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Xuanwu Lake
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It's hardly seen that a lake that has suffered such many mishaps in its history like the Xuanwu Lake
at Nanjing, China. Its name has been changed so many times and the size has greatly fluctuated from time to time.The ancient name of the Xuanwu Lake, which has about 1,800 years of history, was Sang. At the time of China's Jin Dynasty, the lake had been the place for navy training. The site was a weak area of magma incursion and broken fault. Through the long process of weathering by geological motion to become a lake basin, but in the past the size of the lake was much bigger than present. The position of Xuanwu Lake is in the State Level Scenic Area on the foot of Bell Mountain in Nanjing.
The scenic area is 472 hectares in which the water area occupies 368 hectares and it is surrounded by majestic Ming style city wall, beautiful Nanjing Jiuhua Mountain and the ancient Cockcrow Temple. This is the largest comprehensive recreational zone in Nanjing.
Since the time that water flows into the Xuanwu Lake, the work of mankind has not been stopped. Its name has changed many times due to its alteration of geography, natural environment and function.
At first, the lake was called "Back Lake" or "North Lake". To call it "Back" because it's located at the back of the Bell Mountain, and called it "North" because the position of the lake is facing the north of the ancient capital city. Moreover, the name "Xuanwu" means "The Northern God", so the meaning of names "Xuanwu Lake" and "North Lake" are quite the same.
The
Xuanwu Lake
has suffered two great catastrophes in its history, the first was during the reign of Wen Emperor in China's Sui Dynasty, who destroyed the Nanjing City after he had eliminated the Southern Chen Dynasty. Therefore Xuanwu Lake had been disappeared for over 200 years. The second disaster was during the reign of Shenzong Emperor of the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi, the then official in the region, put forward his opinion that the lake should be filled and leveled up, so the Xuanwu Lake was disappeared again that the nightmare of widespread flooding in the city had never ended until the Yuan Dynasty.The First Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in China, Zhu Yuanzhang made the Xuanwu Lake to become a protective river outside of Nanjing's northeast city wall so the size of Xuanwu Lake shrunk again. During the early years of Nationalist's rule, the lake was called as Wuzhou Park, then in the 1950s after the renovation, the name Xuanwu was resumed.
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