The origin and historical story of Dianchi

On the origin of Dianchi and historical stories are as follows:

Dianchi, also known as Kunming Lake, Kunming Pond, Diannan Ze, Dianhai. In the southwest of Kunming City, Panjiang River and other rivers into the lake elevation of 1886 meters, an area of 330 square kilometers, Yunnan Province's largest freshwater lake, known as the Pearl of the Plateau. The average depth of 5 meters, the deepest 11 meters. Lake water in the southwest of the mouth of the leak, called the mantis river, for the upper reaches of the Yangtze River tributary of the Jinsha River on the source of the Pudu River.

Dianchi beautiful scenery, for China's national tourism resort. It is surrounded by Yunnan Ethnic Village, Yunnan Ethnic Museum, Huating Temple in Xishan Mountain, Taihua Temple, Sanqing Pavilion, Longmen, Cripplegate Temple, Daguanlou and scenic spots such as Panlong Temple in Jinning and Zhenghe Park. The resort covers an area of 18 square kilometers.

Originally, the lagoon area is often flooded, as early as 1262 on the Panjiang River to build Songhua Dam, 1268 and cut the Haikou River, increase the flow of Dianchi, alleviate the flooding of the lagoon. 1955 after the lake in the upper reaches of the various rivers have been built in the construction of ten more than large and medium-sized reservoirs along the lake to build dozens of electric power drainage and irrigation stations, lifting the floods and ensure that the farmland irrigation and urban industry, Living water. The lake produces carp, crucian carp, money fish and so on.

Dianchi ancient name Diannan Ze, also known as Kunming Lake. About the origin of the name of Dianchi, there are four ways of saying. According to Jin Chang璩, "Huayang Guo Zhi - South China Zhi", Dianchi is called Dianchi because "the lower stream is shallow and narrow, such as the reverse flow.