Gantang Lake

Jiujiang ancient city, beautiful in a lake. Gantang lake, known as Jingxing Lake in ancient times, is injected by Lushan spring. It is located in the center of Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. It is the most attractive scenic spot in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. Later generations changed their name to Gantang in memory of Li bodezheng, the governor of Tang Jiangzhou. The lake is more than ten li, covering an area of more than 1000 mu. Gantang lake is rippling with blue waves, bright in the morning and overcast in the evening. The reflection of kuanglu lake is beautiful. There are also places of interest such as Yanshui Pavilion and Sixian bridge, which make people forget to return.

Gantang Lake

Jiujiang ancient city, beautiful in a lake. Gantang lake, known as Jingxing Lake in ancient times, is injected by Lushan spring. It is located in the center of Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. It is the most attractive scenic spot in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. Later generations changed their name to Gantang in memory of Li bodezheng, the governor of Tang Jiangzhou. The lake is more than ten li, covering an area of more than 1000 mu. Gantang lake is rippling with blue waves, bright in the morning and overcast in the evening. The reflection of kuanglu lake is beautiful. There are also places of interest such as Yanshui Pavilion and Sixian bridge, which make people forget to return.

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brief introduction

Gantang lake is located in the center of Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, which is injected by Lushan spring. There is a 50 meter long dike built in the lake, on which there is Sixian bridge built in Song Dynasty. Yanshui Pavilion in lake was built in 816-818, the 11th to 13th year of Yuanhe period of Tang Dynasty. It is said that it was the former site of zhouyu's dianjiangtai in the Three Kingdoms period. It was restored in 1972. There are ship hall, Chunyang hall, cuizhaoxuan, Wuxian Pavilion, Yiting, Jingbo tower and other buildings. There are two stone sword boxes in front of the pavilion.

Gantang lake, formerly known as Jingyang lake, is the most attractive scenic spot in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. With an area of about 80 hectares, it is a natural lake with "its own source of flowing water". Located in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, it is close to Lushan Mountain in the South and the Yangtze River in the north, with an average water depth of 1.4 meters and a maximum depth of 2.4 meters. It is about 2 kilometers long from east to west and 1.9 kilometers wide from north to south The water is crystal clear and clean, just like a bright pearl inlaid in the center of the ancient city of Xunyang (now Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhou Yu, a famous general of the eastern Wu Dynasty, once practiced Navy here. Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, built a pavilion in the middle of the lake when he was the Sima of Jiangzhou. He named it "the moon dipping Pavilion" with the sentence "the moon dipping in the boundless river at another time" in Pipa Xing. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the meaning of "mountain scenery, water color, thin cage smoke" was changed to "Water Pavilion". It is said that when Zhou Yu was training the water army, he called it "Zhou Yu's commanding platform".

Li Gongdi

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In the second year of Changqing (822 AD), Li Bo built a dike across the lake to facilitate transportation, and built bridges and gates on the dike to facilitate irrigation. Later generations called this levee Ligong levee and this bridge Sixian bridge. Gantang lake is divided into two parts by a dike. It is called Nanhu in the East and Gantang Lake in the West. The bridge was rebuilt in 1960s.

The origin of Li Gongdi

Jiujiang ancient city, beautiful in the two lakes. This green lake is Gantang lake. The lake on the other side of the dike is called Nanmen lake. If Jiujiang City is compared to a beautiful girl, the two lakes are her bright eyes. The road we are taking now is actually a lake dike, one kilometer long, like a green snake lying on a wave, dividing the lake in two. There is an arch bridge in the middle of the dike to connect the lake. On the levee, the trees are covered with shade, and young men and women often walk with them. They are nicknamed "lover's road". However, the real names of the lake, the levee and the bridge have a lot of reasons. We can take a walk here today because of a local official, Li Bo. Li Bo, born in Luoyang, was called to the throne by Emperor Mu Zong of Tang Dynasty. Later, he was scrutinized by the powerful officials. In the first year of Changqing (821), the fourth year of Bai Juyi's departure from Jiujiang, he was transferred to be the governor of Jiangzhou. Li Bo is very affectionate to Jiujiang. He studied in the south of Lushan Mountain when he was young, and now he is in Bailudong Academy. When he came back to Jiangzhou, he was in a severe drought, and there was no harvest in Zhuangtian. The imperial court had to collect taxes according to the harvest years. He understood the situation and asked for help for the people, so that the imperial court could exempt Jiangzhou from taxes.

At that time, as soon as Jiangzhou city (now Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province) came out of the South Gate of the city, it was Nanmen lake. To get to the other bank, it had to make a big circle. For the convenience of the people, Li Bo organized the people to build a dam in Nanmen lake. The dike is 700 steps long (about 2 li) to connect the north-south railway. A bridge and sluice are built on the dike to control and regulate the water level and to irrigate the farmland. Because the Duke of Zhao in Zhou Dynasty loved the people like a son, he often worked under the tree of Gantang to relieve the suffering of the people. Later generations often used the word "Gantang" to praise the officials with merits and talents. Jiangzhou people thank Li bobi for his "Zhaogong" and praise his "Gantang". The new dike is named Ligong dike, the outer lake is Gantang lake, and the bridge is named Sixian bridge.

Gan Tang's Poems

Gantang Lake

When the plum blossoms,

The water of Gantang lake can no longer bear a small boat,

Gantang lake looks out from the fence and walks on the cold track of Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge

The sky is falling, and Sao dances lightly on the surging tide, flying back and forth

Passing through my mind

I'm going home this winter,

Go back, go back to see you

My burning passion and endless yearning for you,

Close to your desolate chest, melt your cold arms

From then on,

With long mountains and broad waters, we have our hometown,

The journey is no longer lonely

The idle sorrow of acacia is no longer up and down

park

With an area of about 80 hectares, Gantang Lake Park is a natural lake with its own source of water. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhou Yu, a famous general of the eastern Wu Dynasty, once practiced Navy here. Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, built a pavilion in the middle of the lake when he was the Sima of Jiangzhou. He named it "the moon dipping Pavilion" with the sentence "the moon dipping in the boundless river at another time" in Pipa Xing. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the meaning of "mountain scenery, water color, thin cage smoke" was changed to "Water Pavilion". It is said that when Zhou Yu was training the water army, he called it "Zhou Yu's commanding platform". The main ancient buildings are: boat hall, Chunyang hall, cuizhaoxuan, Wuxian Pavilion, Zhongmiao building, yanhuiting, etc. There is a long stone tablet on the left wall of the main hall, engraved with a huge cursive "Shou" character, which is said to be Lu Dongbin's handwriting among the eight immortals. The font is dragon flying and Phoenix dancing, and the shape is like a dragon. It is majestic. The combination of the four characters "Jiu Zhuan Cheng Dan" reflects the Taoist ideas of "alchemy" and "cultivation of immortals". Standing in front of the pavilion, looking at Lushan Mountain from afar, you can see that the mountain is like a barrier, the clouds are misty, and you can have a panoramic view of the lakes and mountains. In the lake, there is a long dike built by Li Bo, the governor of Jiangzhou in Tang Dynasty. On the dike, there is a "Sixian bridge" built in Song Dynasty, which divides Gantang lake into two parts. From this dike, you can climb the 12 meter high and three story "yingyue tower". When you look up, you can see the ripples of green waves, the rosy clouds, the willows on the bank, and the scenery is like a country.

Historical evolution

Jiujiang (Xunyang city), with thousands of mountains and nine schools around the river, is "a place of high spirit and rich beauty". since ancient times. It is the capital of Tongdu, where merchants gather. Jiujiang is located at the junction of Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan and Anhui provinces. It is a military town for military strategists.

Jiujiang is a famous cultural city with a long history and a famous tourist city. The name of Jiujiang was first seen in the records of "Jiujiang KongYin" and "crossing Jiujiang to Dongling" in Shangshu Yugong. Later, according to the records of Jin Taikang, Jiujiang originated from "Liu Xin thought that the nine rivers of Han Dynasty (namely Ganjiang River, Poshui, Yushui, Xiushui, Ganshui, Xushui, SHUSHUI, Nanshui, Pengshui) entered penglize". The Yangtze River flows through the Jiujiang waters, where rivers adjacent to Poyang Lake and Jiangxi, Hubei and Anhui provinces converge. Hundreds of rivers return to the sea, with vast water potential and vast river surface. There are two origins of Jiujiang's appellation, one is that "jiu" is the largest number in ancient Chinese, "Jiujiang" means "the place where many rivers gather" and "jiu" means "void"; the other is that "jiu" means "the place where nine rivers (namely Ganjiang River, Poshui River, Yushui River, Xiushui River, Ganshui River, Xushui River, SHUSHUI River, Nanshui River and Pengshui River) flow into penglize" The real meaning.

Jiujiang had an early history of development. In Xia and Shang Dynasties, Jiujiang belonged to Jing and Yang states. In spring and Autumn period, Jiujiang belonged to the eastern part of Wu and the western part of Chu, so it was called "the head of Wu and the tail of Chu". Jiujiang, as an administrative division, first appeared in the Qin Dynasty. The first emperor of Qin divided the world into 36 counties, including Jiujiang county. Since then, Jiujiang has been known as Chaisang, Xunyang, Runan, juecheng, Dehua, etc. But it is famous for Jiujiang, Chaisang, Xunyang and Jiangzhou.

In 221 BC, after Qin Shihuang unified China, the whole country was divided into 36 counties with Jiujiang county. In the Western Han Dynasty, Jiujiang was first built as a county, called Chaisang. Now Jiujiang City is a great general of vehicles in the sixth year of emperor Gaodi of Han Dynasty (201 BC). Guanying dug a well to build a city to guard it. It is called Weicheng, also known as Guanying city. During the Three Kingdoms period, it belonged to Dongwu and belonged to Wuchang county. In the Tang Dynasty, Jiujiang county was changed to Jiangzhou, in the first year of Tianbao (742) to Heyang County, and in the first year of Qianyuan (758) to Jiangzhou. In the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Jiangzhou was the place of moral education in the Southern Tang Dynasty, so Xunyang was changed to Dehua, and Jiangzhou was abandoned. In the Song Dynasty, Jiangzhou was restored. In the late Yuan Dynasty, Chen Youliang called himself Emperor and took Jiangzhou as his capital. In the Ming Dynasty, he changed the road to Jiujiang Prefecture and made it in the Qing Dynasty. After the 1911 Revolution, the imperial system was abolished. In 1914, Daoling county was set up, and Jiujiang Prefecture was changed into Heyang Dao, with a total of 20 counties. Among them, Dehua county was changed into Jiujiang County in 1914 because of the same name as Dehua County in Fujian Province.

Jiujiang City was set up in 1917, Jiujiang administrative department was set up in March 1921, and the municipal government was set up the next year. In February 1932, the administrative region system was established. It was changed to Jiujiang County in 1936, and Jiujiang was liberated on May 7, 1949.

Chinese PinYin : Gan Tang Hu