The Jingniang Lake, 50 kilometers away from Handan, is a tranquil lake between high mountains in Wu'an Feng Menglong, a famous writer, in the Ming Dynasty once wrote in his book “Aphorism” that Zhao Kuangyin (an emperor in the Northern Song Dynasty) neither thought about his own interests nor feared the high-handed people and covered one thousand Li to see Jingniang off. So the lake is named the Jingniang Lake.
The Y-shaped lake is divided into two parts, each of which is 3 kilometers long. Forested mountains and clear waters can be seen everywhere and it is known as “Three Gorges in Mountain Taihang”.
Boating eastward, you can see on your right side a huge stone like a hawk holding its head high and on your left cliffs like a magic turtle stretching its head. Boating westward, you seem to enter a magnificent art gallery. The front part is Songzu Gorge, where Zhao Kuangyin once wrote a poem expressing his ideals and later had it engraved on a rock, when he became the first Emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty. The hind part is Jingniang Gorge. On a cliff there lies the site of the dressing table of Jingniang. Landing at the dock in the center of the lake, and then reaching the top of the hill, you can see many fantastic stones, and peculiar peaks in the sea of mist and clouds. The picturesque scenery created by nature in harmony with the human wisdom is unforgettable.
Jingniang Lake is in Wu'an City, where there is a big folk activity called “Catching Yellow Ghosts” during the Lantern Festival. The custom dates back to the Ming Dynasty Altogether 500 people take part in it, playing over 100 roles. It begins at 2:00 before daybreak and lasts until late into the night. The scene was grand, which proves that old exorcism does exist in the north. |
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