The four major parks of Guazhu Lake are one lake

With the rise of China Textile City in the 1980s and 1990s, especially after the county government moved to Keqiao in October 2000, the new county town was built at a high starting point and at a high speed. Guazhu Lake "Renovation", new clothes stand in front of the public.

From 2001 to 2002, our county mobilized social efforts and invested a total of 140 million yuan to implement the Keqiao urban flood control project. Our county demolished the buildings around the lake, cleaned up the fishery facilities on the lake, and implemented a landscape green belt project around Guazhu Lake, with a green area of ??1.52 million square meters. On the basis of the South Bank Park built in the 1990s, four major parks including the South Bank Entrance Square, West Bank, North Bank, and East Bank were built successively. In particular, the South Bank Entrance Plaza Park and the West Bank Park add luster to Guazhu Lake.

The entrance square park on the south bank of Guazhu Lake is the only way for foreign tourists to enter the Guazhu Lake scenic area. It is also an important external window for Guazhu Lake and even the entire Keqiao. The core of the entrance square is the first phase of the project, which consists of a circular square, a rainbow promenade, an artificial creek and other scenic spots. With the center of the square as the axis, clockwise from west to east, there are autumn shades of trees, sparse forests and wet flowers, Camellia mirror line, bamboo forest resting, magnolia fragrance, make full use of the color, flowering period and leaf color of plants to reflect the space of the landscape. It is a modern waterfront park featuring textile culture. It is also a key project in the Green Belt Project around Guazhu Lake. It highlights the hydrophilicity and leisure nature of the lake. The project covers a total area of ??85,000 square meters and has a total investment of 49.88 million yuan. The project content includes a lakeside trail, a landscape pedestrian bridge (Magpie Bridge), a cruise ship pier, a water spray wall, large sculptures, and tensile membrane projects. It has become a beautiful and comfortable place for leisure in the hearts of Keqiao citizens

By the lake, a student from Keqiao Primary School wrote in his essay: "The scenery of Guazhu Lake and West Bank Park is even more charming. The promenade

The colored lights are constantly changing colors, which is dizzying. On both sides of the Echo Bridge, the lights flash like a rainbow, spanning the two sides of the bridge. The leisure teahouses next to the bridge are round, octagonal and pentagonal. The star-shaped lights have their own characteristics. Around Guazhu Lake, thousands of small lights shine brightly, like a beautiful necklace on Guazhu Lake. A series of effects around the lake are impressive.

The most direct Guazhu Lake has created a good place for citizens to enjoy leisure, entertainment and fitness. Especially the West Bund Park, every time the night lights are turned on, or when the weather is fine on weekends, the Guazhu Lakeside is full of singing and dancing, making it very lively. Whenever the morning light first appears, some runners will run along the lake, and some Tai Chi, Mulan Quan, waist drum, aerobics and other sports enthusiasts will practice here. Especially on summer nights, Guazhu Lake is crowded with people enjoying the cool air and dancing, making it a unique summer night scenery.

The vast water surface is the charm of Guazhu Lake. Fishing enthusiasts like to sit on the shore and enjoy the unique pleasure and tranquility of fishing. Couples in love like to sit on the rocks by the lake, whisper and enjoy the romantic time.

Guazhu Lake also activates Keqiao’s urban culture. Surrounding Guazhu Lake and its surroundings, especially the South Bank Park and West Bank Park, make it a venue for various cultural activities. In October 2004, our county held a long-distance race around Guazhu Lake. During the recent May Day holiday, the first dragon boat of the Ruian Chamber of Commerce in the Textile City was launched on Guazhu Lake, and a dragon boat race was held on the Dragon Boat Festival. Guazhu Lake has also become the training ground for our county rowing team and Wenzhou city rowing team. Various theatrical performances are frequently performed on the banks of Guazhu Lake. The beautiful and moving Guazhu Lake gave birth to the impressive Guazhu Lake economy. The unique and beautiful living environment of Guazhu Lake has become a major brand of the county, attracting the attention of many businessmen to develop the Feng Shui treasure land of Guazhu Lake. Leisure, commerce, real estate economy.

Business and catering gathering

In 2000, Nan'an Park built the only swimming pool in Keqiao, establishing a hygienic and safe swimming paradise for the citizens of the water town.

Guazhu Lake Commercial and Leisure Street has begun to take shape. It gathers many brands of clothing stores, wedding photography, and department stores to create an urban shopping space for citizens. On the approximately 500-meter-long street of Guazhu Style Community, there are fashionable shops such as Barton Coffee, Liujia Spicy Restaurant, Babic Coffee, New Bar, and New Fashion Beauty Salon. On the west side of the Baibu Bridge on Guazhu Lake, a reserved open space has been enclosed by a wall. A tasteful restaurant in harmony with the scenery of Guazhu Lake will be built here. In the southern section of the street, in residential areas such as Lakeview Central Garden, various shops are lined up row upon row, including some Korean and foreign clothing and catering brand stores.

There are also some stores that use the reputation of Guazhu Lake to promote their own names. There is a hotel in Hong Kong and Vietnam run by Wenzhou merchants with unique insights and named it Guazhu Lake Hotel.

Real estate properties appreciate in value through the "Lake"

Those who are most able to spot business opportunities and benefit the most are some real estate developers. As early as the 1990s, some far-sighted real estate developers were optimistic about the charming scenery and future development prospects of Guazhu Lake and built high-quality real estate. In 1998, the Huzhongyuan villa area was planned and constructed on the east bank of Guazhu Lake. Now it has become one of the most high-end villa areas in Shaoxing. On the west bank of the lake, small high-rise residential complexes such as Lake View Central Garden and Kerry Garden have been built one after another, becoming a unique landscape beside Guazhu Lake.

In 2003, the Guazhu style community was built on the west bank of the lake. It borrowed the name of Guazhu Lake and became one of the most successfully marketed properties in our county. Due to the relatively large and high-end properties, many home buyers saw room for appreciation in this area, causing the housing prices in this community to soar when it was first launched, reaching the highest housing price in Keqiao at that time, exceeding 4,000 yuan. Nowadays, all properties near Guazhu Lake appreciate in value faster than elsewhere. Recently, on the east side of the lake, another real estate company has used the banner of Guazhu Lake and launched Cuize Garden, a high-end landscape community with pure villas by Guazhu Lake. It declared that "West Lake belongs to Hangzhou, and Guazhu Lake belongs to Hangzhou." mine".