History of East Lake in Shaoxing

East Lake is located at the foot of Ruoruo Mountain in the east of Shaoxing. In the past, Qin Shihuang visited Huiji, which was named after grass. From the Han Dynasty, migrant workers came here to dig mountains and take stones. In the Sui Dynasty, Su Yang, the king of Yue, made great efforts to dig mountains and take stones to repair the city. After thousands of years of hard work, it has become a cliff, a strange pool and an abyss, just like heaven.

The East Lake was originally a bluestone mountain. When Qin Shihuang visited the East, he was stationed here to drink horses, so it was called Ruoruo Mountain. After the Han Dynasty, Ruoruo Mountain became a quarry in Shaoxing. After thousands of years of chisel and axe cutting, half of the castle peak was cut off, forming a cliff as high as 50 meters. Workers generally go more than 20 meters underground, and some even 40 to 50 meters. After a long time, a clear water pool with a length of more than 200 meters and a width of about 80 meters was formed. Tao Jun, a famous rural saint in Shaoxing in the late Qing Dynasty, had a unique vision. He used the quarry to build a fence, widened the water surface slightly, and became the East Lake with mountains and rivers in harmony. After a hundred years of artificial decoration, East Lake has become a wonderful landscape bonsai.

There are peculiar landscapes such as Taogong Cave and Xiantao Cave in the East Lake Scenic Area, as well as just-right artificial decorations such as pavilions, Xia Chuan Bridge, drinking water pavilions, Guilin and Qinqiao. East Lake is still in painting. In addition to the natural scenery composed of rocks and lakes, East Lake is also a historical attraction. Sun Yat-sen, Tao Zhangcheng, Xu Xilin and Lu Xun all visited East Lake or discussed revolutionary plans. After Tao died, Shaoxing people set up a pottery club in East Lake to commemorate this hero. 19 16 In August, Dr. Sun Yat-sen also paid tribute to the Tao Society. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Mao Zedong and other party and state leaders visited East Lake many times. Guo Moruo also left a poem in the East Lake: "If it is the East Lake, it is carved by people. A thousand feet stand on the wall, but the road is impassable. The big ship goes into the hole and sits in the well to watch the sky. Don't call the lake small, the sky is in it. " Visitors to East Lake will not only be attracted by the picturesque scenery, but also be moved by the miracles created by the working people.