The Life In Cuisine

A distinct feature of Jinan’s cuisine is the use of soup in its dishes. Due to its location in the North, soup disher serves as a warm buffer during the winter.

The Jinan style is one branch of cuisine. Modern cuisines in northern , such as in Beijing, Tianjin and the northeastern regions, are all branches of .

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Sweet Foam Roast Pancakes Coil Cake

Scrambled Garlic Eggs Grilled Lamb Chops Transportation

Jinan is a traffic hub for the vast region and great shandong province, so you'll likely end up here if heading elsewhere in China. Most people chose to travel by bus or train. By Plane

If you’re flying into Jinan, you’ll likely be flying into its Jinan Yaoqiang Internayional Airport.

To downtown you can take a taxi. It typically takes an hour and costs about ¥100 (roughly $15 USD). There is a shuttle bus between the airport and Jinan's Central Railway Station that runs hourly from 06:00 to 18:00. There is also a shuttle bus between the airport and Jinan's downtown area (with its final stop being the Simpson Hotel) which runs after 18:00. Both shuttle buses each cost ¥20 for public transportation. A subroute of bus 16 also Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport goes to the airport.

Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport is located about 33 km (21 mi) north- Extending from the south to the north, subway line east of the city center and to the north of the town of Yaoqiang from which R3, planned for starting operation in 2020, will the name of the airport is derived. operate between Jinan Yaoqiang International

Airport and Longdongzhuang. The airport is connected to the city center of Jinan by expressways, and has domestic flights to many of the major cities in China as well as to inter- You can find flights from most major cities with national destinations, in particular Osaka, Seoul, Bangkok and Singapore. By Train

For train riders, you will likely arrive at either in the city centre or Jinan West, about 20km further away.

Jinan is on the major line from Shanghai to Beijing so you can take the train. The CRH train stops at the new Jinan West train station on the western outskirts of the city. A taxi ride from there to the center of the city will take you over 30 minutes; though, there are also various bus routes, which will take longer, but are more ceonomical. Line R1, inaugurated on 1 January 2019, links the Intangible Cultural Heritage Park and Chidong, passing a total of 13 stations via West Railway Station. The CRH at Jinan Railway Station

Other fast trains from Beijing go to Jinan main station. There's With the new China High Speed Rail train that runs from Beijing to Shang- plenty of transport choices outside: bus 83 stops nearby to hai and stops in Jinan, the trip from Beijing to Jinan takes about 1.5 hours take you downtown to more options, K51 takes you to and the trip from Shanghai to Jinan takes approx. 3.5 hours. Quancheng Square and the . Metro line R2 opened at the end of 2016, and passes through Jinan Railway Station.

Using a slow train it's about five hours from Beijing and nine from Shanghai, but the tickets are much cheaper. Several travel agencies around the city sell train tickets for an additional ¥5. By Metro

The city's government plans to build 8 lines of urban-suburban metro, 262 km in length and 154 stations (including 18 interchange stations) in total.

4 lines will run west-east and 3 lines will run north-south. The last one will provide a loop service.

Jinan Metro

Line 1 runs north-south in the western part of the city. It was officially inaugurated on 1 January 2019. Main Tourist Attractions

The modern-day name Jinan literally means "south of the Ji" and refers to the old Ji River that flowed to the north of the city until the changed its course northwards and took over its bed in 1852.

Jinan is often called the " City" for its famous 72 artesian springs. The water runs under the ground emerging from Mount Li, which lies to the south of the city. The majority of the springs are concentrated in the downtown district and flow north to converge in .

The Skyline of Jinan During the period of Spring/Autumn and Warring States (722–221 BCE), the area of Jinan was split between two states: the state of Lu in the The lake is unique because it is fed by the spring west and the state of in the east. The Wall water and has a constant water level unaffected was built by the state of Qi in 685BCE. by heavy rains or droughts.

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It is the most popular of the springs in Jinan. "Bào tū" (趵突) means "jumping and leaping" in Chinese. The water in the spring pool can be seen foaming and gushing, looking like a pot of boiling water.

Great Wall of Qi Daming Lake

Portions of the wall still remain today and are One of the "Three Must-see Tourist Spots of Jinan" accessible as open-air museums. (the others are Baotu Spring Park and Thou- sand-Buddha Mountain) Daily Supplies and Markets

Shopping Centers

Most shopping malls in Jinan are in the downtown area, centered around Spring City Square and Spring City Road. And in new districts of Jinan there are many shopping centres and shoppings malls built up every year with the development of the city.

Spring City Square has a music fountain, a 46,000 square meter underground shopping center and a memorial hall with statues of famous people from Shandong. Spring City Road was rebuilt at the same time that Spring City Square was created. Newly built shopping malls with traditional Chinese architectural styles and modern western skyscrapers can be found side-by-side along Spring City Road. For daily supplies, food, clothing, and stuff like that try one of the following. There is little in the way of western food but you may be pleasantly surprised. · Walmart, (Mosaic Mall, just west of the huge bookshop next to the Pizza Hut on Quancheng Rd). · Carrefour, (N of Jiefan Lu on Lishan Lu. Has a good wine selection at reasonable prices.). · Ole, (Third floor of Parc 66 Mall by Quancheng Square Lu). More or less the Whole Foods of China. Pricey, but lots of international foods and sundries. They accept major international credit cards. · A number of RT Marts. · Unimart. Caters to the culturally deprived expat who wants his cornflakes. · Tesco Supermarket which is located at the Wanda Plaza Shopping Mall. · Huge bookshop, (Just east of Maccas on the main drag (Quancheng Rd). Includes a mediocre foreign languages section (mostly old classic novels and dictionaries). The management seems to tolerate the thousands of non-customers, using it as a reading room. It is well worth a visit - Borders could learn a thing or two! · New Century Movies (Xin Shi Ji), Quancheng Road (Upstairs of Walmart in the shopping mall). · Tea Houses and Cafes. Yuan Yuan Yuan on Luo Wen Road (near Quancheng Sq) has food and drinks. It provides poker cards, Ma Jiang and board games, etc. There might even be Wi-fi in there. If you are after traditional Chinese tea houses, there are some more traditional looking ones scattered around. They are more popular among business people for the quietness. Tea can be served in traditional Chinese ritual.

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