Yangzhou Slender West Lake, formerly known as Baohui Lake. According to legend, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, salt industry flourished in Yangzhou, and the Slender West Lake was silted up because of its age. Salt merchants invested in dredging and built many pavilions on the east and west sides, making the scenery on the lake particularly beautiful. At that time, there were three richest salt merchants, who were arty and often went to the lake to play and feast. In February this year, three salt merchants came to the lake for a small banquet. They enjoyed the lakes and mountains while drinking. Big salt merchants are the oldest and experienced. He has always regarded himself as a big brother. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he said, "The scenery here is really beautiful, not worse than the West Lake in Hangzhou, but it is a bit inappropriate to call it Baohu." Second, salt merchants are used to having their cake and eat it. When they saw the big salt merchants' remarks, they immediately made fun of them and said, "Good advice, good advice. Although there are many literati in Yangzhou, it is a pity that no one cares about this matter. " The third-eye businessman is a self-righteous man. He then said, "Why do you need a scholar to clear your name?" ? I think others are too ambitious and have ruined their prestige for too long. Come on, the three of us will think about it. If we don't believe it, we can't think of a good name. "After a long time, big salt merchants spoke first. He said: "Our Baoan Lake is in the west of Yangzhou City. Why don't we call it West Lake? " The second salt merchant immediately echoed and said, "Wonderful, wonderful, it would be good to change Baoan Lake into West Lake, that would be good, that would be good." The third salt merchant took a look at the second salt merchant and said disapprovingly, "You have both been to Hangzhou. How big is the West Lake in Hangzhou! How can our lake be called West Lake? According to my brother, it is better to call it' Little West Lake'. " The big salt merchant shook his head, thinking that the word "small" was much shorter than others, inappropriate and inappropriate, but he couldn't think of a good name, so he said, "Little West Lake needs to be considered. I think' West Lake' will do, as long as a suitable word is added in front. " Just for this sentence, three people think hard again. After a while, the second salt merchant spoke. He said: "Although our West Lake is not as big as Hangzhou West Lake, it also has its own characteristics, that is, twists and turns, more than 20 miles long. I think it's better to call it "Long West Lake". The big salt merchants and the three salt merchants shook their heads and disagreed. So they came up with many names, such as "Golden West Lake", "Silver West Lake", "Green West Lake", "Blue West Lake" and "Beautiful West Lake", but no one liked them. Now, they think it is not so easy to give the lake a name. Just next door, a scholar has been listening to their argument with great interest, just smiling without a word. The big salt merchant saw it and said, "That's a scholar looking at us and laughing. Why don't we ask him to give us a name? " The scholar didn't come. He stood up, cracked his mouth and said, "I heard what those three people said." I think the lake in Yangzhou is comparable to the West Lake in Hangzhou, but it is too thin. In my opinion, it is also called' Slender West Lake'. " When the word "Slender West Lake" came out, the three salt merchants were deeply impressed. They repeatedly invited the scholar to sit down and drink, but the scholar gradually drifted away. Since then, the reputation of "Slender West Lake" has spread.
"There are thirty-six West Lakes in the world, and the West Lake is thin." Located in the western suburbs of Yangzhou, Slender West Lake has won the praise of people all over the world for its slim and beautiful unique charm. Slender West Lake is a natural river that flowed into the Grand Canal from the water of Shugang Mountain and other water systems in Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the early years of Qing Dynasty, Wang Ling, a poet in Hangzhou, wrote a poem: "The weeping willows continue to pick up weeds, and the wild tooth red bridge scrolls." It is also a pot selling gold, so it should be called Slender West Lake. "Since then, the name of" Slender West Lake "has been passed down to this day. Seen from the air, the whole picture of Slender West Lake is L-shaped, and the scenery around the lake is beautiful. Therefore, the ancients' evaluation of Slender West Lake is "thin in external form and beautiful in internal rhyme". Slender West Lake, together with Yangzhou ancient city, has gone through a history of 1000 years.