The bloody and tearful history of family travel in Jinan! These 3 pitfalls made me doubt my life on the spot
by AET. Jon 2729
May 9, 2025
Sisters! I just got back from Jinan, which was supposed to be the "Jiangnan of the North", but ended up almost exhausting my old mother like the three streams of Baotu Spring! ! 😭 The sound of the spring water is really healing, but the pitfalls are really pitfalls that make your soul leave your body...
⚠️The first pit: Baotu Spring's "crowd attack"
We went there to see the No. 1 Spring in the World as described by Lao She, but ended up following the crowd...👨👩👧👦 If we wanted to take a family photo, we had to fight with 18 tour groups for a camera spot! The 5-year-old kid was squeezed like a sandwich by the crowd, crying and shouting: "Mom, the spring water is going to eat us!" Fortunately, the security guard secretly pointed the way: "There is a cold spring behind the rockery at the east gate!" As a result, we took beautiful photos of the whole place - the mossy stone steps reflected the glazed tiles, and the silhouette of the kid splashing in the water was amazing 📸!
🌿Second pit: Wulongtan's "wet trap"
The guide says you can catch fish by the pond, but it doesn't say you have to compete with koi in speed! 🐟 The kid chased with a net bag for half an hour, but he didn't catch any fish and instead slipped and fell like a drowned chicken😇! When I was wringing out the clothes, the cleaning lady brought me some ginger tea: "Warm the child up, the water is cold~" The enthusiasm of Jinan people is warmer than ginger tea, instantly curing all the embarrassment💖
⛰️The third pit: "Wild Survival" in Jiuru Mountain
I thought the "Little Jiuzhaigou of the North" would be so romantic, but the hiking route turned out to be so steep that I doubted my life! 😱 The 6-year-old kid hung on his father’s back as a “human backpack”, and when he reached the halfway point of the mountain, he immediately started repeating himself: “Mom, my legs are not legs~” Fortunately, the owner of the tea shop on the mountainside borrowed a pony, and the kid rode the horse down the mountain proudly, instantly turning into a little prince of the jungle🐎!
✨Private collection of healing crit
1️⃣ Magical moment of Mingshui Ancient City
When all the lanterns are lit at 7pm, the whole ancient city becomes a scene from "Spirited Away"🏮! The baby ran across the stone bridge holding a lotus lantern, and the reflection was shattered into stars all over the river, so beautiful that it took my breath away😭
2️⃣ The fountain surprise at Quancheng Square
I couldn't squeeze into the musical fountain at 4pm, but I accidentally walked into the group of pigeons in the corner of the square🕊️! Spend 5 yuan to buy a bag of feed, and the baby will be surrounded by pigeons and laugh until he is in vibrating mode. This happiness is comparable to Disney!
3️⃣ Natural SPA at Jiuru Mountain Waterfall
Soak the watermelon in the stream for half an hour, take it out and bite it - 🍉 The cool and sweet taste will burst your tongue! The boy narrowed his eyes and sighed: "This is the ice cream that Miss Quan sent me~"
🚌Thoughts from a person who has experienced this
✅ Be sure to get up early! Baotu Spring at 7 o'clock can occupy the entire bamboo forest
✅ Put on river trekking shoes for your child! The stone slabs of Wulongtan are covered with moss and are as slippery as ice skating
✅ Learn from the locals: bring empty mineral water bottles to drink spring water, so sweet that your kids can drink it all
✅ Prepare a change of clothes! You will get soaked if you play in the water at Jiuru Mountain (don’t ask how I know)
When the high-speed train left Jinan West Station, the kid suddenly took out his notebook and said, "Mom, I wrote a spring poem!"
The crooked handwriting reads: "There are many bubbles in Jinan/Mother Earth is blowing bubbles/I caught the three biggest ones/and hid them in my dreams as an alarm clock~"
Suddenly I felt that all the pits I had stepped on turned into candy——
Those crazy moments will eventually become the starlight of childhood🌟
(But next time I will definitely put my dad in the position of photographer!!)
Post by AET. Jon 2729 | May 9, 2025












