Xiangshui Lake

Xiangshui Lake is located to the east of Dazhenyu Village of Bohai Town, Huairou District, about 85 kilometers away from the downtown. It is a scenic spot integrating the Great Wall, ancient cave, mountains and water, spring, pond and falls. It was opened to the public in 1998.

The scenic spot covers an area of 18 square kilometers, and stretches for five kilometers. The main sights include Xiangshui Lake, Moshikou Great Wall and Lianyunling Great Wall. Xiangshui Lake in the north part of the scenic spot is not a large water area, but the source of spring. As the spring has a large volume, so the sound of water can be heard a thousand meters away, so it is called Xiangshui Lake (which means sounding water). The Ming Great Walls are winding above the mountain ridge in the scenic spot. The Great Walls here are the Moshikou Pass, which were built in 1404, with more than 600 years of history. A water pass was built here during the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty, which was also called “wengcheng” (small town outsidethe city gate), with two gates. This kind of pass is very rare in ancient Great Wall. Now it is quite well preserved. Four Chinese characters in the meaning of “strong fortification” written by Xu Maoqi were engraved on the cliffs. In 1973, the Ministry of Water Resource built a dam 33 meters in height and 112 meters in length, which adds grandiosity to the ancient Great Wall. Yangsheng Canyon was to the northwest of the scenic spot. The mountainous springs rush down from the pools, forming groups of falls of different sizes. Walking upwards along the paths, one can see the stone carved pictures of 50 famous doctors in ancient times, such as Li Shizhen, Tao Hongjing, and Dong Feng. There are also other scenic sopts including Tuteng Pavilion, Lianyun Cave, Stone carvings on the cliffs, deity dog barking at the sky, Mother Buddha holding a baby, deity frog guarding the spring, etc. Tree-planting activity is held in March and April each year, and Festival of Leaf Appreciation and Fruit Picking is held in September and October each year.

Publishes at : 07-09-23 22:14

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