Qianfo Mountain, a tourist attraction in Shandong
Qianfo Mountain Scenic Area, located in the south of Jinan city center, is one of the three major attractions in Jinan. In the Zhou Dynasty, it was called Lishan, and it was said that Yu Shun once farmed under this mountain. Therefore, it is also called Shungeng Mountain. During the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty, many Buddha statues were carved on the mountain and the "Qianfo Temple" was established, hence the name Qianfo Mountain. In 1959, it was transformed into a park. In 1995, Qianfo Mountain was listed as a provincial scenic spot, in 2005 it was rated as a national AAAA tourist attraction, and in 2017 it was listed as a national scenic spot.
The Qianfo Mountain Scenic Area covers an area of 151.8 hectares and reaches a maximum altitude of 285 meters. The mountains here are undulating and the scenery is beautiful and magnificent. Liu E, a famous literary scholar of the Qing Dynasty, described it in "The Old Man's Travel Notes": "It seems like a large painting by Zhao Qianli of the Song Dynasty, made into a screen tens of miles long".
The historical culture of Qianfo Mountain is very long, with the culture of Yu Shun, Buddhist culture, and natural ecology as the core content. This is a famous mountain where the world's Buddhist culture and imperial culture coexist. Qianfo Mountain is one of the birthplaces of Yu Shun culture. Shun once farmed here and his name was spread all over the world. There are historical sites related to Shun culture in the scenic area, such as Lishan Academy, Shun Temple, Three Saints Hall, Dashun Stone Picture Garden, Lishan Tracing the Source, etc.; the Buddhist culture of Qianfo Mountain can be traced back to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, leaving behind Xingguo Zen Temple, Qianfo Cliff Carvings and other rich Buddhist cultural attractions; Qianfo Mountain has a superior natural environment, with many famous ancient trees, and many natural attractions such as Buddha Mountain Chrysanthemum Viewing, Lishan Landscape, Tang Huaigu, Nanlu Danxia, Ciyun Exploration, etc.; Qianfo Mountain has a distinctive traditional folk culture, with "March 3" folk culture temple fair, "September 9" Chongyang Mountain Meeting and other intangible cultural heritage.
In recent years, the Qianfo Mountain Scenic Area has made great progress. Since 2011, it has been improving the environment year by year, strengthening the ecological greening landscape effect, highlighting the historical and cultural main line, and comprehensively improving the overall landscape and cultural taste of the scenic area. In 2013, the Qilu Stele Culture Garden, a Shandong stele culture theme park, was built on the south foot of the mountain; since 2014, in order to vigorously promote Shun culture, Nanfeng Pavilion, Siqin Pavilion, Qingyun Pavilion, Lishan Tracing the Source and other Shun culture attractions have been built one after another, forming a Shun culture tour line with the cultural characteristics of Quancheng, composed of ten Shun culture attractions, and has become a tourist attraction integrating history, culture, and scenery, with complete functions, large scale, and loved and welcomed by tourists.
In general, the Qianfo Mountain Scenic Area not only has a long history and rich cultural heritage, but also beautiful natural landscapes and unique folk customs. It is not only a good place for Jinan citizens to relax and exercise, but also an ideal place for domestic and foreign tourists to understand Jinan and experience Quancheng culture.
Qianfo Mountain is on the edge of Shandong Building. It takes ten minutes to walk. It is very convenient. The mountain is not high. It takes about half an hour to walk up. Because the weather was too hot that day, I didn't go to the top. After visiting the temple, take the cable car down.
The customer first went to Qianfo Mountain. The customer evaluation is a bit like Moscow's sparrow mountain. It overlooks most of Jinan's urban area. The guests like it very much. The overall route is not very tired. It is a good place to take foreign customers to visit Jinan.
Such a large scenic spot is clean and the service is very good. There is a long history. Buddha's holy place. It is not a monastery scenic spot that does not allow donations to prompt very good, very user-friendly management. The roads and ropeways up and down the mountain and there are sightseeing cars and slides that are reasonable. There is a chance to climb the mountain.
Thousands of Buddha Mountain Buddhist resorts, the highest peak in Jinan City, overlooking the whole city of Jinan, the mountain side cypress four seasons evergreen, the age of more than 60 tickets is free, the age of more than 60 ropeway actually half a ticket, awesome!
Offline is 30, online is more favorable, and you can directly show the QR code when you enter the scenic spot, so I won’t queue up to buy tickets. The scenic spot is beautiful and suitable for friends to travel. The slide is very distinctive. There is a garden party during the Chinese New Year. There are many snacks. Some health looks not very good. It is recommended to enter the door with sweet potato chips. Grandma bought it to help farmers, clean and delicious.
Take bus k202 and get off at the next stop of Qianfoshan. It will be a lot closer. It takes 6 minutes to walk. There are not many people. After entering, I found that there is a ropeway. 28 yuan per person. Because there are more mountains to climb, I don't think there is any need to sit, so I walked all the way. It took about 50 minutes. The top is not bad, the wind is a bit big, it will be cold after a long time. 15 minutes down the mountain. Very fast.
Ganfoshan is located in Lixia District, Jinan City, Shandong Province, and Baotu Spring, Daming Lake and Jinan three major attractions, is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, because Buddhism is prevalent, with the mountain carved a number of statues, so called Ganfoshan. We were catching up with the Ganfoshan Mountain Conference when we went, and various literary and artistic activities such as cross talk, drums and drama performances, as well as various snacks and practical items were displayed and sold.
Qianfo Mountain is not far from Jinan City. You can enter from the north gate all the way up, or you can choose a tour bus or a ropeway and slide. The mountain is not very high, but there are many small attractions on both sides, and you can climb full of tours. The scenery on the mountain is beautiful and you can overlook Jinan City.