Shandongprovince,withanothernameLu,isanimportantcoastalprovinceinEastChina.LocatedonthelowerreachesoftheYellowRiver,itbordersontheBohaiandYellowSeas,andoverlookstheKoreanPeninsulaandtheJapanArchipelagoacrossavaststretchofsea.Theprovincehasatotalareaof156,000squarekilometers(about60,235squaremiles)andatotalpopulationofover90million.ContentsJiNan(CityofSprings)TaishanMountain(themostclimbedmountianinChina)Qufu(EasternAl-Quds)QingDao•Jinan,thecapitalofShandongProvince,whichislocatedsouthofTaiMountain.YellowRiverandXiaoqingRiverarethetwochiefwaterstyle.Jinanisaprosperousandlong-historycitywhichisfamousforsprings--especially“thenumberonespring”.Sosheisalsocalledthecityofsprings.Jinanhasthreemajorscenicspotsofthecity.TheyaretheBaotuSpring,DamingLakeandQianfoMountain.•BaotuSpringParkisanaturalrockandspringgarden.BaotuSpring,whichthebestoneamongthe72famousspringsinJinan,isregardedasthefirstspringunderheaven.Thespringwaterspurtsoutinthreeprongs,justlikethreepilesofsnow.Furthermore,thereareagreatnumberofsmallspringshidingatthebottomofthepond.Soyoncanseeastringofbubbleslikeastringofpearlsrising.Thespringwaterissosweetandpurethatitisoptimumfordrinkingandmakingtea.•QianfoMountainisahillwhichis285metersinheightlocatedsoutheastofthecityofJinan.ItisveryoutstandingforitsnumerousBuddhaimagesanditsXingguochanTemple.DamingLake•DamingLake,isoneofthebiggestlakesinjinan.Itislocatedatthecenterofjinan'surbanarea.Theparktakesanareaof86ha,withthelakecovering46.5ha.Insidethepark,willowsqueuearoundthelake,lotusflowersonthelake.Moreover,theQianfomountain‘sreflectionoftenappearsintheDamingLake.Thissceneiscalled“佛山倒影”JinanOlympicSportsCenterStadium•Jinanheldthe11thNationalGames.TheconstructionoftheJinanOlympicSportsCenterStadiumisreportedthatthisyearourprovincewillmakecontributionstofacilitatingtheprovisionoffitnessforthemasses.ThestadiumissituatedinnewcityaeraofJinan,whichincludesonestadiumandthreegyms.Thestadiumisdesignedasthestyleofwillow'sleaf,andthegymjustlikesalotus,whichstandforthetreeandfolwerofthecity,soit'scalled“东荷西柳”。nightsceneTaishanMountaininShandongwasincludedasWorldCulturalandNaturalHeritagebyUNESCOinDec1987.UnitedNationsEducational,Scientific,andCulturalOrganization联合国教科文组织TaishanMountainlocatesinthemiddleofShandongprovinceerectingfromtheShandonghills.ItisinTaiancity.TaishanMountainisinasuperiorgeographiclocationwithabundantwaterandthermalresources.Asregardtoitsculturalposition,itisthecenterofDongyiculture.TaishanMountainpossessesthefirstpositionamongtheFiveFamousMountainsinChina.ThemostfamousfourScenicSpots旭日东升云海玉盘晚霞夕照黄河金带SunrisesintheEasttheseaofCloudstheSunsetGlowtheGoldenBeltalongtheYellowRiversQufuTouristAreaLocatedinQufu,ShandongProvince,thetouristarea,whichincludestheMansion,TempleandCemeteryofConfucius,enjoysaworldwidefameasatraditionalChineseculturalsite.Theyattractnumeroustouristsfrombothhomeandabroadannually。EasternAl-Quds-----Qufu孔庙孔府孔林theMansion,TempleandCemeteryofConfuciusThesurnameofConfuciusisKong,andhisgivennameisQiu,andhewasalsoknownasZhongNi.Confucius'fatherisShulianghe,Hisfatherwasawarrorwhohadmilitaryexploitsintwobattlesandownedafiefdom.Shulianghehadninedaughterandtwoson,Confuciusishissecondson.Confuciuswasbornwhenhisfathersixtyandtisyearsold,andhelosthisfatherwhenhewasthreeyearsold.WhenhewasbornhismotherwasSeventeen,andhelosthismotherwhenhewasseventeenyearsold.Confuciuswasagreatthinkerandphilosopher.HisteachingsandphilosophyhavedeeplyinfluencedChinese,Korean,Japanese,andVietnamesethoughtandlife.AndConfuciuswasthefounderofConfucianism.Confucianismisacomplexsystemofmoral,social,political,philosophical,andquasi-religiousthoughtthathashadtremendousinfluenceonthecultureandhistoryofEastAsia.9ThesecondlargestcityofshandongqingdaoThecityofQingdaoisintheeastofShangdongProvince.Itisfamousfortheblueseaandbeautifulbeaches.Itisawonderfulplaceforsummerholidays.TensofthousandsofpeoplefromallpartsofthecountryvisitQingdaoeverysummer.Theywalkalongthebeach,goswimmingordosomeshopping.Theycanseefineviewofthecity.青岛海滨QingdaoInternationalBeerFestivalEverysummerQingdaohoststheBeerFestival.Assomeonewhohasattendedthreeofthem,Icanhonestlytellyouit'sabesttime.Ifyouareaseriousdrinkeroracasualweekendenthusiast,you'llseethebestofChina'sbeerdrinkingcultureattheevent.Thankseveryone!