Introduction to the scenery of South Lake in Yueyang

South Lake water surface area 1200 hectares. The lake is blue all year round, quiet and elegant, with many bays on the shore and twists and turns in the harbor. With the landform of "Yi Long drives nine turtles", it is now listed as a provincial-level natural scenic reserve and an international dragon boat race. There is an ancient three-eye bridge in the south port of Hubei Province, which was built in the middle of the Bauhinia dike. For hundreds of years, Bauhinia dike has been the only waterway passage from Yueyang to the outside world.

There are many South Lake bays, with vertical and horizontal tributaries, deep and winding bays, crystal clear lakes, small islands standing upright in the lake and undulating lakeshore groups. There is a mountain on the south bank, which looks like a dragon and is named Longshan. It is a provincial-level natural scenery protection area and tourist resort. Yueyang Miluo River International Dragon Boat Festival is held here every year. Visitors can go boating on the lake and enjoy the boundless wind and moon. There are central hotels and resorts nearby, as well as various cruise ships.

The scenery of South Lake is extremely beautiful, with Dongting in the west, Ganshan and Guishan in the south, and Jin 'e Mountain and Baihe Mountain in the north. The lake is spread and staggered, with overlapping peaks and peaks, reflecting the peak scenery and full of interest. Fish is produced in the lake and tea is produced on the shore. The fish is delicious and the tea is delicious. Therefore, since ancient times, South Lake has become the best place for literati to row boats, drink fish, drink tea and recite poems. During the Tang Dynasty, Zack Zhang was relegated to Yuezhou, and often called many literati to sing in the lake. The poet Li Bai seems to have a soft spot for South Lake. He sang, "There is no smoke in the autumn night in Nanhu Lake, so you can ride straight to the sky." In the moonlight of Dongting, Bai Yunbian, who bought wine by boat, is a "painter's living picture". And its "water idle mirror turns, clouds move around the screen" is a straightforward praise of South Lake. Sanyan Bridge, located in the east of Nanhu Lake, is 40m long,12m wide and15m high. It was called Wannian Bridge in ancient times. Sanyan Bridge was first built in Song Dynasty, and the last time (1875) was 120 years ago. On the snail mountain east of Sanyan Bridge, there is the tomb of Shangshu, which is a blunt tomb of the Ming Dynasty people related to the construction of Sanyan Bridge, and there is a story of "Fang Shangshu painstakingly cultivated Sanyan sedan chair".

The ruins of Mizi Kingdom are also located on the east bank of Nanhu Lake, leaving the remains of rammed earth walls. Elk country is an ancient country in Xia Dynasty, and there are often poems in ancient times. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, Wu said that "the elk country floats in autumn, and the Xiang Jun Mountain comes from the moonlight".

"Yi Long drives nine turtles" refers to the combination of Longshan and Guishan. On the south bank of South Lake, there are nine independent islands (namely Guishan Mountain) in front of Longshan Mountain, which forms the scene of dragons chasing nine turtles, so it is named after "Yi Long chasing nine turtles". The landscape of "nine turtles driving one turtle" is the same as "Yi Long driving nine turtles". Frog Mountain, located at the exit of Hunan Province, looks like a frog sitting, followed by a turtle mountain composed of nine small islands, and even came to the canal to form a scene of nine turtles chasing a toad.