20221026 evening:
1. "Grand View Garden" is a night market with a very beautiful night view in Jinan. It features an ancient commercial street that seems to return to the hustle and bustle of ancient times. It is not very large, with only one main street and several forked streets. If you are not close to shopping malls, you can visit it in 1 hour. It is located in the city and can be reached by bus. It is also easy to park by car and free to enter the park.
2. In 1930, the Beiyang warlord Jin Yun'e developed this land, which was still a shantytown at the time, and built a large entertainment venue named Grand View Garden (from "Dream of Red Mansions" in the Four Great Classics). Before liberation, it rose and fell alternately, and there were two major fires. After the liberation of Jinan, the Grand View Garden was taken over by the government. After the transformation, the style tended to be Nanjing Confucius Temple and Shanghai City God Temple. It still continues the style of the old commercial port and carries the memories of old Jinan people. The bronze statues of drivers and civilians on the main street restore the prosperous scene of the Republic of China.
3. The North Gate is the main gate of the night market. The two golden unicorns in front of the exquisite archway add a sense of majesty and sacredness. The colors of the lights in the night scene will change constantly, giving the archway a different mood. There are fixed shops on both sides of the antique street, and the center is a pushcart snack stand. The snacks are not very distinctive, and they are all standard items in the night market, but the ancient style architecture adds a lot of color to the snacks. Finally, I chose to order two servings of two-handed meat at the "Chao Yixing" chain store, which cost less than 30 yuan and was very cost-effective.
4. After dinner, I watched a movie at the "Daguan Cinema". The cinema also has a history. It was built in 1932 and was the first cinema in Jinan to show sound movies. It gradually improved the bleak business situation when Daguanyuan just opened. In the old society, citizens watched movies on stools and futons, but now it has gradually become a modern cinema.
5. The large-scale antique buildings in the scenic area are the most beautiful. The appearance of the time-honored Chinese brand "Daguanyuan Shopping Mall" is grand and magnificent, which reminds me of Chang'an in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. The center of the square is the Taishan stone landscape, and the stone toad spits water around the stone. There is a large screen on the wall of the mall on the south side to play free movies, so you can watch movies while eating snacks.