Badaguan Scenic Area

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Badaguan is a historical mansion area located near the coast line in the city of Qingdao，Shandong，China.It is made up of 8 streets named after the eight great military forts of the ancient times.It was originally a residential area for th Germans built when Qingdao was a German protectorate（1897~1914）.Each street is lined with a single species of tree and many street names are colloquially known bythe trees.Along the streets are houses built in a variety of European architectural styles.Badaguan is a popular destination for wedding photography.One can often se dozens of newlywed-couples being photographed along Badaguan’s shoreline and greenspace.Next to Badaguan is a large rocky outcropping on which a stone，Russian villa was constructed.Built in 1932，it is constructed from marble and stone and features a large turret and a multicolored outer face which inspired the locals’ nickname for the structure，”the colorful rock building”.