The tiger heads
Pouring out the water.
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The second most important of Jinan's springs after Baotu Spring; its water rises from a flooded limestone cave in a cliff and pours from the mouths of three stone-carved tiger heads into a square pool, then flows into the old city moat, on whose south bank the spring lies. Legend says a black rock once lay in front of the cave, shaped like a black tiger, and the rush of water around it sounded like a tiger's roar, which gave the spring its name; the Ming poet Yan Bizeng described its old layout in a poem. Visitors stroll along the moat walk between the water and the trees to other springs nearby. Visiting is free, as the spring lies on the open moat walk.
Pouring out the water.
Between water and trees.
At the foot of the cliff.
South bank of the old city moat, Lixia District, Jinan
Baotu SpringThe most famous spring of Jinan, «the city of springs», an artesian spring whose20 minutes walk
Five Dragon PoolA pond fed by artesian springs and one of Jinan's best-known springs, at the hea21 minutes walk
Daming LakeJinan's largest lake, whose name means «Lake of the Great Splendour», lies north21 minutes walkAbout one and a half kilometres east along the old city moat, and you can walk between them on the moat walk.