Lu Lake

Lu Lake is a reservoir in Guangde. It is situated at Mountain Tianmu odd arteries. On its east is the Ganxi Valley with a profound bamboo grove; on its west is Mountain Jizhao with its peaks towering over the land. Lu Lake is just like a clear crystal pearl, mounting in the boundless green sea.

The area of Lu Lake (including land facility) is 5 square kilometers, and the size of its water surface is 3,000 Chinese acres. Winding water and towering mountains form a beautiful picture. The dam is more than 30 meters high, over 1,000 meters long. It is grand just like a long dragon. When feudal official Fan Zhongyan of Song Dynasty lived here, he composed a poem “Stone Brook Waterfall” which is carved in the stele. The poem goes:“ with a different current of spring, it originates to be high and single. Descends a mountain to be straight; clear still to the sea? It fights against the flood dragon potentially; the wind blows the rain hail to be thick. Late comes a cloud color, the verse form to become the chart.”

Mountain Huaping is another scenic spot of Lu Lake located in the centre of Lu Lake. On its east is the Changlong Peninsula, and on its west stands Mountain Xiaoling. With water surrounding the hill, it becomes an island in the lake. On the mountain there are green pines and colorful wild flowers. A memorial pavilion was also built to respect water regulation of Zhang Bo. It's said that Zhang Bo once wanted to direct Water of the Lu Village to blaspheme to the immeasurable brook and dredged Nanyi Lake to reach the Yangtze River. At last, the project wasn't realized because of the pressure. But the spirit of regulating waterways has spread widely in places such as Guangde, Langxi and Gaochun of Jiangsu and he was greatly respected. Mountain Huaping stands close to the cliff place; the tablet porch was constructed around it and in the tablet porch the poetry of former famous people and the excellent work of contemporary famous painter inscribed. In the lake pavilion bank, Ming Dynasty Guangde famous elder Pu Yang fishing place “the Pu Yang fishing Island” stands. There is a pavilion called “fish calling” on the island. According to the fable, Pu Yang always fished in this place and invited people in the pavilion to accompany with him to read poems, which became a favorite story. Ganxi and Jishan bamboo forms the special scenic spot of Lu Lake.

Publishes at : 07-10-02 18:04

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