The legend of "three pools printing the moon"

After Su Shi dredged the West Lake, in order to show the siltation of the lake mud again, three bottle-shaped stone pagodas were erected in the three deepest parts of the lake outside the dike as a sign, forming a strange landscape of "there are deep pools in the lake, the moon is shining in the water, and the stone pagodas come to photograph each other, and the moon is full in August".

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the workers in the garden will arrive at three towers by boat and light a candle in the center of each tower. The circular hole gives off the light of the candle, which looks like the moon from a distance, and each stone tower has five holes.

and the three stone pagodas can reflect fifteen moons, plus thirty reflections, plus one in the sky, one reflection, and the last one is the moon in the hearts of tourists. The strange sight of thirty-three moons can only be seen on the clear Mid-Autumn Night.

It is the most pleasant thing to go boating in the West Lake on the night of the Mid-Autumn Moon and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the "cold moon cage yarn". Three stone pagodas stand gracefully on the rippling lake.

the light comes out of the tower, just like the bright moon, and its reflection is in the lake. When the bright moon is in the sky, moonlight, lights and lake light complement each other, and the moon shadow, tower shadow and cloud shadow set off each other, drawing a beautiful picture of "a lake with golden water to dissolve autumn", which makes people linger back and forth.

At this time, the moon in the air, the moon in the water and the moon in the tower are in harmony with the hearts of the moon-watchers, and their thoughts are soaring, which has always been the favorite of tourists, hence the name "Three Tans Printing the Moon".

Extended information:

As one of the ten scenic spots in the West Lake, Santan Yinyue is known as "the first scenic spot in the West Lake". Santan Yinyue is the largest island in the West Lake, with beautiful scenery and quiet scenery, especially the scenery of Santan Yinyue is famous at home and abroad. The main scenic spots are "Kaiwang Pavilion", "Idle Terrace", "Pantheon", "Yingcuixuan", "Flower-Bird Pavilion", "Curved Bridge" and "Nine Lions Stone".

On the shore, the golden laurels are dancing, the willows are green and the flowers are bright, which is in harmony with the buildings with carved columns and painted buildings. It has the artistic characteristics of Jiangnan water garden with an island in the lake, a lake in the island, a garden in the garden, changeable twists and turns and a new scene. On the back of the RMB one-dollar bill, the three pools printing the moon are used, which shows that the three pools printing the moon also plays an extremely important symbolic role in China's scenic spots.

Because of its beautiful scenery, China has put its image on coins. At first, in 1 yuan, foreign exchange certificate in the late 197s, the front was the emerald pattern of three pools printing the moon; Then, the scenery on the back of the fifth set of RMB one-dollar notes also adopted almost the same pattern-three stone towers in the water. Therefore, the fame of three pools printing on the moon has greatly increased.

Baidu Encyclopedia-San Tan Yin Yue