Daming Lake

Daming Lake

Daming Lake Park regarded as the bright pearl of City of Springs is located in the center of Jinan City covers a total area of 860,000 square meters (about 212 acres) of which the lake itself comprises of 460,000 square meters (about 113 acres). The six islands in Daming Lake contain flowers, trees and other plants flourishing amongst the various pavilions. The lake is a center of activity and one can find fish leaping near yachts and boats. In summer, lotuses bloom uninhibitedly filling half of the park with its fragrant scent. At the same time, willows circle the lake on three sides and swing with the breeze, a scene for which Daming Lake is famous. The centerpiece of the lake is a great man-made hectometer fountain built in 1985. The fountain has 103 injectors, and the main injector can spout water as high as 100 meters (about 328 feet) in all its majesty.
The park surrounding this lake has small temples, gardens, lily ponds, an amusement park and, for military aircraft enthusiasts, the preserved shell of a MiG fighter. It’s a pleasant area to wander or peddle around the lake in small duck-shaped boats.

Being one of the three great tourist attractions of Jinan, Daming Lake is an important place of interest of the spring city as well as a window opening to the outside world. Daming Lake is well-known far and near, attracting numerous tourists, it annually receives about 2,000,000 people both at home and abroad. Daming Lake has a long history and it has beautiful scenery, with scenic spots and historical sites in between. Especially, it is a natural lake in the prosperous city, which is really one in thousand