Jining Wenshang, truly an underrated treasure of a tourist city

👉 Wenshang County, formerly known as Zhongdu, is located in the northernmost part of Jining, bordering Liangshan County, Yanzhou District, Rencheng District, and Dongping County and Ningyang County of Tai'an City. 👉 This place is really a severely underrated treasure of a tourist city! 📝 If you come to Wenshang for tourism, it is recommended to check in at the following five places! ▪️ Zhongdu Museum Located south of Baoxiang Temple scenic area and west of Lotus Square, the exhibition hall is divided into two floors, with the first floor for historical relics exhibition and the second floor for Buddhist relics exhibition, covering an exhibition area of 800 square meters. The exhibition hall uses comprehensive exhibition means to show the cultural development of Wenshang in all aspects and from multiple angles. Currently, the museum has a collection of over 50,000 cultural relics, making it one of the museums with the largest number of cultural relics in Shandong Province at the county level, which is well worth a visit. ▪️ Baoxiang Temple A Buddhist cultural theme scenic area and experience site that integrates the display and worship of holy objects, religious study and practice, and tourism and leisure. ⚠️ The main attractions include: Baoxiang Temple Pagoda Yard, Baoxiang Temple Building Complex, Zhongdu Museum, Buddha Worship Square, and Buddha Worship Avenue. ▪️ Wenshang Confucian Temple Wenshang Confucian Temple is a national 3A level scenic spot, dedicated to the worship of the great thinker and educator Confucius. The existing main buildings include the Ji Gate, Dacheng Hall, and Minglun Hall, with newly built Confucius Zhaizhongdu Cultural Exhibition Area and Imperial Examination Cultural Exhibition Area on the east and west sides. ▪️ Zhongdu Folk Museum Located at the northeast corner of the Lotus Lake Wetland Scenic Area in Wenshang County, the main building is a Ming and Qing folk-style antique building with an elegant and unique architectural style. It is the largest folk culture theme museum in southwestern Shandong with the most exhibits and the most distinctive features. It displays the folk culture of southwestern Shandong, especially the local marriage customs, childbirth customs, birthday customs, folk crafts, theatrical arts, quyi (traditional Chinese performing arts), and folk production and living customs of Jining and Wenshang. ▪️ Lotus Lake 👣 Tour route: Lotus Square—Lotus Bridge—Welcome Avenue—Viewing Platform—Yongji Bridge—Li Bai Square—Wetland Exhibition Area—Zhongdu Folk Museum 📍 Address: 2 kilometers north of the Binhu Boulevard in Wenshang Street, Wenshang County 💰 Ticket price: Free admission for the first entry ticket