Daming Lake is located in the centre of Jinan urban area, there are springs over one hundred places, 72 places of famous spring among them. The bright lake is a natural lake where many springs converge. Springs empty themselves into the lake from the south and, if water overflows, the lake depletes its surplus water through the north water gate. This gate was built in the Northern Song Dynasty, on the northern bank. As the lake bottom is composed of volcanic rock, the lake holds water so efficiently that the lake does not dry up during the dry season and it does not overflow after rainy onslaughts, mystery ecological naturally that has "snake disappears, the frog does not chirp".

The area of the park is 86 hectares, 46 hectares of lake surfaces among them and depth of water is average 2 meters. At its entrance is Daming Lake Archway, on the western side of which is the ruin of the ancient Xiayuan Garden. Inside the garden is Haoran Pavilion. The present pavilion site was selected in the Jia Jing reign of the Ming Dynasty when the pavilion was rebuilt. On the northern bank of Daming Lake is the North Pole Pavilion, to the east of which is Zeng Gong's Temple. To the west of the North Pole Pavilion is Tie Gong's Temple, which was built in memory of Tie Xuan of the Ming Dynasty. Here is the best spot for enjoying the beautiful scenery of Daming Lake. To the south of Daming Lake is Jiaxuan Temple, built in memory of Xin Qiji, a great poet of the Southern Song Dynasty.