The New Eight Scenic Spots of Daming Lake

One of the eight new landscapes, "Jiaxuan Youyun":

Rhythm of the Garden blends the north and south, and a generation of wordsmiths in the "Jiaxuan"

From the southwestern gate along the smooth stone road, walking east, first of all, is one of the eight new landscapes. The first thing that comes to mind is one of the eight new landscapes, "Jiaxuan Youyun".

Xin Qiji, the word young An, the number Jiaxuan, Jinan Lixing people, the Southern Song Dynasty, a famous lyricist, his life left more than 600 pieces of lyrics, the word style is bold and robust, the later generation assessed him and Su Shi Qi, and known as "Su Xin". Along the lakeside path through the Yuhan Bridge eastbound, the trees reveal an ancient building, which is the Xin Jiaxuan Memorial Shrine. Turning a tall shadow wall, Jiaxuan Ancestral Hall comes into view. There is a stone lion on each side of the gate, and a plaque inscribed by Marshal Chen Yi "Xin Jiaxuan Memorial Shrine" hangs above the gate. Walking into the shrine, it is a three courtyards from south to north. Through the hall for the second courtyard, both sides of the corridor wall engraved with contemporary calligraphers of the words of Xin Qiji. In the main hall, there is a statue of Xin Qiji, and in the hall, there is an introduction of his life and works of his. Behind the main hall is the third courtyard, "set of mountain building" north of the lake, its name is taken from the Xin Qiji hermitage in jiangxi when a building. It is understood that the expansion of the Daming Lake, Jiaxuan Shrine also doubled the size.

From the Jiaxuan Garden to the east is the Garden, by the Shandong school to make Luo Zhengjun in the first year of the Xuantong Qing Dynasty (1909) presided over the construction of the original Shandong Provincial Library part of Jinan after the liberation of Jinan as a separate compound to the Daming Lake Park. The garden is surrounded by rockery, ponds, shade, flowers and trees, fully reflecting the traditional architectural style of "South Pavilion and North Garden", "the first standard courtyard in Jinan" and "Lixia's scenery, this is a feast". It is characterized by traditional architectural style. In the summer and fall, the willow curls, the bamboo is luxuriant, the lotus scent floats, and the fresh breeze is intoxicating. "Kuixu Book Collection" is located between Jiaxuan Garden and Yaoyuan Garden, built in 1935, European-style architecture, up and down the two-story, north of Daming Lake, the building structure was "mountain" type, behind the corridor connected to the space and Yaoyuan Garden into one, for the provincial protection of cultural relics. The four words "Kui Xu Book Collection" were written by Fu Zeng Xiang, the Minister of Education during the Republic of China period.

Two of the Eight New Scenic Spots:

Mingchang Bell Pavilion and the Morning Bell

From the Garden, you can pass through the South Gate and continue to the east along the lakeshore, passing by the Pillow Lake Building and a grove of trees, and then you can see the "Morning Bell" in front of you. The "Morning Bell of Mingchang" is in front of you.

First came to the pillow lake building, pillow lake building was built in the Qing dynasty during the Daoguang period, the expansion, the building was restored and rebuilt, imitation of ancient architecture, as a visitor reception center. Pillow Lake Building to the east is the square, the square was built in the old site of the square in the middle school, green stone paving, surrounded by trees. Northeast of the square, there is a tall single-hole stone bridge Zhengyi Bridge. To the north of Zhengyi Square, Jinan people are very familiar with the Sijia dock, when Qianlong's southern patrol had departed from this boat tour of Daming Lake.

Continuing eastward from Zhengyi Square, not far from the Simin Tower, you will see a tall brick foundation, which is the Bell Tower site of the Bell Tower Temple. Bell Tower Temple was built in the Yuan Dynasty, the original name of the Kang monk hospital, the early Ming Dynasty was changed to Zhen'an hospital, also known as the Bell Tower Temple, the temple original Jin Dynasty Mingchang years casting iron bells, is now hanging in the north shore of Daming Lake Yanguang Terrace on the Mingchang Bell Pavilion.

North of the clock tower foundation site is the Minghu residence. Minghuju was built in 1890, its location near the south gate of Daming Lake, is the highest visibility since the end of the Qing dynasty Jinan performing arts venues, Liu Osprey in the "old man travels" the second round of "the ancient emperor of the trail under the Rixi Mountain, the beauty of the lake side of the Minghu lake tune" in the artist Wang Xiaoyu, Xie Danyu rapping pear drums made a wonderful description of the scene based on the author's Based on the author's brilliant descriptions, Bai Niu and her wonderful singing skills became famous in Jinan City, and the Minghu Residence also became famous and spread all over the world. The reconstruction of Minghuju is of great significance to the promotion of traditional Chinese opera culture and the restoration of Jinan's status as a mountain and sea of opera. The reconstructed Minghu Residence is a group of two-story antique buildings with the characteristics of old Jinan, surrounded by corridors, and the center patio is designed as a music hall, with boxes and seats in the hall.

The third of the eight new scenic spots is "Autumn Willow with Smoke":

Seeking poets in the garden of Autumn Willow, people in the house of Autumn Willow are enjoying the folklore

From the Minghu Residence to the north through the Qiyin Bridge and Autumn Willow Bridge, the area around the Autumn Willow Garden is filled with more than 1,000 willows, the color of the willows is like smoke, and the wave of smoke is misty, which is the landscape of "Autumn Willow with Smoke". This is the landscape of "Autumn Willow with Smoke".

Wang Yuyang, also known as Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), alias Yuyang Shanren, originated the theory of poetry "rhyme", known as "a generation of poetry", "literary leader", "a generation of poetry", "a generation of poetry", "a generation of poetry", "a generation of poetry", "a generation of poetry", "a generation of poetry", "a generation of poetry", "a generation of poetry", "a generation of poetry". He is a famous poet and writer in the history of Chinese literature. According to the Records of Licheng County, Wang Yuyang had read and composed poems in the Autumn Willow Garden on the shore of Daming Lake, and wrote the sensational "Autumn Willow Four Chapters" in the Water Pavilion.

Autumn Willow Garden is located on the south shore of Lake Ming, and the Lixia Pavilion across the water, the door facing south, the door hanging plaque "Autumn Willow Garden" three big words, the two sides of the coupling "Shangshu days of the North Dipper Sikou Lu Dongjia". The couplet was written by Qian Mingshi in the Qing Dynasty, and Mr. Ji Xianlin, a great contemporary cultural figure, wrote Dan. Entering the main gate, there is a stele gallery on both sides, inlaid with 12 poems of Wang Yuyang and the Memoirs of Autumn Willow Garden written by Yuan Shishuo, a professor of Shandong University. The main building of the garden faces south and north, and the second floor is antique. On the first floor, there is a plaque "Qingyuan Hall" above the main door, and the couplets on both sides read "The world's greatest article is the one from which all the scholars have traveled". The couplet was written by Yin Yanlai, a disciple of Wang Yuyang, as a gift to his teacher, and written by Wei Qi, a famous contemporary calligrapher. The second floor of the eaves hanging plaque "Autumn Willow Poetry Society", the two sides of the couplet "cut and push the Rishan exchange and sing and Autumn Willow Garden", by Ouyang Zhongshi book. Entering the hall on the first floor, there is a shallow relief portrait of Wang Yuyang, which is taken from the portrait painted by Yu Zhiding, the court painter during the Kangxi period. Inside the hall display Wang Yuyang life, literary achievements, ink stone, seal, the emperor's gift of the imperial fan, as well as antique furniture, blue and white porcelain, etc., the first and second floors of the mezzanine display Wang Yuyang's "Hand Mirror Record", the second floor of the Autumn Willow Poetry Club for the activities of the literati, the west wall of Wang Yuyang's "Panming Lake Records", the east wall hangs "Wang Yuyang will be friends" figure. There are two groups of buildings on the west side of the garden, connected to the monument gallery. One group is Lianzhi Xuan, the other group is TanYi Xuan; the east side of the Mirror Pavilion; behind the waterfront building Tianxin Waterfront Pavilion, whose name is taken from the Song Dynasty poet Shao Yong's poem, "the moon to the center of the sky, the wind comes to the water". The landscape of "Autumn Willow with Smoke" is dominated by Wang Shizhen, while preserving the folk culture of Jinan and its profound cultural connotations. From the Autumn Willow Garden to the east, located in the former Autumn Willow Garden Street No. 11 of the Autumn Willow family, formerly known as the "Wang's compound", is a generation of medical practitioners of the old mansion, a typical form of the northern quadrangle. The interior of the house is designed and displayed according to the traditional medicinal business, with a medicine store, a pharmacy room, parents' living room, son's room, daughter's room, etc. The decorative style reflects the lifestyle of the middle-income families during the Republican period, and tourists can learn about the daily life of the middle-income families in Jinan at that time.

The fourth of the eight new scenic spots, "Seven Bridges and Moonlight":

Seven Bridges and Erlang Water Culture Remembering Lao She at the West Bridge

Walking eastward from the Autumn Willow Garden, you can see a stone bridge of different shapes and forms like a rainbow drinking water in a staggered pattern, adding infinite poetic and pictorial meaning to the lakeside scenery and mountains. This is the "Seven Bridges and the Moon" landscape.

Today's "Seven Bridges and the Moon" consists of Hibiscus Bridge, Hundred Flowers Bridge, Autumn Willow Bridge, ShuiXi Bridge, Magpie Bridge, Huxi Bridge, North Pond Bridge. The "Seven Bridges and the Moon" draws on the water culture of Jiangnan, surrounded by water streets, where visitors can take a boat tour to and from Daming Lake and Xiaodong Lake via the water streets.

Located in the landscape of the lake west of the bridge Lao She Memorial Hall, the original College Street 12, along the street for the arched gate, walk into the door of the narrow tunnel, the left wall is engraved with the famous calligrapher Zhang Zhong Ting small-case calligraphy Lao She masterpiece "Jinan's Autumn", the end of the tunnel for a shadow wall, in front of the bronze sculpture statue of Lao She placed. Lao She Memorial Hall is located in the north and south, for the two courtyards. Above the main door is a plaque inscribed by Hu Jieqing, wife of Lao She. Inside, through the form of exhibition boards, illustrated to show the life and literary achievements of Lao She and Jinan. Among them, the Daming Lake written by Lao She has become a highlight in the display and attracts visitors to participate in it through video images, recitations, readings and other means that are entertaining and educational.

From the Lao She Memorial Hall to the southeast through the Zengjia Bridge, you will come to the "seven bridges, wind and moon" in the landscape of the Erlang Temple. Erlang Temple is a group of historical buildings, Chinese folklore since ancient times, Erlang God catching demons to cure the water legend, wherever there is water, most of the Erlang Temple, to ensure that the wind and rain. The Erlang Temple and Yanguang Shrine on the south shore of Daming Lake, and the North Pole Pavilion on the north shore are places where Jinan people worship the god of water, praying for divine blessings to eliminate flooding. "Yibin Mansion" is restored and remodeled on the basis of the original No.6 East Yubin Mansion. Yibin was the title of the son-in-law of the kings of the Qing Dynasty. According to legend, there was a Chen Yibin living here, and the street where it is located is also named after Yibin's harmonic "Yubin". After the restoration of the "Yibin House" building area of 495 square meters, is currently the ancient city of Jinan stone masonry courtyard in the largest, the best quality of construction, masonry and wood carvings of the most exquisite courtyard. The main building facing south, up and down two floors, with the Shangshu room, the House Court, the House of Internal Affairs, three flavors of the Hall, the Hall of the Sage, the Ancestral Hall, Yuming Hall, but also the Prince, Gege, Beile living room and bedchamber, fully reflects the style of the Qing Dynasty royal family and the layout of the life.

New Eight Scenic Spots of the Fifth "Chaoran Zhiyuan":

The building overlooks the lake and enjoys the "non-legacy"

The tallest and most eye-catching building in the Daming Lake Scenic Spot is the Chaoran Building. Chaoran Building was built in the Yuan Dynasty, historically known as the first building in the north of the river. The reconstructed Chaoran Building is divided into 7 floors, 1 to 4 floors in the form of murals, pictures, text, etc., reflecting the culture of Jinan springs, city gardens and the folk culture of old Jinan, and the 5th and 6th floors are used for sightseeing. Situated on a wide white jade pedestal, the Chaoran Building, illuminated by sunlight, is colorful, solemn and magnificent. When you climb the building and look out, you can see the whole Daming Lake in a panoramic view.

The reconstruction also includes the Bo Yi Hall, which is connected to the Chaoran Building, and was originally an exhibition room for cultural relics in the Reverie Garden, but was later damaged during the war. The Bo Yi Hall will be used as an exhibition hall for Qilu intangible cultural heritage, displaying artistic masterpieces full of regional cultural characteristics from 17 cities in Qilu, such as kites from Weifang, woodblock prints from Yangjiabu, and jade and stone carvings from Laizhou.

The Chaoran Building is connected to the Bo Yi Hall in the north and leads to the He Sheng Theater in the south. The south shore of Daming Lake was originally a theater, then burned in the fire, people will be called "fire left over the theater", and later in the street naming by the harmony of the name to "Hesheng Theater Street". This time, this attraction was also restored in the landscape of the "Chiranzhiyuan".

Sixth, seventh and eighth of the eight new scenic spots:

Bamboo Harbor and Breeze

There is a scenic spot of "Bamboo Harbor and Breeze"

To the north of Chaoran Building is the scenic spot of "Bamboo Harbor and Breeze". "Bamboo Harbor breeze" is one of the "sixteen sceneries of Lixing City" in history. In ancient times, a large bamboo forest on the southeast shore of Daming Lake, ten thousand poles in the sky, whisking clouds cover the sun. In the Ming Dynasty, Minister Zhao Shixing built a small Qiyuan Garden near the bamboo forest, which was a famous garden and goblet resort in Jinan at that time, and the expansion of the lake has restored this historical landscape. In summer, when you come to Bamboo Harbor, the forest is full of bamboos, the shade is green, and the breeze is cool, so it is a place to escape from the summer heat.

The stretch of road between the Chao Ran Building to the north via the Lotus-root Fragrance Bridge and Nanfeng Bridge to the Nanfeng Ancestral Hall on the north bank is the Zeng Causeway. When Zeng Gong, one of the eight great masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, was the governor of Qi Zhou, he built an embankment on the southeast shore of Daming Lake, which was called the Hundred Flowers Embankment, for the convenience of sightseeing. Visitors from Nanfeng Bridge along the stone road all the way north, look up, the west side of Daming Lake glistening, relaxed and happy; the east side and the "Bamboo Harbor Qingfeng" a distant view. Willow on the embankment, the fragrance of flowers; Zeng embankment on both sides of the lake haunted the shore, waves burst, one of the new eight scenic spots "Zeng embankment haunted the water".

In the Daming Lake New Area, east of Magpie Hua Road, a narrow strip of green trees on the banks of the grass. Yingzhou Island, egret island, put crane island, lotus island densely spread in the small East Lake, the lake lotus floating surface, reed thickets, a variety of gulls inhabiting this, play with each other and chase, a faction of ecological interest. Walking in the middle of it, enjoying the lotus and willow, listening to the gulls singing, suddenly feel relaxed and happy, relaxed and happy. This landscape is called "Bird Cries Green Shade".

The eight scenic spots of Jinan in the old days were Lixia Autumn Breeze, Foshan Mountain Reflection, Canglang Lotus Rhythm, Huibo Evening Illumination, Danfang Yew Sun, Minghu Rafting, Minghu Autumn Moon, and Magpie Huayu Smoke and Rain. After the expansion and transformation of the Daming Lake, the old and new eight scenic intermingled, presenting in front of the world is a collection of historical sites, natural landscapes, ecological recreation in one of the tourist attractions.