Badaguan () is a historical mansion area located near the coastline in the city of
Qingdao
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Shandong
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Badaguan is made up of streets named after great military forts of the ancient times. It was originally a residential area for the Germans built when
Qingdao
Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...
was a German protectorate (1897–1914). Each street is lined with a single species of tree and many street names are colloquially known by the trees that line them. Along the streets are houses built in a variety of European architectural styles. Badaguan is bordered on the west by No. 1 Beach and on the east by No. 3 Beach. Badaguan is a popular destination for
wedding
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photography
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. One can often see dozens of newlywed-couples being photographed along Badaguan's shoreline and greenspace.
Next to Badaguan, on the south end of No. 2 Beach, is a large rocky outcropping on which a stone Russian villa was constructed. Built in 1932, Huashi Lou () combines Greek, Gothic, and Gothic influences throughout its five storey hulk. It is constructed from marble and stone and features a large turret and a multicolored outer face which inspired the locals' nickname for the structure, "the colorful rock building". It also contains a passageway which Chiang Kai-shek used to get from the building to the seashore.
The streets of Badaguan
These streets run north-south:
*Zijingguan Road ()
*Ningwuguan Road ()
*Shaoguan Road ()
These streets run east-west:
*Wushengguan Road ()
*Jiayuguan Road ()
*Hanguguan Road ()
*Zhengyangguan Road ()
*Linhuaiguan Road ()
*Juyongguan Road ()
*Shanhaiguan Road ()
Festival on Badaguan
An annual festival of "Badaguan Beer Festival"
is held from August 10 to 25, during which period there is such a variety of holiday events as musical instruments performance, dance performance, and beer-drinking competition.
See also
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List of tourist attractions in China
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Notes
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Buildings and structures in Qingdao
Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Shandong
Tourist attractions in Qingdao
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