1. Full poem:
Surrounded by lotuses and three by willows, one city is filled with mountains and half is a lake. ——Liu Fenggao's "Ode to Daming Lake"
2. Source: In the summer of the ninth year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1804), Liu Fenggao, the governor of Shandong and a historian, and Tie Bao, the governor of Shandong and a master of calligraphy, worked in Tie Bao Xiao Canglang was having a banquet and was in high spirits. Liu made an impromptu couplet: "Four sides are lotuses and three are willows. One city is full of mountains and half is a lake." Tie Bao wrote an impromptu elixir. This stone carving is still embedded on both sides of the door on the west corridor wall of the courtyard. It has become a famous couplet describing the style of the ancient city of Jinan.
3. Translation: Write about the beauty of the scenery of Daming Lake - the lake is surrounded by lotus flowers and willows hang on three sides; half of the city's mountains are reflected in the lake.
About the author: Liu Fenggao (1760-1830), courtesy name Chengmu and nickname Jinmen, was a native of Shiguanquan Village, Chishan Township, Shangli County, Pingxiang City. He was the third Jinshi in the first class in the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong (1789). After (Tanhua), he was awarded the title of editor and editor of the Hanlin Academy. In the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign (1791), he was promoted to bachelor's degree at the Hanlin Academy.
Later, he served successively as the Imperial Winery Secretary of the Imperial Academy, Minister of Taichang Temple, Cabinet Bachelor, Right Minister of the Ministry of War, Right Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Right Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. During this period, he successively served as the academic administrator of Guangxi, Shandong, Zhejiang and other provinces, and served as the examiner of the rural examination in Hubei, Shandong, Jiangnan and other provinces. Emperor Qianlong admired him very much and called him "Jiangxi Daqi".