Dongting Lake was called "Yunmengze" in ancient times, and literati of all ages have praised Dongting Lake. The most famous one is of course Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower" in the Northern Song Dynasty, in which "I watched my husband Baling's majestic appearance, in a lake in Dongting. It holds the distant mountains, swallows the Yangtze River, and the vast water stretches endlessly; the morning light and evening clouds, The weather is full of things. "... "It's like spring and the scene is bright, the waves are calm, the sky above and below is a vast expanse of blue; sand gulls are gathering, and the golden scales are swimming; the shore is full of green orchids, and the sky is full of smoke, and the bright moon is floating for thousands of miles. The gold is leaping, the shadows are falling, and the fishermen are answering each other's songs, what a joy it is!" They are all written about Dongting Lake. Other more famous ones include: Zixu wrote a poem to Sima Xiangru... I heard that there were seven lakes in Chu, and tasted one of them but not the others. When I saw it, I covered it with a small ear and named it Yunmeng. Yunmeng is nine hundred miles away, and there are mountains in it. Its mountains are winding and gloomy, with high and high peaks and jagged peaks, and the sun and moon are covered with loss. Intertwined disputes lead to success. Stop Chi Pi Tuo and subordinate Jiang He. ...(The full text is too long, so just choose these few sentences)
"Climbing Xian Mountain with the Scholars"
Meng Haoran's personnel have been transformed, and his contacts have become ancient and modern. The mountains and rivers have left traces of their beauty, and we will come again in this generation. The fish beam is shallow when the water falls, and the dream is deep when the weather is cold. The Yanggong Monument is still there, and I shed tears after reading it. Looking at Dongting Lake as a gift to Prime Minister Zhang
Meng Haoran
The August Lake is horizontal, but the water is too clear.
The clouds are steaming over Mengze, and the waves are shaking Yueyang City.
If you want to help without a boat, you will live in a shameful sage.
Sitting back and watching the fishermen only envy the fish. "Yunmengze"
Du Mu's flag and dragon flag are flying in the air, and he binds the King of Chu with a single move.
I have always been a transcendent guest from the Five Lakes, not as good as Guo Fenyang at the beginning. "Climbing the Yueyang Tower" by Du Fu
In the past I heard about the water in Dongting, now I am going up to the Yueyang Tower.
In the southeast corner of Wu and Chu, the universe floats day and night.
There are no relatives and friends, and there are no old and sick people.
The soldiers and horses pass through the north of the mountain, and Pingxuan Tisi flows.
"Climbing the Yueyang Tower with Xia Twelve" by Li Bai
The tower overlooks the end of Yueyang, and the Sichuan River opens up to the Dongting.
The geese lead away the sorrowful heart, and the mountains carry the beautiful moon.
I stay in the clouds and receive my cup in the sky.
After getting drunk, a cool breeze blows on people’s sleeves. Looking at the Dongting
Liu Yuxi
The lake light and the autumn moon are in harmony,
There is no goggles on the lake surface that have not been polished.
Looking at the green mountains and rivers of Dongting in the distance,
There is a green snail in the silver plate.