What is the origin of the name seventy-two springs?

The world often describes the ancient city of Jinan with 72 springs. The saying of seventy-two springs began 7 years ago. In the Jin Dynasty, someone established the Monument to Famous Springs, listing 72 famous springs in Jinan. Since then, there have been seventy-two springs in Jinan. In Yuan Dynasty, Yu Qin compiled Qi Cheng, in which the name and location of 72 springs were transcribed. Text: The famous springs in the calendar are: the golden thread, which juts east. Huang Hua, catkin, lying cow, golden thread east. It is said that the east is high, and the jade is washed, and the golden thread is south. There is no worry, there is a stone bay, and there is a sudden south. Yue Jiuquan, Yue Zhanlu, no worries about the west. The well is full, the chaff is boiled in the north, and the north is sudden. Yuebei Pearl, in front of Baiyun Tower. Yue Sanshui, Yue Xiting, North Pearl East. Yue Zhuo Ying, North Pearl West. It's called grey spring, and it's in the northwest. Know the fish, southeast of Grey Spring. Yue cinnabar, ash spring west. The ash spring in Fucheng is the largest, and all of them converge here from the Pearl in the north, and it is surrounded by several acres, so it is the source of Daming Lake. Yue Liu, North Pearl, Northwest. Yue Yunlou, Liu Shinan. Yue Dengzhou, Yue Wangshui, Wanzhu Park. Wash bowls and go to the northeast of Dengzhou. Say shallow well, say horse running, wash bowl southwest. Yue Shun Spring, Shun Temple. Yue Xiangquan. Shunquan west. Yue Jian Quan, Shun Quan Nan. Du Kang, Nanshun Temple. Jin Hu, Hei Hu and Li Chengwu Lane. Yuedong honey fat, southwest of Jin Hu. Say west honey fat, east honey fat west. It's called Xiaogan, in Xiaogan Square. Yue Yuhuan, in front of Tongzhi Lane, is the official's son of this county. Yue Luo Gu, collapsed bamboo lane east. It is called mixed sand and ash pool, and it is under the field in the southwest corner of the city. South Pearl, East Tiefo Lane. Say hibiscus, in front of Jiang Jiating. It's called dripping water, also known as clear spring, and it works in the west and the north. Yue Grey Bay, Yue Xuanqing, West Wulongtang East. Yue Shuangtao, west of Queena Ding Street, north. It is called hot spring, and the stone bridge in the west of the city is under the north city. It is called Ruquan, in Shentong Temple. Longmen, a Longquan, is east of Shentong Temple. Yue dye pool, Longmen East. Yue hanging spring, Zhonggong East. It is called Duquan, southeast of Zhonggong. Yue Liu Quan, Yue Chequan, Zhong Gong Dong Yuan Dong Zhuang. Bad cooking, four miles south of the mountain. Yue furnace spring, under the south mountain. White tiger, nectar, Big Buddha Mountain. Yue Lin Ji, Buddha valley. Bai Quan, Wang Shedian north. It is called Jinsha, White Dragon and Longdong Mountain. Yue Huaquan, Zhang Mabo. Dugu, Lingyan Temple. Yue Liquan, Yi Tang Ling Bei. It's called slurry water, southeast of panlong town. Boil bran in the south, and Geshanwo in the north. Say chicory, Liubu East. Say iron, Liyuan Menjiazhuang. Say Luquan, Shiguzhai. Yue Longju, Great Wall Lingxi. The total number of syncretism and pulse is 72.

In the Ming Dynasty, Yan Bi, a poet and an inspector of Shandong Province, wrote Poems of Seventy-two Springs in Jinan, and recited them one by one. There are 13 springs in the poem whose names are different from those in Ming Quan Bei, including Zhugong Spring, Baigong Spring, Shuangnv Spring, Beishuyuquan, Nanganlu Spring, Heilongquan Spring, Lupao Spring, Walnut Spring, Baihua Spring, Mingshui Spring, Yuchi Spring, Hangzhu Spring and Taoist Spring. Thirteen famous springs, such as cinnabar, Yunlou, Jianquan, Jin Hu, Huiwan, Ruquan, Zhuzao, Luquan, Baihu, Linji, Huaquan, Luquan and Baimai, are not recorded. The six springs of Shuyu, Xiting, Zhiyu, Dishui, Xuanqing and Chicory in Mingquan Monument were also changed to Nanshuyuquan, Wangshi Xiting Spring, Zhiyuchi Spring, Qingshui Spring, Xianqingquan Spring and Lettuce Spring respectively. In addition, the Duguquan and Liquan in Mingquan Monument were changed from Lingyan in Changqing and Hutangling in Zhangqiu to Tianma Ridge in Licheng and Liquan Temple in Kangwangshan (also known as Sihe Temple).

In the Qing Dynasty, Hao Zhigong, a scholar who worked as an examiner in Jinan, wrote Seventy-two Springs in Jinan. There are 72 famous springs, among which Xiangquan, Lengquan, Rouge Spring, Dangdao Spring, Bodhisattva Spring, Shuangzhong Spring, Dougu Spring, Tengjiao Spring, Tiger Spring, Caoquan, Nane luoquan, Qianggan Spring, Shicha Spring, Qinquan, Pipa Spring, Yinquan, xizhang Spring, Mapi Spring, Tianjing Spring, etc. are newly recorded. Hey? There are 25 famous springs. There are 36 springs in Ming Quan Bei and Ji 'nan Seventy Springs Poetry that have not been recorded. To sum up, there are three records about 72 famous springs in history, and there are as many as 11 famous springs listed.