Jinan because of the large number of springs, known as the "spring city" reputation, the city's total number of famous springs nearly a thousand, but also known as "city of a thousand springs", many clean and luscious springs, gushing out from the city underground, into rivers, lakes. During the flood season, the spring gushing area is dense, and the beautiful scenery of "every spring water, every household is weeping", "Qingquan stone upstream" is presented everywhere.
Among the many springs throughout the city, the most worth seeing is Baotu Spring, located in the bustling area of the city center and near Quancheng Square. Since ancient times, Baotu Spring Water has been famous at home and abroad for its clear and transparent, luscious taste, and has been rated as one of the three famous attractions in Jinan.
Baotu Spring is also the first famous spring in Jinan to appear in ancient documents, and the Northern Wei geographer Li Daoyuan wrote in the "Notes on the Water Classics": "The water is out of the southwest of the ancient city of Licheng County, and the spring source is on the top, and the water gushes like a wheel." The "Luo" here refers to Baotu Spring. During the Song Dynasty, Zeng Gong of Qizhou Zhizhou wrote a "Record of the Second Hall of Qizhou", which officially gave it the name of "Baotu Spring". The so-called "Baotu", that is, the meaning of jumping and rushing, in order to describe Baotu Spring as a jumping spring.
(Double Imperial Monument)
Baotu Spring, known as "the first spring in the world", is said to be the honorary name of "the first spring under the world", which was sealed by the Qianlong Emperor. Baotu Spring is good, Qianlong has long heard of it, so he sent a message to go and enjoy the spring and watch the water. In March of the thirteenth year of Qianlong, Qianlong drove to Baotu Spring, tasted tea at Laihe Pavilion, and looked at the spring at the window, and he was amazed by the spring water bursting out of the three caves and rolling waves in front of him. When he tasted the refreshing and sweet Baotu Spring water, he was even more appreciative, so he ordered the guards to pour out the "Jade Spring" water brought from Beijing City for drinking along the way, replace it with Baotu Spring water, and canonize Baotu Spring as the "first spring in the world", and Baotu Spring became the first of the seventy-two springs in Jinan.
Nowadays, walking into Baotu Spring Park, it is as if you have walked into the classical garden of Jiangnan, the spring pond in the park is deep, sparkling, the pavilions and pavilions are carved and painted, staggered, LuoyuanTang, Eying Ancestral Hall, Wanghe Pavilion, Guanlan Pavilion, Shangzhi Hall, Cangyuan Garden, BaixueLou, Li Kuchan Memorial Hall, Wang Xuetao Memorial Hall and other scenic spots and monuments, which can be called one of the most characteristic landscape gardens in the north and south.
After talking about the world-famous "world's first spring" Baotu Spring, do you know where the "world's second spring" is?
Historically, the Qianlong Emperor went south to the Jiangnan region six times, and one place that has to be mentioned is Huishan in Wuxi, Qianlong came to Huishan six times, because in ancient times there was a monk from the Western Regions called Huizhao, Hui is the wisdom of Hui, he once practiced in the vicinity of Jielu, and the ancient wisdom of "Hui" and the preferential "Hui" two words are common, so here is called Huishan.
In Xihui Park in the foothills of Wuxi's Huishan Mountains, there is a spring called Huishan Spring, which originates from ruobing cave, and the trickle flows through the cracks in the rock formation and converges in a volt, which becomes a spring. The history of Huishan Spring is very long, the earliest can be traced back to the first year of the Tang Calendar to the twelfth year, more than 1300 years of history, for the then Wuxi Ling Jingcheng people to excavate and order the local spring water far away, Huishan Spring since the excavation of the world, whether it is the Tang Dynasty or the Northern Song Dynasty emperors or noble celebrities are fond of drinking Huishan spring water, Tang Xuanzong's prime minister Li Deyu to drink this spring water, but also ordered the local spring water to send the spring water to Chang'an more than 3,000 miles away, the Song Dynasty When Song Huizong once listed the second spring water as a tribute. Su Dongpo admired the famous spring and chanted the good sentence "Bring the small group moon in the sky alone to try the second spring on earth".
According to legend, Lu Yu, the tea saint of the Tang Dynasty, once visited a friend in Wuxi, Juhuishan Temple, and he was very appreciative of the scenery of Huishan Mountain's "spring source and thick greenery"; after drinking Huishan Spring, he was even more devoted to the clear and luscious spring water. Later, Lu Yupin rated the water under the world as twenty grades, believing that "Lushan Kangwang Spring is the first, Huishan Stone Spring is the second", and the reputation of the second spring in the world was thus born. When the Qianlong Emperor came here, he not only tasted the Huishan Spring, but also inscribed a poem praising it as "the second spring in the world".
Huishan Spring is not only sweet and sweet, but also gave birth to an excellent folk artist - Ah Bing and his famous song "Erquan Yingyue" at home and abroad.
Every night, the water of the spring reflects a round of bright moon, and Ah Bing's "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon" was born here. Ah Bing, formerly known as Hua Yanjun, is a folk musician who occupies an important position in The history of Chinese music. His personal misfortune was very unfortunate, he lost his sight in both eyes due to eye diseases in his early years, and has since been living on the streets and relying on selling art to make a living. However, he studied Taoist music assiduously and kept improving, composing and performing more than 270 folk songs in his lifetime. When the world-famous Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa listened to "Erquan Yingyue", he suddenly wept bitterly, and then he knelt down, saying: "Such a song should be listened to on your knees!" ”
Today's Huishan is the place where the national 5A-level tourist attraction Huishan Ancient Town is located, whether in history or today, it is a place full of beautiful scenery in Jiangnan.