Nanjing Xuanwu Lake is known as the Pearl of Jinling. Located in Xuanwu District, Nanjing City.
Xuanwu Lake lies on Purple Mountain to the east, Ming City Wall to the west, Nanjing Station to the north, and Zhoushan to the south. It is the largest city park in the Jiangnan region, the largest royal garden lake in China, and the only remaining royal garden in the south of the Yangtze River. The garden is known as the "Pearl of Jinling", also known as Hou Lake and North Lake.
The reason why Xuanwu Lake was named:
There is a Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing, which was initially called "Back Lake" or "North Lake" because relative to the direction of Taicheng, Xuanwu Lake is behind. Or north. It corresponds to the "North Xuanwu" in Feng Shui, and Xuanwu District is named after Xuanwu Lake.
Extended information:
Xuanwu Lake is diamond-shaped, with a total scenic area of ??5.13 square kilometers and a lake surface area of ??3.78 square kilometers. The lake is surrounded by five continents (Huanzhou, Yingzhou, Lingzhou, Liangzhou and Cuizhou) are divided into three parts, the North Lake (Northeast Lake, Northwest Lake), Southeast Lake and Southwest Lake. The North Lake is shallower, the Southwest Lake is the deepest, and the Southeast Lake is the second. The lakes are connected by embankments, bridges and roads. .
Xuanwu Lake is a shallow lake. Its water source comes from the northern foot of Zijin Mountain. There are 7 main ditches entering the lake, and it is connected with the moat, Jinchuan River and Pearl River. It is responsible for ecological landscape, citizen leisure, sightseeing and tourism. It has comprehensive functions such as urban flood control and drainage, and urban river ecological water replenishment.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xuanwu Lake