Jian Lake Scenic Spot

Jian Lake

  Scenic Spot, which costed 100 million RMB and whose design and construction took ten months, was completed and opened to the public on September 29th, 2001. It is located to the south of

Keyan Scenic Spot

, covering a total area of 1.47 sq km, of which the water area takes up 48.7%. Jian Lake Scenic Spot links to while at the same time is independent of Keyan Scenic Spot. The harmony between the mountains of Keyan Scenic Spot and the water of Jian Lake contributes to their mutual charm. Jian Lake is a scenic spot, which features the characteristic waterside and countryside scenery of South China, and where people can appreciate the natural landscape, and take relaxation.

The original name of

Jian Lake

  was Mirror Lake. According to folktales, it came about because Emperor Huang once threw his mirror in the lake. Jian Lake is the mother lake of Shaoxing city as well as a well-known historic lake with a history of over 1800 years. According to Record of Prosperous and Harmonious Kuaiji, in 140 A.D., Ma Zhen, an official of East Han Dynasty, led the civilians to build dams to hold the floods in the hope of controlling the floods and irrigating the farmlands, and later there formed a lake. The lake is often folded in water mist, which makes the lake carry a mysterious air. Due to its beauty, it has attracted plentiful men of letter from different eras. They boated on the lake with their kindred spirits drinking and writing poems just for fun. Li Bai, Du Fu, and Lu You all visited Jian Lake and wrote poems for it.