Historical Celebrities and Daming Lake Story

In the fourth year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty (AD 745), the famous poet Du Fu gave a banquet with Li Yong, the magistrate of Beihai, in Li Xiating, and wrote a poem "Banquet with Li Beihai". In the poem, the phrase "The sea is here, the pavilion is ancient, and there are many celebrities in Jinan" is widely read, and Lixia Pavilion is therefore famous all over the world. However, the Lixia Pavilion at that time was in the area of Wulongtan, which collapsed at the end of the Tang Dynasty. After the Northern Song Dynasty, Lixia Pavilion moved to the south bank of Daming Lake, and was rebuilt on the island in the middle of the lake in the thirty-second year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (AD 1693). Although the current Lixia Museum has been repaired several times, it has basically maintained the original appearance of the Qing Dynasty. The inscription of "Lixia Pavilion" in the pavilion was written by Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty. In the Celebrity Hall in Tingbei, the stone carvings of Du Fu and Li Yong and the portraits of Jinan celebrities in previous dynasties are embedded on the wall, and the couplets written by Guo Moruo are engraved on the pillars in front of the door: "The spring breeze of the willows is bliss, and the house is full of autumn and moon."

Daming Lake has a long history, and its name has been written for more than 1,400 years. As early as the Northern Wei Dynasty, Li Daoyuan, a famous geographer, wrote Notes on Water Classics. It is recorded in Jishui Note: "The north flow of Lianshui is Daming Lake, the west is daming temple, and the east and north sides of the temple are lakes. "The Daming Lake referred to in this article is located in today's Wulongtan area, but today the waters around Daming Lake are called Li Shui Pi. According to historical records, Daming Lake at that time was called calendar wave or calendar water wave, reaching Zhuoying Lake in the south and Queshan and Huabu Mountain in the north. That is to say, Daming Lake, Wulongtan and Beiyuan are connected big lakes now, and the lake is dozens of miles wide. During the Six Dynasties, it was called "Lotus Lake" because there were many lotus seeds in the lake. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was called "Lotus Lake" (see paragraph "Youyang Miscellany"), also known as "Li Shui Pi". In Song Dynasty, it was also called "West Lake".

Since the Tang Dynasty, the scenery of Daming Lake has been famous in the world. In the Song Dynasty, there was a poem in Ceng Gong: "Ask me where to avoid steaming, and the West Lake will be clear in ten hectares." It can be seen that this place is already a summer leisure place. In the fifth year of Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1072), when Ceng Gong was well-known in qi zhou (now Jinan), in order to prevent floods, he built the North Watergate and introduced the lake water into Xiaoqing River, so that the water level of the lake remained constant all the year round, and pavilions, platforms, dikes and bridges were built along the lake, making it gradually become a sightseeing landscape. In ancient times, the lake was very wide, and today's Wulongtan area is also included. After changes, from the Jin Dynasty, Daming Lake specifically refers to the lake area in the city. Yuan Haowen, a poet in Jin Dynasty, was named Daming Lake in Ji 'nan Travel Notes. Daming Lake became what it is today when the city walls were rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. After dredging and renovation in past dynasties, lotus and willow were planted, and by the Qing Dynasty, the beautiful scenery of "lotus on four sides and willow on three sides, an excellent city and a half city lake" had been formed.

1958, the municipal government officially turned Daming Lake into Daming Lake Park, dredged the bottom of the lake, restored the shore of the lake, maintained the ancient buildings and planted flowers and trees extensively. After dredging, repairing and expanding, the lakeshore was built, gardens were beautified, places of interest were restored and rebuilt, teahouses, hotels, cruise ships and amusement facilities were added, which made it look brand-new and better than before and became one of the famous scenic spots in Jinan.

The Garden in the Garden-Tiegong Temple

Tiegong Temple, located at the western end of the northern bank of Daming Lake, was built in the 57th year of Qing Qianlong (AD 1792) to commemorate the history of the Ministry of War of Ming Dynasty and Shandong's participation in politics in Tiexuan. When Emperor Wendi was established in the Ming Dynasty, Judy, the prince of Yan, went south to seize power and attacked Jinan. Tie Xuan led the soldiers and civilians to stick to it, and suffered repeated defeats. After Judy captured Nanjing and became emperor, Tie Xuan was finally captured and sacrificed because he was outnumbered. Later generations admired his heroism and set up a shrine to worship. Tiegong Temple is a national compound, covering an area of more than 6,000 square meters. It consists of a winding corridor, three ancestral halls and a "building with lakes and mountains". In the garden, willows hang down and vines climb. In the south of the courtyard is a lake with clear water and in the north is a dense pine forest. The environment is quiet and spacious, and the buildings are simple and elegant, among which the small Canglang Pavilion is unique. The famous couplet: "Lotus flowers on four sides and willow trees on three sides, a city with mountains and half a city with lakes" is embedded here. Liu E once wrote in Travel Notes of Lao Can that if you look at Daming Lake in front of Tiegong Temple, you can see the reflection of Qianfo Mountain. But in recent decades, due to the pollution of air and lake water, this spectacle has never reappeared. It was not until the last two years that the municipal government made unremitting efforts to control air and lake pollution that the reflection of Foshan reappeared. If tourists visit Daming Lake on a sunny day, they can enjoy this spectacle occasionally.

In Jinan, there is a beautiful legend about the strange phenomenon that frogs in Daming Lake don't sing their snakes, but it has been proved to be invented by later generations. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River and passed by Jinan. After visiting Baotu Spring, Qianfo Mountain and other places of interest, he came to the Lixia Pavilion on Daming Lake for a rest at noon. When the real dragon emperor came to Daming Lake, it naturally alarmed all the immortals in Daming Lake, so hundreds of frogs sang in unison, all the snakes gathered together, birds and insects sang over Daming Lake, and all living beings wanted to see the face of the dragon emperor. However, Emperor Qianlong, who was very tired at this time, wanted to have a rest, but the snakes, frogs and birds outside the window were not interested in joining in the fun. So Yan Long was furious, slapped the table, issued an imperial decree and ordered: "Snakes return to the hole, frogs don't sing." When all beings saw the dragon's face was furious, they immediately slipped away in a panic. Since then, Daming Lake has never seen snakes or heard of frogs.

Of course, this so-called folk saying is naturally artificial. You know, as early as the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Xiangchun recorded the four eccentrics of Daming Lake. Therefore, this statement was just made up by the Qing people to please the descendants of Qianlong.