In the summer of the 9th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1804), Liu, a political scholar and historian from Shandong, and a great calligrapher and governor from Shandong once gave a banquet in Tiexiao Canglang, and they were in high spirits. Liu improvised a couplet: "Lotus flowers on four sides and willow on three sides, a city with mountains and a half city with lakes." Tie Bao's impromptu book Dancing. This couplet stone carving has been embedded on both sides of the entrance of the west gallery wall of the garden so far, which has become a famous couplet sentence describing the style of Jinan ancient city.
These two sentences are about the beauty of Daming Lake: the lake is surrounded by lotus flowers, weeping willows on three sides, and half the city's mountains are reflected in the lake.
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1, beautiful scenery
Daming Lake is known as the "Pearl of Spring City" because of its beautiful natural scenery and scenic spots. Surrounded by more than 800 weeping willows, the soft branches are green and graceful.
There are more than 40 acres of lotus ponds, green fields, white cranes and red lotus in the lake, which complement each other and compete with each other. The lotus fragrance is overflowing and refreshing. On the sparkling lake, fish sometimes jump in the waves, and occasionally kites and birds graze on the water. Above the blue waves, the original boat passes through and swings. Tourists from all over the world gather, pointing, laughing, bustling and beautiful, just like the north.
2. Poetry
Daming Lake has won the praise of many people through the ages for its beautiful charm: there is ice in winter, waves in summer, deer snow in autumn and smoke in spring, just like a fragrant country.
3. Characteristics
Daming Lake is widely circulated and famous by virtue of this wonderful article. In addition, after liberation, it was repaired and expanded many times, and the appearance was more beautiful. It has become one of the famous scenic spots in Jinan, attracting a large number of tourists from home and abroad, with an annual passenger flow of about12 million, ranking first among all parks in Jinan.
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