Tourism
Tourist attractions in Shandong include:
- Jinan, the capital city of Shandong since Ming dynasty, renowned for its 72 Famous Springs.
- Baotu Spring, a culturally significant artesian karst spring, declared as "Number One Spring under the Heaven" (天下第一泉) by the Qing Dynasty Emperor Qian Long.
- Daming Lake, the largest lake in Jinan, whose water is from the springs of the area. Marco Polo described its beauty in his works.
- Thousand Buddha Mountain, renowned for its numerous Buddha images which have been carved out of the hill's rock faces or free-standing structures erect since the times of the Sui Dynasty and its Xingguochan Temple.
- Lingyan Temple, one of the 4 most famous temples(四大名刹) in Tang dynasty, in which there are 11th century Pizhi Pagoda and the Thousand Buddha Hall which houses a Ming Dynasty bronze Buddha statue as well as 40 painted clay statues of life-size luohan from the Song Dynasty.
- remant of Great Wall of Qi, the oldest existing Great Wall in China, which is built in 685 BCE and stretches from Jinan to Qingdao.
- Penglai, a town on the north of the Shandong peninsula famed in Taoism.
- Qingdao, beach resort city on the south of the peninsula famous for its Tsingtao beer
- Ba Da Guan, made up of eight streets named after the eight great military forts of the ancient times.
- Zhan Qiao, a long strip pier stretches into the sea and was the first wharf at Qingdao.
- Laoshan, a scenic area and Daoist centre to the east of Qingdao.
- Qingzhou, an ancient trading and administrative centre with some famous archaeological discoveries.
- Weihai, a former British port city important in the second Sino-Japanese War.
- World Heritage Sites:
- Temple and Cemetery of Confucius, and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu
- Tai Shan, sacred mountain, in Tai'an
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