Xiwan Lake

Xiwan Lake

Xiwan lake, located in Caidian District of Wuhan City, is the Great Lake branch in the west of Houguan lake. On the south bank are Fenghuang village and Zhuqi village in Daji street, and on the north bank are Xiaoji village and tianjiabao village. The total length of the Lake branch is about 3000 meters, with an average width of about 300 meters. With three branches, the lake covers an area of about 1.5 square kilometers. Here is rich in natural resources, flying in the sky, swimming in the water, growing in the mud, set "land, sea and air" in a lake. This is a corner of Houguan Lake farm in Caidian District. There are many kinds of domestic and wild fish, and the yield is considerable. "Small aquatic products" are also very rich: Eel, loach, shrimp, screw, mussel and so on. Xiwan lake has the most distinctive features: wild lotus root, Euryale ferox seed (chicken head), wild water chestnut, water bamboo, wild Artemisia, water cabbage, etc., which occupy most of the lake bay.

brief introduction

Caidian District, Wuhan City

Xiwan lake is the Great Lake branch in the west of Houguan lake. On the south bank are Fenghuang village and Zhuqi village in Daji street, and on the north bank are Xiaoji village and tianjiabao village. The total length of the Lake branch is about 3000 meters, with an average width of about 300 meters. With three branches, the lake covers an area of about 1.5 square kilometers. Here is rich in natural resources, flying in the sky, swimming in the water, growing in the mud, set "land, sea and air" in a lake. This kind of landscape, in the remote lake village may not be surprising, but in the suburbs of Wuhan, a mega city, it is commendable.

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Before the early 1980s, every year from late autumn to early spring of the next year, there were always Mahua flowers in Xiaofeng lake. In recent years, it has been greatly reduced, with only 10% remaining.

Needless to say, this is a corner of houguanhu aquaculture farm in Caidian District. There are many kinds of domestic fish and wild fish, and the yield is considerable. "Small aquatic products" are also very rich: Eel, loach, shrimp, screw, mussel and so on.

Xiwan lake has the most distinctive features: wild lotus root, Euryale ferox seed (chicken head), wild water chestnut, water bamboo, wild Artemisia, water cabbage, etc., which occupy most of the lake bay.

Xiwan Lake's Euryale ferox seeds are very fat. The big leaves are bigger than the round table top. The big chicken head weighs five or six taels of one kilogram wet. After the thick stem is cut into the skin, there is also a thick scythe handle. A big Euryale ferox seed can cut thirteen or four kilogram net stem, adding hundreds of tons of Euryale ferox stem to Wuhan city every year. This is pure natural green food!

Wild lotus root is the "No.1 kingdom" of aquatic plants in Xiwan lake, accounting for more than one third of the whole lake area. In fact, the wild lotus root of Xiwan lake can only be interpreted as "ownerless lotus root", because there are not only the real wild lotus root with sparse details, but also the domestic lotus root variety "maosanjie", which is popular in the market. Interestingly, the "race antagonism" between Jiaou and yeou is extremely serious. Both sides refuse to "give and receive clearly". They "plant their own lotus roots" and "unite closely" to form a cluster of wild lotus roots. In June of the lunar calendar, the "front" is more distinct: white lotus flowers bloom at home, red lotus flowers bloom in the wild. As a result, there are hundreds of acres of white and silvery lotus, where the red lotus occupies a large area, and there comes an annual "big cooperation" - mutual landscape decoration of Xiwan lake.

The "ownerless lotus root" in Xiwan lake is not only wide in area, but also dense. Before 1998, when you were sailing in hehuadang, if you didn't cut a waterway, you could hardly travel three or five miles in most days. At present, although it is weakened, it can still be compared with the growth of medium yield lotus field.

Xiwan Lake's "ownerless lotus root" can support many people. The picking and digging period is 11 months in a year: the lotus root is drawn in April and half of the lunar calendar, until the lotus root is mature, and then dug in March and half of the next year. What's more, during the picking period, several boats can be loaded every day. During the Anti Japanese War, the first squadron of Hanyang Anti Japanese Self Defense Corps camped in Houguan lake for three years. The Japanese army "sealed the lake" several times in an attempt to starve the revolutionary armed forces to death. However, the first squadron not only survived, but also defeated the invaders by relying on the wild lotus root, chicken stem, wild water chestnut and so on in the lake.

The rich Xiwan lake is just like Guo Jianguang's song in Shajiabang: "the great Jiangnan has its own natural granary."

In addition, there is Xiwan Lake in Macao.

Address: Republic of China Road, Macao Peninsula

Longitude: 113.53505369843

Latitude: 22.183007611941

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