Where is Little West Lake in Nanjing?

Xiaoxihu Lake is located in Qinhuai District, Nanjing, with Madao Street in the south and Xiaoyoufang Lane in the north, which is parallel to Tietong Lane.

The West Lake is named Jinqiao, Tietong Lane and Youfang Lane. Because there used to be Deqing Temple, also called Deqing Lane. "Little West Lake" is named because the ponds there are as beautiful as the West Lake.

Xiaoxihu Lake is adjacent to Confucius Temple and Dongmen Historic District, covering an area of 46,900 square meters. The streets and lanes in the area are long and irregular, and the buildings on both sides are connected in series, which is a typical architectural style of Jiangnan residential buildings.

The name of Xiaoxihu:

It is recorded in history that during Zheng De's reign of Ming Dynasty, the famous scholar Xu Lin built a "Zhai Garden" here, with a pond and a small West Lake. During the Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, the garden destroyed the lake and then developed into streets and lanes, so it retained the name of Little West Lake.

It used to be the settlement of nobles, and its intangible cultural accumulation was profound, which was once brilliant in history. During the Ming Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was once the place where the literati lived and the seat of Yangzhou Prefecture. There used to be a mountain vein connected with Yuhuatai, which can be said to be a beautiful place, where the mountains, rivers, cities and forests are all very interesting.

After time flies, vicissitudes of life, natural disasters and man-made disasters, Xiaoxihu Lake has long been unrecognizable and lost its former style. Old, chaotic and dangerous, all these have become synonymous with the small West Lake.

In line with the concept and goal of protecting history and culture, paying attention to the inheritance of civilization and improving the living environment, Nanjing Ancient City Protection and Construction Group began to protect and transform the historical area of Xiaoxihu Lake. Xiaoxihu Lake is about to usher in an important moment in history. Just like its beautiful name, it will usher in a bright future.