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Updated: 2007-09-18 18:12

Baotu Spring Park is a natural rock and spring garden unique in ethnic style. Baotu Spring, the most famous one of the 72 springs in Jinan, is hailed as "the first spring under the heaven", the spring water spurts out in three prongs, with water droplets falling around, just like three piles of snow, which is very spectacular. The sweet spring water, which is limpid in color, rich in aroma, good in taste, is good for making tea. Sitting under the "Watching Crane Pavilion" at the east side of the spring with a cup of tea in hand, one's mind will fly and you don’t want to leave.

Throughout history, Baotu Spring Park is the place for talk-show and local opera. During the weekend, some classical pieces of Peking Opera, such as "seeking a rich son-in-law" and "watch-Yangzi River pavilion", are often performed under the "White Snow Building". Tourists can also enjoy some local special opera here, like Lü Ju and Liuzi Opera.

"Bamboo Woods Garden" takes a land of 18 Mu and the garden got its name in the Yuan Dynasty, when the garden was very large and full of bamboo. In the garden lie some famous springs, including Wangshui Spring, Donggao Spring and Baiyun Spring, four pavilions, five bridges and one flower garden. In 1985, the Memorial Hall of Li Kuchan was established here and now the "Bamboo Grove Garden" is attached to the Baotu Spring Park.