27 Facts About Jinan

Jinan, alternately romanized as Tsinan, is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China.

The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilization and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub.

Jinan is often called the "City of Springs" for its famous 72 artesian springs.

Jinan is one of the top 100 cities in the world for scientific research as tracked by the Nature Index according to the Nature Index 2020 Science Cities.

Jinan is referred to by the nickname "City of Springs", because of the many artesian springs in the urban city centre and its surroundings.

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Jinan remained the cultural center of the region during the Song dynasty .

Two of the most important poets of the Southern Song were both born in Jinan: Li Qingzhao, the most renown female poet in Chinese history, and Xin Qiji, who was a military leader of the Southern Song dynasty.

Jinan was the site of a siege during the Jingnan Campaign where the city was defended by loyalists of the Jianwen Emperor led by Tie Xuan against the rebel Prince of Yan Zhu Di's army.

German influence in Jinan grew after the Qing dynasty ceded Qingdao to the German Empire in 1897.

Jinan became a major trading center for agricultural goods in northern China.

Jinan developed into a major industrial center, second in importance to Qingdao in the province.

Jinan established his base in Jinan and is credited with curtailing banditry and drug trading, thereby bringing a measure of peace and prosperity to the city.

From 1935 onwards Han was under heavy pressure from the Japanese consul in Jinan to declare Shandong an "independent state" allied with Japan.

Jinan ordered the offices of the provincial government and the Japanese consulate in Jinan to be burned down and the ensuing power vacuum led to widespread looting in the city.

KMT rule over Jinan ended in September 1948 with the Battle of Jinan in which units of the People's Liberation Army under the command of Chen Yi took the city.

Jinan was the host of the 11th All China Games during October 2009.

Sub-provincial city of Jinan has direct jurisdiction over ten districts and 2 counties after the annexation of Laiwu to Jinan in 2019:.

Jinan is positioned at the intersection of two major railways: The Jinghu Railway that runs from Beijing to Shanghai is the major north–south backbone of the railway system in eastern China.

The younger people of Jinan are more likely to speak standard Mandarin, whereas many older residents retain strong local dialect elements in their speech.

Nevertheless, even the younger residents of Jinan tend to retain a strong local accent and mix local vocabulary into the standardized Mandarin vocabulary.

Jinan has its own cuisine, the Jinan style of the Shandong cuisine, one of the Eight Culinary Traditions of China.

Jinan is renowned across China for its numerous springs, the lakes fed by the spring water, and the weeping willows that grow along the water edges.

Jinan was the historical center of Buddhist culture for the whole province which is still manifest in the many historic sites that are left behind in its southern counties.

Jinan is known as the "City of Springs" because of the large number of natural artesian springs.

Jinan was one of four host cities of China during the 2004 AFC Asian Cup.

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In 2009, Jinan hosted the 2009 National Games of China, the premier sports event at the national level in China and the first major multi-sports event held in China after the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Since 2014, Jinan has been known as the site of China's national winter swimming festivals at Daming Lake, since 2016 organized in cooperation with the International Winter Swimming Association .