9nmiao Spring : Ten Thousand Pearls Dingdong
Photography: Li Feng
9nmiao Spring belongs to the Black Tiger Spring Group in Jinan. It is located on the north bank of the moat, and is opposite to Black Tiger Spring . The spring pool is an irregular oval and is made of Taihu stone . The spring water overflows from the cracks of the rocks on the shore of the pond and flows into the moat. There is also a beautiful legend about the origin of the name Jiunuquan. According to legend, because the water of the spring is sweet and clear, the Nine Fairies in the sky come here to wash their silk and bathe on a night of clear wind and bright moon. This is why the Nine Girls Spring is named.
Photography: Wang Qin
Jiu Nu Spring Water is clear and looks like crystal clear jasper, inlaid in the white Taihu stone, embedded in the green satin-like moat, forming a wonderful spring water painting with the surrounding Black Tiger Spring, Baishiquan , Agate Spring and other springs.
Baishiquan: White stones and gurgling clear water
Photography: Wang Qin
Baishiquan, under the moat bank on the south side of Jiefang Pavilion , adjacent to Jiunuquan in the west. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, a drought occurred at the turn of spring and summer in a certain year. The governor Jiang Lan (named Wanxiang), presided over the dredging of the river and prayed for sweet rain. He answered for several days. Sure enough, heavy rain fell, and a spring immediately poured out of the ground. There were many white stones around the spring, like white clouds, so it was named "Baishiquan".
Photography: Wang Qin
The spring can be irrigated and drinkable, and residents are happy about it. There are springs of all sizes hidden at the bottom of the White Stone Spring, and pearl-like bubbles are pouring out from the bottom from time to time. Looking up at the water surface, the water plants in the water dance with the water, and the river water looks green, as if it is caused by the branches and leaves of willow trees on the shore being soaked in the water.
Photography: Wang Qin
Agate Spring: As in agate, crystal clear and clear
Photography: Wang Qin
Agate Spring is located on the east side of Heihu Spring, on the south bank of the moat, surrounded by stone banks, and pool banks on the northeast and west sides are built in the moat. When the water was filled, several springs gushed, and strings of bubbles emerged from the bottom of the pool, dazzlingly shining under the sunlight, like agate. After the spring is overflowing, it flows into the moat in the square holes that are above the river water from the north pond wall.
Photography: Wang Qin
Jinan in the golden autumn, all the springs are surging, let’s enjoy the spring together!
Source: Jinan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism
