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Prefecture-level city in Shandong, China

Tai’an

Tai'an is a prefecture-level city in Western Shandong Province of the People's Republic of China.

Tai’an
Tai’an · Wikimedia Commons (see file page)
The place

Tai'an is a prefecture-level city in Western Shandong Province of the People's Republic of China. Centered on Mount Tai, the city borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the north, Zibo to the east, Linyi to the southeast, Liaocheng to the extreme west and Jining to the south. To the west, Tai'an is separated from the province of Henan by the Yellow River.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Tai’an

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Mount Tai

    Mount Tai or Taishan is a mountain of historical and cultural significance located north of the city of Tai'an. It is the highest point in Shandong province, China.

    7.3 km · mountain in Shandong, China · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Tai'an Pumped Storage Power Station

    The Tai'an Pumped Storage Power Station is a 1,000 MW pumped-storage hydroelectric power station located in the city of Tai'an in Shandong Province, China. Construction on the project began in February 2000 and the upper reservoir began to fill in May 2005.

    4.7 km · building in Tai'an Pumped Storage Power Station, China · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Dai Temple

    The Dai Temple, also known as Dongyue Temple is a Daoist Chinese temple in Tai'an, Shandong province, China, with extant structures dating back to the 11th century. It is a place of worship for Chinese deities and dedicated to Dongyue Dadi, the supreme deity of Mount Tai.

    3.5 km · temple in Tai'an, Shandong, China · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Culai Mountain

    Culai Mountain, also known as Longlai Mountain or Tuolai Mountain, is the sister mountain of Mount Tai.

  2. 02
    Dai Miao Temple
  3. 03
    Tai Shan

    See main article.Taishan, also known as Daishan, Daizong, Daiyue, Dongyue, Tai Yue, one of the five mountains, there is "the first of the five mountains", "the first mountain in the world" said.

  4. 04
    Old Town Hall

    Nearby you can find various art collections to be sold.

  5. 05
    Fairyland

    The start point of New Middle Royal Path to the peak.

  6. 06
    Puchao Temple

    Puzhao Temple is located in Daguan Town, Dujiangyan City, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province.

From Wikivoyage: Tai’an, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Tai'an Fantawild Joy World

    Located to the north of Mingtang Road in the eastern New District of Taishan District, domestic)Country code missing.

  2. 02
    Wanda Cinema

    There will be the latest movies of the moment in theaters, perfect for watching a movie at your leisure.

From Wikivoyage: Tai’an, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Food Street
  2. 02
    In Zone Mart

    Go to the underground floor for local food market!

From Wikivoyage: Tai’an, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Tai’an

Airports
Jinan Yaoqiang (TNA), 74 km · Qingdao Jiaodong (TAO), 270 km · Lianyungang Huaguoshan (LYG), 275 km
Stations
Tai'an railway station, 6.2 km
  • Jinan (Licheng) → Tai’an
    55 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · ¥29–39
  • Qingdao (Jiaozhou) → Tai’an
    261 km · quickest by road, 4h 26m · ¥115–150
  • Lianyungang → Tai’an
    259 km · quickest by road, 4h 12m · ¥115–155
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Tai’an

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tai’an. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inA cable car is available for the remainder of the distance to the top.
  • Get inThe cable car is open between 6:30AM-5:30PM, although unpublished it may be open longer during peak times.
  • Go nextThe same options available up the mountain (bus-cable car or hiking paths) are available for the trip down the mountain.
  • Go nextThe cable car closes at 5:30PM, well before sunset.
  • Go nextThe cable car also closes when there is thunder in the area, so it is vitally important to check the weather report beforehand.

From Wikivoyage: Mount Tai, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    841 km
  2. 02
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,146 km
  3. 03
    Kinmen (Quemoy)TW

    10 ways of moving, 12 sources

    1,313 km
  4. 04
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,473 km
  5. 05
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,481 km

If you know how people move in Tai’an – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Tai’an

Tai’an is 29 km from Feicheng, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.