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A city with mountains and rivers and half a city with lakes and mountains, what is the lyrics of that song in the painting?

Lotus flowers on four sides and willows on three sides, a city with mountains and half a city with lakes: lotus flowers and willows hanging on three sides around the lake; Half of the mountains in a city are reflected in the lake.

On both sides of the west cave entrance of Xiaocanglang Pavilion on the north bank of Daming Lake, there are couplets inscribed by Tie Bao, a great calligrapher in Qing Dynasty: "Lotus flowers on four sides and willows on three sides, a city with mountains and a half city with lakes". This couplet shows the unique features of Liu, He, Hu and Shan in Jinan, and has become a famous sentence that people who travel to Jinan are eager to appreciate. To tell the truth, this Daming Lake really has a vital influence on the customs of Jinan.