scenes of Jinani s the Baotu Spring Park, where the Baotu Spring and many other smaller springs nearby have been a major attraction for tourists for many

Museums and library
The Shandong Provincial Museum, located at the foothill of Thousand-Buddha Mountain, is the largest museum in the province. It has a large collection of natural as well as historical treasures from the whole province.

The museum was established in 1982 and has 8 exhibition halls: “Treasures of Shandong Province”, “Stone Sculptures”, “Warship of Ming Dynasty”, “Ancient Coins”, “Art Treasures”, “Fossil Collections”, “Dinosaurs” and “Specimens”.

The museum has over 210,000 relics and specimens, making up 1/3 of the collections in museums of the whole province.

The Jinan Municipal Museum, in the north of the city, has a collection of more than 20,000 relics. Most relics on display in the municipal museum were recovered in the city

The Shandong Provincial Library is among the Top 10 Chinese Libraries. The library has more than 5 million documents, many of which date back from centuries ago and are important sources for research on Chinese history.