Experience cultural tourism in Mingshui ancient city in China

NDO - As one of the four great towns of the ancient Zhangqiu region with more than 1,000 years of history, the ancient city of Mingshui in Jinan city, Shandong province, China has today become a complex of sightseeing , relaxation, cultural experiences, and conference organization.

After 6 years of restoration with a total investment of 1.1 billion yuan, Minh Thuy ancient citadel has a planned area of 2,406 hectares, and a construction area of about 800,000 square meters. Minh Thuy ancient citadel is known as the "miniature city of streams" with a system of more than 100 underground streams, of which Hoa Mai stream and Muc stream have the strongest water flow.

The special feature of the streams in Jinan in general and the ancient city of Mingshui in particular is that they are underground streams and erupt on the surface through "stream eyes". Many "stream eyes" locations have been built into stream lakes surrounded by stone-paved roads with rows of green trees, dotted with water pavilions or rows of ancient houses with blue bricks and black tiles, creating a quiet, ancient space.

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The unique feature of Minh Thuy ancient citadel is that there are both streams and rivers in the citadel. Underground streams are scattered throughout the citadel, and visitors can see “stream eyes” right on the roadside. However, visitors cannot miss the boat service right from the citadel gate. The winding river along the citadel wall will slowly take visitors to experience the unique river-stream architectural-cultural space here.

Coming to Minh Thuy ancient citadel, visitors can experience the culture with craft villages: iron forging, soy sauce making, tofu making, oil pressing, silk weaving... In addition, in the citadel there are also many places to organize performances of unique art forms such as: circus, martial arts, drama, especially in the evening there are traditional art performances combined with water music and modern lighting. Every day there are more than 20 performances held at different locations to ensure that visitors can walk and sightsee, enjoy traditional art and shop.