Trip to Baimai Springs
Today we (Wei Hou, his girlfriend, Volker and me) took a trip to the famous Baimai springs (百脉泉) in the city of Zhangqiu (章丘市) about 40 kilometers east of Jinan. It is a beatiful park with many springs. We went there by bus which took us right to the park. The entrance fee was 15 Y, which is about 1.5€. Baimai Spring Park and was regarded as one of the 72 famous springs in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The water bubbles up like bunches of pearls. (Source) The park has a Buddha temple and a large lake with some islands. You can see people refill their water bottles at the springs and see the children play in the water. You can rent boats for 10 or 20 Kuai which is fun. I also got a very cool drawing of my chinese name.
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It is quite a relaxing trip to get out of the city sometime, especially today as the smog was the worst in days and breathing was very hard.
You can see lots of photos in the photo section. More photos also here.
July 10th, 2006 at 23:59
Looks great. Looks like a pimped version of the ‘Paderquellgebiet’ in Paderborn
But with lots more hydraulic power. And pagodas. And boats on it.