Qushuiting Street

'Winding water pavilion street' is a culturally significant alley in the historical center of the City of Jinan, Shandong Province, China.

Qushuiting Street is located in the Lixia District of the historical urban center of Jinan.

The street was the site of an annual festival that has been documented since the times of the Northern Wei dynasty and continued until the beginning of the Qing dynasty (1644–1912): On the 3rd day of the 3rd month of the old Chinese calendar, scholar-bureaucrats gathered at the Palace Pool to ritually cleanse themselves.

[citation needed] With its open, spring fed water course and willow trees, Qushuiting Street is a symbol of the historical city scape of Jinan that has been described by the late-Qing author Liu E in his novel "The Travels of Lao Can", written 1903–04, published in 1907).

In a description that matches Qushuiting Street, Liu E writes that "Every family has spring water, every household has a willow tree" (Chinese: 家家泉水，户户垂杨; pinyin: Jiājiā quán shuǐ, hùhù chuíyáng).