The development of Qiandao Lake culture and history

The water of Qiandao Lake originates from the Huangshan Mountains, with an average water depth of 34 meters, an average sand content of only 0.007 kilograms per cubic meter, and a visibility of more than 9 meters. It is a national first-class water body and can be consumed without any treatment. It can be drank directly. It was once praised as "the most beautiful water in the world" by Mu Qing, the former president of Xinhua News Agency. In recent years, the "Nongfu Spring", which has become famous at home and abroad, is produced here. After more than 40 years of closing the mountains for afforestation and conserving water and soil since the completion of the Xin'anjiang Reservoir, the forest coverage rate of the Qiandao Lake Scenic Area has reached 93%, and the green vision rate is almost 100%. The lush forest purifies the atmospheric environment of Qiandao Lake and the air is clean.

Qiandao Lake has vast expanse of blue waves and beautiful scenery, like a natural landscape painting. The islands in the scenic area are dotted with different postures, gathering and dispersing in an orderly manner, like big beads and small beads falling on a jade plate; the open area of ??the lake is vast, just like the vastness of Taihu Lake; the deep bay of the lake is like a maze, with deep twists and turns, unpredictable changes, and the scenery Colorful. At present, 13 scenic spots have been developed in six major scenic spots: Pingfeng Scenic Area, Longshan Scenic Area, Meifeng Scenic Area, Animal Wild Scenic Area, Xianshan Scenic Area and Stone Forest Scenic Area. In addition, there are many scenic areas outside Qiandao Lake, including the Qiandao Lake Stone Forest, the first stone forest in East China, a forest oxygen bar, a thousand acres of fields known as "Xiaohuang Mountain in Western Zhejiang, and the Wilderness in the North and South of the Yangtze River", and the largest in East China. The waterfall group - Shangxi Village Waterfall Group, as well as Baima Basin, Moxinjian Primeval Forest, Quanpu Creek, etc.

Qiandao Lake is surrounded by mountains, lush forests, birds singing and flowers fragrant, the ecological environment is excellent, and the natural scenery is beautiful. Qiandao Lake is a fertile lake with 87 species of freshwater fish and an annual catch of nearly 4,000 tons of fresh fish. It is one of the four largest freshwater fish bases in the country. There are a total of 1,786 species of plants in the scenic area, which is rich in tea, sericulture, wood, moso bamboo, etc., and fresh fruits and local products are constantly available in all seasons. The famous ones are: seedless persimmon, golden candied dates, pecans, dried freshwater fish, Dried wild bracken.

Qiandao Lake is a national first-level water resources protection zone; in 1982, Qiandao Lake was listed as a national forest park; in 1992, it was included in the "Hangzhou-Qiandao Lake-Huangshan" national gold tourism route by the National Tourism Administration -- "Journey to Famous Cities - Famous Waters - Famous Mountains". In 1997, it was ranked first among the "Top Ten Scenic Spots in Zhejiang"; in the same year, it was ranked among the "Top Ten Models of National Forest Parks"; in 2001, it was rated as one of the first batch of "National AAAA Tourist Areas" and "National Ecological Demonstration Areas".

Qiandao Lake is 150 kilometers away from Hangzhou and 150 kilometers away from Huangshan. It is a brilliant pearl embedded in this golden tourism line of "famous cities-famous waters-famous mountains". Qiandao Lake Scenic Area forms an organic tourism network with national scenic spots such as West Lake, Huangshan, Taihu Lake, Jinhua Shuanglong Cave, and Wuyi Mountain. It is very convenient to enter Qiandao Lake from Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian and other regions. Qiandao Lake Town is also a national-level sanitary county, a national excellent county for comprehensive environmental improvement, a national demonstration site for creating civilized small towns, and a civilized county in Zhejiang Province. In 2004, it won the title of "International Garden City" and was praised by tourists as "the most beautiful and most beautiful town in the country." One of the neatest and safest towns.” The Qiandao Lake Beautiful Water Festival, Qiandao Lake organic fish heads, and tourist landscape real estate have made Qiandao Lake even more famous.

Qiandao Lake’s beautiful scenery, beautiful natural scenery and good ecological environment make Qiandao Lake show broad development prospects and bring new development opportunities to Qiandao Lake tourism: five-star hotels - - Kaiyuan Resort, four-star water mobile hotels - Wanbang luxury cruise ships, helicopters, water leisure parks, golf courses, underwater submarines and other tourism and leisure reception facilities have settled in Qiandao Lake; Xiaojinshan colorful maze, underwater ancient city exploration, Attractions such as Jieshou Baiwan Maze are under development and construction. All of this has injected new elements into Qiandao Lake tourism, which is developing in the direction of "a leisure resort, a health and wellness residential paradise, a Chinese water industry base, and a famous city with mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River".