Take a video journey through eastern China’s Shandong province. Climb Mt. Tai, the holiest Taoist mountain in the country, visit the home of Confucius for a lesson in history and culture, and then head to Qingdao to hit the crowded beach, feast on seafood, and get crazy at the annual beer festival.

泰安 – tài’ān
Tai’an

泰山 – tài shān
Mt. Tai

第一山 – dì yì shān
the first mountain

曲阜 – qū fù
Qufu

孔子 – kǒng zǐ
Confucius

三孔 – sān kǒng
Three Confucian Sites

孔庙 – kǒng miào
Confucius Temple

孔府 – kǒng fǔ
Confucius Family Mansion

孔林 – kǒng lín
Confucius Family Cemetery

青岛 – qīng dǎo
Qingdao

栈桥 – zhàn qiáo
Zhan Qiao pier

人山人海 – rén shān rén hǎi
“people mountain people sea”

海鲜 – hǎi xiān
seafood

青岛啤酒节 – qīng dǎo pí jiǔ jié
Tsingtao Beer Festival

老外 – lǎo wài
foreigners