"Stay at This Hotel by Daming Lake! Open the Window to Jinan's Thousand-Year Elegance and Vibrancy"

Experience at Tangli Brown Hotel (Jinan Daming Lake Baotu Spring Branch) 🌁Decor Style: Opening the hotel door feels like stepping into a Song dynasty painting—the lobby features "Tangli Brown" as its main color, with deep brown wooden lattices paired with off-white gauze curtains, while bronze deer ornaments and bamboo lamps create an interesting contrast. Corridor walls are embedded with bas-reliefs inspired by "Magpie Bridge Autumn Scenery," and rooms feature rattan bedside lamps and rough pottery vases with dried branches. Even the room key cards are embossed with golden Song brocade patterns, embedding the "scholarly elegance of Jinan" into every detail. 🏘️Room Types/Layout: I chose the "Spring Shadow Bamboo Residence" scenic room, where opening the window reveals a courtyard of gray tiles and white walls, with an old pomegranate tree extending half a branch into view—in the morning mist, it's like a breathing ink painting. The 2-meter wide solid wood bed is dressed with linen bedding, and a tea area is set by the window. When boiling water for tea, steam gathers on the floor-to-ceiling windows, echoing the lyrics of "Jinan Prefecture": "Blue bricks and gray tiles on old city walls, spring water gurgling." Smart toilets and Dyson hair dryers are hidden behind Chinese-style display shelves—tradition and modernity quietly shake hands here. 🎠Attractions: Turn right out of the hotel and walk 8 minutes to Baotu Spring, heading straight to the "First Spring Under Heaven" to see three water jets gushing like wheels. Pass through Li Qingzhao Memorial Hall and walk along the moat for 15 minutes to Daming Lake. Stand at Lixi Pavilion and listen to the lyrics of "Jinan Jinan" floating across the lake: "The rain at Daming Lake, you on Furong Street, stroll along Qushui Pavilion Street, and time becomes gentle too." Take a painted boat through the sluice gates at dusk to see the lights on both shores outlining the silhouette of "a city half mountain, half lake." 🍽️Dining Features: Breakfast is served at "Shuyu Zhai" on the second floor, where sweet bean soup with fried dough twists is standard, and freshly wrapped soup dumplings burst with savory broth when bitten. I recommend visiting the "Spring Water Tofu Restaurant" on adjacent Qushui Pavilion Street in the evening—tofu pudding made with Baotu Spring water topped with sesame sauce, paired with a freshly baked sugar crisp flatbread, captures the homey warmth of the old city. 💰️Average Cost: Scenic rooms are about 800 yuan per night, with dining costs averaging 50-150 yuan per person—the best value choice for elegance closest to the springs and scenic spots. 💗Other Tips: The hotel offers free Hanfu (traditional Chinese clothing) rentals. Choose a Song-style robe to stroll along Qushui Pavilion Street, and in the reflection of the bluestone path, you too become a figure from the painting "trying new tea with new fire." Before leaving, the front desk hands you a packaged "Spring Water Cultural Creative Ice Cream" with packaging printed with verses about Baotu Spring: "Clouds and mist rise but don't pour down, waves rumble to Daming Lake"—this is perhaps the essence of Jinan, where even goodbyes carry poetic subtlety.