Houzaimen Christ Church

20221026 In the afternoon: 1. The "Christian Houzaimen Church" is located in the scenic spot "Baihuazhou". Baihuazhou is a small lake diagonally opposite the south gate of "Daming Lake". It is a business card area that focuses on the charm of Jinan "family spring water, household hanging Yang". It is also known as "Baihuating", "Baihuachi", "Xiaonan Lake". The water source in the lake is from one of Jinan's four major spring groups "Pearl Spring Spring Group". The twisting "Yu Belt River" flows into Baihuazhou. The scenic bus is directly accessible, parking is also very good, and admission is free. 2. The south side of the lake is Houzaimen Street. The "Houzaimen" was originally the north gate of Mingde Wangfu. The street is named after this. The "Christian Houzaimen Church" on the street is towering and sacred. It is a punch-in and photo-taking point. The European-style church was built in 1937. It was originally a clinic under the jurisdiction of the Christian American Southern Baptist Church. After the Japanese army invaded Jinan in 1937, Jinan was divided into "business district" and "outside the city". Christians in the city to worship outside the city to pay tribute to the Japanese soldiers guarding the city, and Christians were difficult to accept and funded the clinic to be converted into a chapel. After the founding of New China, American priests withdrew, and Chinese priests took over church affairs until the Cultural Revolution, when the church was converted into government dormitories, and the government returned church properties in 1985, and religious activities resumed the following Easter. In 1993, the chapel was converted into a two-story church layout that can accommodate about 600 people, and foreign believers who often live in Jinan often come to this gathering, but it is not open at present. The church is on both sides of the "Houde Spring" and the Jade Belt River, the river flows from this to Baihuazhou, the river on both sides of the weeping willow, the tile house is neatly arranged, many new people take wedding photos here. Houdequan was originally an unnamed well. It was named when it was built in 2009. It was named after the "Houde Carrier" of Zhouyi, in memory of a rich merchant who used porridge and locusts on the spring side. The spring pool is square, and the spring water flows from the white pebble pile in the center. The original name of the back Zaimen "thick load door", the spring name just coincides with the original street name.

This church has been around for a long time. It is located next to Baihuazhou on the shore of Daming Lake. It has melted into the scenic area. The building used to be very simple, but now the government invests in the construction. It is brightly lit and there are worshippers at night.

The Christian church was not particularly large, and was previously open to the public, but now it is surrounded by the entrance to Houzaimen Street. From the outside, it is actually a relatively ordinary church, if it seemed at the time, because Jinan is also an open place, so it is not easy to have such a Christian church in this ancient street.

Houzaimen Christian Church, also known as Baihuazhou Christian Church, is one of the eight existing Christian churches in Jinan, located in the north of the west first road of Houzaimen Street in Lixia District. The west is on Qushuiting Street and the north is on the south bank of Baihuazhou. Qushui weeping willows are particularly quiet. The church is a European-style building built in 1937, originally a Christian Southern Baptist Church, which was a clinic owned by the church and was later expanded. Today, the two-story chapel can accommodate about 600 people.

This church is a church in Jinan that I have come to more, but it is not a special trip, and I will always go when I come here to play. The Baihuazhou Scenic Area is now developed, and this church is located in the middle of the two major scenic spots of Baihuazhou and Qushuiting. The location is very good. You can see it at a glance and it is also very easy to find. It belongs to the noisy scenic area. A quiet place, there are many people coming and going nearby. They are the main force of this church, every time the church is overcrowded, I really like it here.