Shandong Yellow River Cultural Theme Tourism Series Route
The theme tourism of the Yellow River in Shandong mainly revolves around the rich cultural connotations carried by the Yellow River in the region it flows through in Shandong. The following are some related introductions:
Experience of scenic spots along the route:
Along the Yellow River Museum and Cultural Venues:
Jinan: It has Shandong Museum, Jinan City Museum, etc. The Shandong Museum is a provincial-level comprehensive geological museum with rich collections, such as Dongping Han tomb murals, red pottery animal shaped pots and other precious cultural relics, which can allow people to appreciate the long history and rich cultural heritage of Shandong region; The Jinan Museum focuses on showcasing the historical and cultural heritage of the Jinan region, serving as an important window for understanding the history of Jinan.
Zibo: The Qi Culture Museum is a specialized museum that showcases Qi culture. Through rich cultural relics, scene restoration, and other forms, it showcases the historical changes, political system, economic development, cultural and artistic achievements of the Qi state, which is of great significance for understanding Qi culture.
Binzhou: Binzhou City Museum is a comprehensive museum that integrates education, exhibition, collection, research, and display. Its collections cover multiple fields such as history, art, and folk customs, allowing visitors to gain a deeper understanding of the development history and cultural characteristics of Binzhou region.
Historical and cultural relics:
Tai'an: Dawenkou Cultural Site is an important Neolithic cultural site in the Yellow River Basin. The unearthed pottery, stone tools and other cultural relics reflect the production and living conditions and artistic creation level of human beings at that time, and have important value for studying the origin of civilization in the Yellow River Basin. In addition, as a world cultural and natural heritage, Mount Taishan is blended with the Yellow River culture. Its profound historical and cultural heritage and magnificent natural landscape attract many tourists to climb and visit.
Liaocheng: Guangyue Tower is an outstanding representative of ancient Chinese architecture, with high historical, artistic, and scientific value. It witnesses the historical changes of Liaocheng and the cultural heritage of the Yellow River Basin; The Lion Tower Jingyanggang Tourist Area is closely connected to the story of Water Margin, reflecting the folk culture and chivalrous spirit of the Yellow River Basin.
Natural scenery:
Heze: Dongming Yellow River National Wetland Park is an important ecological protection area in the Yellow River Basin, with abundant wetland resources and diverse ecological environments. It is a paradise for birds to inhabit, and tourists can enjoy the beautiful wetland scenery and feel the charm of nature here.
Dongying: The Yellow River Mouth Ecotourism Area is the place where the Yellow River flows into the sea, with a unique wetland ecosystem and spectacular Yellow River estuary scenery. The spectacular scenery of "river sea confluence" is breathtaking, and it is also a habitat for many rare bird species, with high ecological and ornamental value.
Cultural connotation:
Agricultural culture: The region where the Yellow River flows through Shandong is an important agricultural production area, nurturing a long-standing agricultural culture. For example, the Xiajin Yellow River Old Course Forest Park in Texas was once an old course left by the Yellow River diversion. The soil here is fertile and suitable for fruit tree cultivation, with a long history of fruit tree cultivation. Tourists can experience the charm of agricultural culture here and learn about the wisdom and diligence of ancient laboring people.
Folk culture: The Yellow River region has rich folk culture, such as the Zhanhua Fishing Drum Opera in Binzhou and the folk customs of southwestern Shandong in Heze. Zhanhua Fishing Drum Opera is a form of traditional Chinese opera with strong local characteristics. It has a unique singing style and a simple performance style, reflecting the lives and emotions of the local people; The folk customs in southwest Shandong include folk art, traditional handicrafts, folk activities, such as Paper Cuttings, dough figurines, dragon and lion dances, which have strong local characteristics and cultural connotations.
Travel experience:
Cultural experience activities: various cultural experience activities will be held in some scenic spots and cultural venues along the Yellow River. For example, in Dong'e ass hide glue city, you can visit the tribute glue hall, understand the whole process of traditional ass hide glue production techniques, and experience the traditional Chinese medicine health care project in person. At the Holy Land of Nishan in Qufu, you can watch the large-scale ritual and music performance of "Golden Sound and Jade Vibration" and experience the profoundness of Confucian culture.
Ecotourism: Scenic areas such as Huanghekou Ecotourism Zone and Dongming Yellow River National Wetland Park provide tourists with great destinations for ecotourism. Tourists can take transportation such as boats and sightseeing buses to enjoy wetland scenery, bird habitats, and other natural landscapes. They can also participate in ecological science activities to understand the importance of ecological protection of the Yellow River.
Participation in folk activities: In some traditional folk festivals or specific times, various folk activities will be held along the Yellow River, such as temple fairs during the Spring Festival, lantern shows during the Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) Festival, etc. Tourists can participate in them to feel the local folk customs and festival atmosphere.
Travel itinerary plan:
Route 1: Journey of exploring cultural context
Travel itinerary introduction:
Heze (Juye County Museum, Yuncheng County Museum) → Jining (Sankong Scenic Area, Liangshan Folk Custom Museum, Nanwang Hub National Archaeological Site Park, the National Archaeological Site Park of the Old City of Lu, Nishan Holy Land Auditorium) → Tai'an (Mount Taishan Scenic Area, Dongping County Museum) → Liaocheng (Liaocheng China Canal Culture Museum, Guangyue Building, Lion Tower • Jingyanggang Tourist Area, Dong'a Yellow River National Forest Park) → Dezhou (Dezhou Museum, Debai Hot Spring Tourist Town) → Jinan (Baotu Spring, Daming Lake, Minghu Show, Shandong Museum, Jinan Museum, Zhangqiu District Chengziya National Archaeological Relics Park) → Zibo (Qi Culture Museum, Sanshuiyuan Ecological Tourism Resort Immersion Theater "Liaozhai Performance", "National Style Etiquette Series Performance", Yanshen Ancient Town) → Binzhou (Binzhou City Museum, Zhanhua Fishing Drum Opera Troupe Exhibition Hall) → Dongying (Huanghekou Ecotourism Zone, Sun Tzu Cultural Park).
Featured Highlights:
Using museums, national archaeological sites parks, and Yellow River cultural performance venues in cities along the Yellow River as carriers, comprehensively demonstrate the development process of Qilu culture under the influence of the Yellow River. It can allow tourists to have a deep understanding of the rich historical and cultural relics along the Yellow River, and feel the integration and inheritance of different regional cultures.
Scenic spot description:
1. Juye County Museum: With a rich collection, visitors can learn about the historical development and cultural context of Heze area, which is of great significance for studying the cultural changes in the Yellow River Basin.
2. San Kong Scenic Area (Confucian Temple, Confucian Mansion, and Confucian Forest in Qufu): It is an important birthplace of Confucian culture and a significant symbol of ancient Chinese cultural inheritance, allowing people to deeply experience the profound heritage of Confucian culture.
3. Nishan Holy Land: It is an important showcase of Confucian culture, with magnificent buildings such as the statue of Confucius and the Great Hall. The performance of "Golden Sound and Jade Vibration" is even more spectacular, allowing tourists to deeply experience the charm of Confucian culture.
4. Mount Taishan Scenic Spot: the first of the five mountains, carrying a wealth of historical culture and natural landscape, is a symbol of the Chinese national spirit, which echoes with the Yellow River culture, showing the cultural characteristics of combining hardness and softness 1.
5. Shandong Museum: With a large collection of cultural relics, it is an important window for understanding the history and culture of Shandong. Visiting can provide a more comprehensive understanding of the development of the Shandong region.
6. Huanghekou Ecotourism Area: Located at the mouth of the Yellow River, it has unique wetland ecological landscapes and magnificent scenes of river sea confluence, and is a place where Yellow River culture and marine culture blend together.
Route 2: Visiting for Learning and Understanding
Travel itinerary introduction:
Heze (Sun Bin Tourist City in Juancheng County) → Liaocheng (Comrade Kong Fansen Memorial Hall, Shanshan Guild Hall) → Jining (Three Arches Scenic Spot, Confucius Museum, Meng Temple, Meng Mansion, Yan Temple, Nishan Holy Land School, Nishan Holy Land Auditorium "Golden Sound and Jade Vibration") → Tai'an (Mount Taishan Scenic Spot, Mount Taishan Tianzhufeng Scenic Spot, "Mount Taishan Buddhist Memorial Ceremony", Mount Taishan Printing Museum) → Jinan (Baotu Spring, Yellow River Culture Exhibition Hall) → Zibo (Pu Songling Memorial Hall, Jiao Yulu Memorial Hall, Chenzhuang · Tangkou Western Zhou Heritage Museum) → Binzhou (Du Shoutian's Former Residence, Sun Tzu's Military Science City) → Dongying (Huanghekou Ecological Tourism Zone, Sun Tzu Cultural Park, Huanghekou Educated Youth Town).
Featured Highlights:
Relying on the material remains of Chinese culture of "the Yellow River, Mount Taishan and Confucius", it connects Jinan, Tai'an and Qufu, three national historical and cultural cities, and combines the cultural thoughts of Pu Songling, Tai Gong, Du Shoutian, Sun Tzu, etc., so that tourists can understand different cultural philosophies and wisdom in the process of visiting.
Scenic spot description:
1. Sun Bin Tourist City: It was built in memory of Sun Bin, a famous military strategist during the Warring States period. Here, you can learn about Sun Bin's life stories and military thoughts.
2. Three Confucius Scenic Area: Confucius Mansion, Confucius Temple, Confucius Forest, to learn about the life stories and academic thoughts of Confucius, the founder of Chinese Confucianism.
3. Meng Temple and Meng Mansion: It is the birthplace and memorial site of Mencius, allowing people to understand his thoughts and the inheritance and development of Confucian culture.
4. Mount Taishan Tianzhu Peak Scenic Area "Mount Taishan • Buddhist Sacrifice Ceremony of China": it reappears the grand scene of the ancient emperor Mount Taishan's Buddhist Sacrifice in the form of performance, which has a strong visual impact and cultural appeal.
5. Pu Songling Memorial Hall: Pu Songling was a famous literary figure in the Qing Dynasty. Here, you can learn about his creative process and the cultural connotations of "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio".
6. Sun Tzu's Art of War City: Built in memory of Sun Tzu, it showcases the ideas and military wisdom of Sun Tzu's Art of War, and is of great value to military enthusiasts and cultural researchers.
Route 3: Ecological and Cultural Journey
Travel itinerary introduction:
Heze (Dongming Yellow River National Wetland Park, Cao County Yellow River Old Course National Wetland Park) → Jining (Weishan Lake Tourist Area) → Tai'an (Daicunba Scenic Area, Dongping Lake Scenic Area) → Liaocheng (Dong'a Yellow River National Forest Park, Yanggu Jindi River Wetland Park) → Dezhou (Xiajin Yellow River Old Course Forest Park, Yellow River International Ecological City) → Jinan (Baili Yellow River Scenic Area) → Zibo (Yellow River Anlan Bay Scenic Area, Swan Lake International Hot Spring Slow City, Hongye Persimmon Rock Tourist Area) → Binzhou (Yellow River Tower, Yellow River Delta Ecological and Cultural Tourism Island) → Dongying (Yellow River Mouth Ecological Tourism Area, Hongtan Wetland Tourism Area, and Solitary Island Huaishulin Hot Spring Tourism Area).
Featured Highlights:
You can appreciate various natural landscapes in the Yellow River Basin, including the old course of the Yellow River, wetland parks, lakes, forests, etc., and personally experience the natural landscape characteristics of the Yellow River's bold and graceful coexistence, deeply understanding the scientific connotation of the "Two Mountains" concept.
Scenic spot description:
1. Dongming Yellow River National Wetland Park: With a beautiful ecological environment and abundant flora and fauna resources, it is an important demonstration area for ecological protection in the Yellow River Basin.
2. Weishan Lake Tourist Area: It is the largest freshwater lake in northern China, with beautiful scenery, abundant fishery resources, and water town culture, allowing tourists to experience unique water town customs.
3. Daicunba Scenic Spot: It is an important water conservancy project on the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal, known as the "Northern Dujiangyan Irrigation Project", with high historical and scientific value.
4. Dongping Lake Scenic Area: It is one of the places where the story of "Water Margin" takes place, with rich historical and cultural relics and natural landscapes, blending with the Yellow River culture.
5. Huanghekou Ecotourism Area: With a unique wetland ecosystem and abundant bird resources, it is a great place for bird watching and photography, as well as an important window to understand the ecological environment of the Yellow River estuary.