#jinan

[sinoheritage]

Traditional house turned into a teahouse in Jinan, Shandong province, China. 🍵📜

[akpaley]

Jinan doodles and epilogue redesign thoughts.

[jiwoonged]

I won’t let go of you yet

[reasonsforhope]

"During the global coronavirus pandemic, China built dozens of makeshift hospitals and state quarantine centers, some out of steel container boxes. They became closely associated with the anxiety of mass testing and the fear of sudden lockdowns.

Now, cities are turning the huge centers into affordable housing units for young workers in an attempt to revive the country's economy post-COVID...

Just over a year ago, these apartments were used very differently: for medical triage and quarantine facilities. Beijing alone built 23 of these makeshift facilities, designed to hold up to 23,000 people at a time.

"It was not very cold yet but they told me to pack my belongings," remembers Hudson Li, a Beijing resident who was quarantined in one of these facilities, called fangcang in Chinese, in October 2022...

Less than two months after Li was quarantined, Beijing lifted most of its COVID restrictions. Li says he still associates the fangcang with a feeling of helplessness and fear: "It has been over a year already, but I definitely have PTSD from the pandemic, from the fear of scarcity and having to stock up on a lot of medicine and food."

Attracting young tenants with low rents

Now the fangcang across the country are undergoing a minor transformation and turned into apartment units for young graduates like Li. The changes are an effort from local authorities, who have been tasked with restarting economic growth and supporting small businesses after nearly three years of ruinous lockdowns.

Populous cities like Beijing are also trying to bridge the housing affordability gap between high real estate prices and low salaries, on average, for young workers. In the northeast corner of the capital city, near its airport, one fangcang with more than 4,900 units has been rebranded the "Jinzhan Colorful Community" — a reference to the bright hues of paint — and now offers amenities like a canteen where residents can grab a cheap meal before or after work.

Another fangcang facility, in the northeastern city of Jinan, has been turned into 650 units for skilled workers inside an industrial park.

"Given that the current overall [COVID] epidemic situation in the country has entered a low level, revitalizing the fangcang for other housing purposes is worth learning and thinking about all over the country," Yan Yuejin, a housing analyst, told Chinese media.

The fangcang, once a symbol of containment, are now supposed to represent dynamism and growth.

"I have complex feelings about this. The facilities were built using public funds and not rented out transparently," Li says. "But I do have to say you will not get anything more affordable than these apartments. They are very price competitive."

A list of rental prices for a Beijing fangcang converted into apartments shows most rooms are Rmb1200 (USD $170) a month, low for Beijing."

-via NPR, December 9, 2023

[postcard-from-the-past]

Town scene in Jinan, Shandong, China

German vintage postcard, mailed in 1907

[plimchi]

attempt at drawing jinans animal form... not good at drawing animals but ey!

also did this hybrid version a long time ago but ill probably try to change it up sometime

[faggotfungus]

Bridge in Baotu Spring Park in Jinan, China by Ermell. Date: 19 May 2015

[anamericaninhuaibei]

极为壮观的山东博物馆。

The exceptionally (and unexpectedly) spectacular Shandong Museum.

[gamereporter]

World of Warships: Legends celebra o "Ano Novo Lunar" com Sun Wukong e novos conteúdos temáticos

A Wargaming, desenvolvedora do jogo de combate naval World of Warships: Legends, lançou uma atualização de fevereiro repleta de novidades para celebrar o Ano Novo Lunar. Inspirado pelo famoso romance chinês Jornada ao Oeste, o jogo traz o lendário Rei Macaco, Sun Wukong, como novo comandante jogável, além de uma série de conteúdos temáticos e novos navios para os jogadores. Sun Wukong e o Romance…

[100-art]

Xiamen One of the Most Beautiful Cities in China Poster Print

[afrotumble]

📷 Discover Jinan

[akpaley]

It had to be done.

Base image generated by InspiroBot.

[awarucomic]

Postcard from Zhao Yutao in China. Arrived 20 September 2024.

Jinan is often called the "City of Springs" for its famous 72 artesian springs.

[trilobitepunch]

I felt a need to sketch cute things. Sorry they're so light, I decided to leave them as pencil.

[plimchi]

i never shared these old doodles on tumblr?? at least i cant find them?? ayayay. theres a lot of stuff i need to export from my twitter tbh. and all the lore rambles too! (for archival purposes at least! if someones actually interested, thats just a bonus lmao)

[kupo-theincendiary]

my miraculous ocs! some of them, i realise i forgot to draw jinans family

left to right: charles, jinan, charlotte, lara

jinans the main character of these four and i don't know how to draw charlotte yet

click for better quality