Words for the Quiet Mind

Morgan's Essay 024: Jinan, Shandong — Baotu Spring & Daming Lake, Thousand Buddha Mountain

2026-05-23
Morgan's Essay 024: Jinan, Shandong — Baotu Spring & Daming Lake, Thousand Buddha Mountain
Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Sorting memories from nine years ago,
I visited the finest spring of Jinan.
To the north lies famed Daming Lake,
To the south, Thousand Buddha Mountain.

Three vents gush forth without cease,
Ranked first among seventy-two springs.
After touring, I wandered the city,
Jinan's impression: amidst beautiful waters.