Characteristics of South Lake in Mengzi

South Lake is named because it is located outside the south gate of the old city. The total area of Nanhu Lake is 4 1 10,000 square meters, of which the water surface area is 320,000 square meters. Nanhu Lake in Mengzi was originally a swamp, which was dug into a lake in the early Ming Dynasty. After more than 600 years of careful development, it has become a famous scenic spot in southern Yunnan, enjoying the reputation of "Little West Lake" on the plateau, and has been included in China Dictionary of Scenic Spots, Complete Works of China Fine Arts, Volume of Landscape Architecture, Complete Works of China Tourism and China Tourism World Today.

South Lake in Mengzi has beautiful scenery, unique garden architectural style, harmonious landscape and city, and rich historical and cultural accumulation. It is the "Chinese famous snack"-the birthplace of Mengzi crossing the bridge rice noodles. It is a pure land where teachers and students of The National SouthWest Associated University National College of Literature and Law, such as Wen Yiduo and Zhu Ziqing, once stopped teaching and passed on China's advanced culture. At present, the "amorous feelings road" is a microcosm of the collision, agitation, intersection and integration of modern Chinese and western civilizations and multiculturalism. Since 1887, Mengzi was turned into the first "soon-to-be-opened commercial port" in modern Yunnan, and it was officially opened for trade in 1889, the first customs in modern Yunnan was born here, which was also the first telegraph office and the first post office in modern China in 65435. 10000000606. At that time, more than 80% of Yunnan's import and export materials were transported home and abroad through Mengzi. In modern times, Mengzi was called the "Shanghai Beach" and "Little Hong Kong" of Yunling, and became the birthplace of modern industrial and commercial civilization in Yunnan.