QingdaoTravelGuideContents:1.IntroductiontoQingdao2.TouristAttractionsinQingdao3.QingdaoSpecialtiesandSnacks4.RecommendedRoutesoftheJourneyinQingdao5.TravelNotesTouristAttractionsinQingdaoZhanQiaoBadaguanMayFourthAquareQingdaoOlympicSailingCenterLaoShanPolarOceanWorldZhongshanParkLuXunParkXinhaoshanParkQingdaoGoldenBeachShilaorenBeachTsingtaoBeerMuseumChinaNavyMuseumQingdaoCatholicChurchQingdaoProtestantChurchGuestHouseQingdaoInfanteMagicKingdomJiaozhouBaySea-crossingBridgeIntroductiontoQingdao1.LocationQingdao’sgeographicallocationissuperior,locatedinthemiddleofChina’snortherncoastlineandwesttothevasthinterland.Itisnotonlyaregionalhubairportbutalsoaninternationalharbor.Meanwhile,Qingdaoisoneofthe21nationallogisticsnodecitiesaswellas42nationalcomprehensivetransporthubs.2.AdministrativeDivisionsQingdaonowhassixmunicipaldistricts(Shinandistrict,Shibeidistrcit,Licangdistrict,HuangdaodistrictandChengyangdistrict)andfourcounty-levelcities(Jimo,Jiaozhou,PinduandLaixi).3.EconomyTherearemanyfamouscompaniesandbrandsinQingdao,includingHaier,Hisense,QingdaoBeerandDoublestar,etc.Qingdao,therefore,gainedthehonorarytitlesof“TheCityofChina’sBrand”and“TopTenBrandCitiesinChina”andsoon.Andintheyearof2008,Qingdaosuccessfullyheldthe29thOlympicsailingevent,thusbeinghonoredas“SailingCapitaloftheWorld”.InJanuary,2011,ShandongPeninsulawasapprovedasblueeconomiczonebytheStateCouncilwithQingdaoasitscoreareaandleadingcity.QingdaohasbeenintheleadingpositioninShandong’seconomy.4.NaturalResourcesQingdaoisveryrichinnaturalresources,suchaswaterandbiologyresources,animalandplantresources,mineralresourcesandwindenergyresources.ZhanQiaoZhanQiaowasbuiltin1892bytheQinggovernmenttofacilitatethetransportofmilitarymaterials.Afteranumberofrehabilitationandreconstruction,nowQingdaoZhanQiaois440meterslongand8meterswide.ItisthewitnessofhistoryinQingdaoandalsothefocusofheritagebuildingsofQingdaocity.AsasymbolaswellasaveryimportantlandmarkofQingdao,ZhanQiaoisthefirstpublishednationalscenicregionandalsothefirstnational4Aleveltourismzone.HuilanPavilionHuilanPavilion,consistingoftwolevelsofoctagonalgazebos,iscoveredbycoloredglazedtilesandsupportedby24redpaintpillars.Therearespiralstaircasesinsidethepavilionandallthewindowsupstairsaremadeofglass.Throughalltheglasswindows,visitorscanseethebeautifulQingdaobayandallattractionsandfamousbuildingsaroundinalldirections.Badaguan(EightGreatPasses)LocatedintheeastofHuiquanandcoveringanareaof700,000squaremeters,“BadaguanScenicArea”isawell-knownviewsanitariuminChina.Therearetenquietandcoolroadshere,whicharenamedaftereightfamouspasses.That’swhyitiscalled“EightGreatPasses”.Beforeliberation,thiswasabureaucraticcapitalvillazone;afterliberation,thePeople’sGovernmentconductedafullrenovationofBadaguantomakeitoneoftheimportantviewsanitariumsinChina.ManyofthePartyandstateleadersaswellasimportantinternationalfriendsoncelivedhere.StyleofArchitectureBeforeliberation,BadaguanwasthelocationofConsulatesinQingdao,sothereareovertwentykindsofarchitecturalstyleshere,suchasstylesofBritain,France,America,JapanandRussia,etc.Thusitiscalled“WorldArchitecturalFair”.MainScenicSpotsHuashiBuilding,ShanhaiguanRoad(No.1,No.5andNo.13),MarshalMansion(No.17)andPrincessHouse(No.10,JuyongguanRoad).HuashiBuildingItwasbuiltbyoneRussian,Gerasimov,in1932.Itiscalled“HuashiBuilding”becauseitisbuiltwithgraniteandpebbles.ItisintheEuropeanoldcastlestyleandhasthelegacyofAncientRomanandGothicarchitecture.Insidethebuilding,wecanseetheBaroquetraces.HuashibuildingisthemostfamousandrepresentativevillaamongBadaguanbuildings.Itsbuildingareais753.7squaremeters.TherearefivefloorsandthetoponeisKwunHoiTerrace.ShanghaiguanRoadNo.1——builtin1933,RenaissancestyleShanghaiguanRoadNo.5——builtin1934,Japanesestylehouses,veryfashionable.Theouterwallareglazedtiles,whichareverygreenafterbeingwashedbyrain.MarshalBuilding——Japanesestylebuilding,builtin1940.InoneofthefourroomsisthereoneSakurahungonthewall.ItissaidthatthisSakutrahasalonghistoryaboutonethousandyears.Itiscalled“MarshalBuilding”becausesixofthetoptenmarshalsofPeople’sRepublicofChinaoncelivedinthisbuilding.PrincessHouse——atypicalDanisharchitecture,builtinthe1930s.ThereisabeautifulstoryabouttheoriginofPrincessHouse.Itissaidthatin1929,oneDenmarkPrincecametotravelaroundQingdaoinaluxurycruise.HewasquiteattractedbythebeautifulcoastalsceneryofBaDaGuan,soheaskedtheDenmarkConsulatetopurchaselandonBaDaGuananddesignedthisDanishclassicalarchitectureaccordingtotheartisticconceptioninAndersen’sfairytales.AndhetookitasagifttothePrincessofDenmark.AlthoughthePrincessdidnotcometoQingdao,thename“PrincessHouse”iswidelyspread.RecommendedRouteinBadaguanMayFourthSquareMayFourthSquaredependsontheQingdaoMunicipalgovernmentofficeblock,southnearFushanbay,totalarea10hectares.Thesquareisdividedintotwoparts:thenorthpartisCenturySquare;thesouthpartisCoastalGarden,whichlookslikeaflyingbutterflyfromtheair.Acrossthesquarestandsafountainofhundredsofmeters,thefirstfountainontheseainChina.Thesquaregotitsnamefromanimportanthistoricevent“TheMay