Jinan has "seventy-two springs" because of the numerous springs in the country, and is known as "the city with lotus flowers and willows on all sides and mountains and lakes on all sides". It is a tourist city with unique characteristics 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 prehistoric culture "Longshan Culture". There are ruins of Chengziya in Neolithic Age in this area, including the Great Wall of Qi before Qin Changcheng, as well as the painted Luohan in Song Dynasty and the Giant Buddha in Sui Dynasty (located in the Giant Buddha Village in Licheng District, built in Sui Dynasty, which is the largest Buddha statue in Shandong). China's first collection of poems, The Book of Songs, contains Tan Ren's satirical poem Dadong, 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's 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", including Baotu Spring, Black Tiger Spring, Pearl Spring and Wulongtan. Jinan has adopted the plan of "spring protection", which makes the annual gushing of major spring groups become a reality.
August 20 13, Jinan "the first spring in the world" national AAAAA-level tourist attraction passed the acceptance of the National Tourism Administration and was officially listed.