The Moon Lake, also known as the West Lake, is a

man-made lake A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including control ...

Haishu District () is a county-level district under the jurisdiction of Ningbo city in Zhejiang Province of the People's Republic of China. Since the district has a drum tower (''gulou'') that was constructed during the Tang Dynasty, it is alternatively called ...

Ningbo Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sate ...

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by ...

. It is a municipal conservation zone for history and culture in Ningbo.

Main features

* Moon Lake Bridge () – also known as Central Lake East Bridge, a stone arch bridge. It was firstly built in Song and current bridge was built in Qing.宁波古桥：含情脉脉月湖桥
/ref> * Central Lake Temple () – Central Lake Temple is located in Southeastern Huayu, which was firstly established in Zhiping period in North Song Dynasty. The temple is referenced in a poem by

Sima Guang Sima Guang (17 November 1019 – 11 October 1086), courtesy name Junshi, was a Chinese historian, politician, and writer. He was a high-ranking Song dynasty scholar-official who authored the monumental history book ''Zizhi Tongjian''. Sima was ...

. * Shuize Stele () – Shuize Stele is a stone stele which is used to measure water level in Pingqiao River near the Moon Lake. It was firstly built in

South Song Dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

and protected by a pavilion which was built during the Qing Dynasty. * He Mijian Shrine () – He Mijian Shrine was firstly built in

in order to worship

He Zhizhang He Zhizhang (, ca. 659–744), courtesy name Jizhen (季真), was a Chinese poet and scholar-official born in Yongxing, Yue Prefecture (越州永兴, present-day Xiaoshan, Zhejiang) during the Tang Dynasty. He entered the civil service after ...

, a poet in

Tang Tang or TANG most often refers to: * Tang dynasty * Tang (drink mix) Tang or TANG may also refer to: Chinese states and dynasties * Jin (Chinese state) (11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) b ...

. * Guandi Temple () – Guandi Temple was built in 3rd year of

Chongzhen Chongzhen () (5 February 1628 – 25 April 1644) was the era name of the Chongzhen Emperor, the last emperor of the Ming dynasty of China. Chongzhen was also the Ming dynasty's final era name. Comparison table Other eras contemporaneous with ...

Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

, currently used as the Ningbo Buddhism cultural exhibition centre. * Buddhist Jushi lin () – Buddhist Jushilin ( Householders) is a Buddhist temple in the Moon Lake. It was built in 21st year of Zhiyuan in

Yuan Dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongols, Mongol-led Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Division of the M ...

(AD 1284). It was destroyed in 1956, and rebuilt in 1989. * Yanyu House () Yanyu House is a famous library in Ningbo. It was built by Xu Shidong, an academician of East Zhejiang, local choreography and a librarian. * Li's House () – The Li's House is a house of ancestors of the Chinese American Li Zongkui, originally located in

Tianyi Square Tianyi Square () was the biggest square in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China designed by architect Qingyun Ma. Location It is located in the Ningbo city centre, Zhongshan Road, Haishu District, covering an area of . History It was completed in 2 ...

region. It was moved when the construction of

. * Yintaidi () – The house of

Tong Kui Tong may refer to: Chinese * Tang Dynasty, a dynasty in Chinese history when transliterated from Cantonese * Tong (organization), a type of social organization found in Chinese immigrant communities *''tong'', pronunciation of several Chinese c ...

, a vice ambassador of Tongzhengsi. Currently, it is the

Officials' House

Museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and th ...

. * Ambassy of

Goryeo Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unifica ...

() – The reception place was for ambassadors, businessmen and overseas students. The building was rebuilt on the originally place.

Literary reference

A Ningbo-born novelist

Qu You Qu You (, 1341–1427), courtesy name Zongji (宗吉) and self-nicknamed Cunzhai (存齋, "Reading Studio of Existence"), was a Chinese novelist who lived in the Ming dynasty, and whose works inspired a new genre fantasy works with political ...

wrote a fiction called ''

Peony Dengji The peony or paeony is a flowering plant in the genus ''Paeonia'' , the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae . Peonies are native to Asia, Europe and Western North America. Scientists differ on the number of species that can be distinguished, ...

'' ( 牡丹灯记, Janpanese:

Botan Dōrō is a Japanese ghost story () and one of the most famous in Japan. The plot involves sex with the dead and the consequences of loving a ghost. It is sometimes known as , based on the kabuki version of the story; this title is commonly used ...

also known as 怪談牡丹灯籠 ''Tales of the Peony Lantern'' ) (in the collection of ''

Jiandeng Xinhua ''Jiandeng Xinhua'' (, lit. ''New Stories Told While Trimming the Wick'' or ''New Stories After Snuffing the Lamp''; 1378) is an early Ming dynasty collection of Chinese stories by Qu You (). The book consist of 21 stories in 4 volumes. It was s ...

''). It describes a love story between ghost and a man during

Fang Guozhen A fang is a long, pointed tooth. In mammals, a fang is a modified maxillary tooth, used for biting and tearing flesh. In snakes, it is a specialized tooth that is associated with a venom gland (see snake venom). Spiders also have external fangs ...

period. The story took place at the Moon Lake. Japanese scholar Koyama Issei identified many of the locations, including Central Lake Temple, Central Lake East Bridge, Zhenming Ridge and Xuanmiao temple, that would fit geographically and architecturally of the places mentioned in the story. The story was adapted as one of one of three

Kaidan is a Japanese word consisting of two kanji: 怪 (''kai'') meaning "strange, mysterious, rare, or bewitching apparition" and 談 (''dan'') meaning "talk" or "recited narrative". Overall meaning and usage In its broadest sense, ''kaidan'' refer ...

tales in Japan.宁波月湖的湖心寺与传奇《牡丹灯记》
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Pictures

File:Yuehu Park 01.jpg File:Moon Lake in Ningbo.jpg File:Boating on Yuehu Lake.jpg File:月湖公园 - Moon Lake Park - 2015.10 - panoramio.jpg File:月园 - Moon Garden - 2015.10 - panoramio.jpg File:Ningbo Water Level Stone and Pavilion.jpg

References

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