Verses praising the Yuan River in Dongting Lake:
1. Yuan is the stone on the top of Kunlun Mountain, and the sea breeze blows down Dongting Lake. ——Fang Qian of the Tang Dynasty, "Ti Junshan"
2. The autumn wind is blowing, and the waves in Dongting are under the wooden leaves. ——Pre-Qin·Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs·Mrs. Xiang"
3. Steaming clouds and dreamy lakes shake Yueyang City. ——Meng Haoran of the Tang Dynasty, "A Presentation to Prime Minister Zhang at the Dongting Lake"
4. I heard about Dongting water in the past, and now I go to Yueyang Tower. ——Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty, "Climbing the Yueyang Tower"
5. Let's take advantage of the moonlight in Dongting and buy wine by the white clouds. ——Tang Dynasty Li Bai's "Five Poems on a Tour of Dongting Lake Part 2"
6. Dongting Lake is vast and the dragon is evil, but he admires Yang Zhu and cries Lu Qi. ——Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty, "Jingmen West"
7. The rain and clear clouds dispersed, and the moon filled the river. The wind is gentle and the waves are calm, and the boat has a leaf. ——Lu Zhi of the Yuan Dynasty "Jie Jie Gao·Inscribed on the Wall of the Dongting Deer Antler Temple"
8. Travel through Xiaoxiang to Dongting. There are many green peaks in the broad sky of Chu. ——Zhang Xiaoxiang, Song Dynasty, "Huanxisha·Dongting"
9. The west wind blew the old Dongting waves, and the king of Xiang had many white hairs overnight. ——Tang Gong of the Yuan Dynasty, "Inscribed on Qingcao Lake, Longyang County"
10. Dongting is east of the Dongting River and west of the river. The curtain does not move and the sunset is late. ——"Two Poems on Climbing Yueyang Tower" by Chen Yuyi of the Song Dynasty
11. The lake light and autumn moon are harmonious, and there is no windshield on the lake surface that has not been polished. Looking at the green mountains and rivers of Dongting in the distance, there is a green snail in the silver plate.
——"Looking at the Dongting" by Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty