Springs gush all year round at the Zhangqiu Mingshui Ancient City, in Zhangqiu district of Jinan in Shandong province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Meanwhile, international poets and translators such as Eleanor Goodman, Nick Admussen and Li Jinjia will be invited to attend the festival and translation workshops on promoting translation between Chinese poetry and poetry of foreign languages will be held during the event.