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Jinan, known as the "City of Springs", got its name from the underground streams that flow from Taishan to Jinan. These streams, when they reach Jinan, hit upon the limestone strata and bubble outwards. Jinan boasts 72 springs, including the Baotu, Pearl, Black Tiger and Fiver-Dragon Pond springs as the most popular. Daming Lake is also formed from these underground streams & springs. For hikers, the Thousand Buddha Mountain offers a great warm-weather get-away. In his book, 'The Travels of Lao Can', Liu E (1857-1909), a Qing Dynasty writer, described Jinan's scenery saying, "Every family drinks spring water and cultivates poplar trees".

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Jinan City Guide

An English Teacher at Chinese Calligraphy School
An English Teacher at Chinese Calligraphy School
-By Jeff Walsh "Be a scribe in order that your limbs may grow smooth and your hands soft, that you may walk abroad in a white robe and that men of importance may great you with respect.