Dianshan Hu

Dianshan Hu Xuedian Hu
Hiking trail on the banks of Dianshan Hu
Geographical location	Qingpu ( Shanghai ) and Kunshan ( Suzhou , Jiangsu ), PR China
Drain	Dianpu He and Lanlu Gang, both → Huangpu Jiang
Data
Coordinates	31 ° 6 ′ 33 "  N , 120 ° 58 ′ 32"  E Coordinates: 31 ° 6 ′ 33 "  N , 120 ° 58 ′ 32"  E
surface	62 km²

The Dianshan Hu ( Chinese  淀山湖  /  淀山湖 , Pinyin DianShan Hú , "shallow lake with mountain"), formerly Xuedian Hu ( Chinese  薛淀湖  /  薛淀湖 , Pinyin Xuedian Hú "of duckweed overgrown, shallow lake"), is 62 km² the largest freshwater reservoir in Shanghai . It is located in the west of the city proper, about 60 km from the center, and 18 km from the Qingpu district , which, together with the independent city of Kunshan , is responsible for water management for the lake.

The Dianshan Hu belongs to the Tai Hu lake system , in which the Dianpu He (淀浦河) and the Lanlu Gang (拦路 港) originate, both of which flow into the Huangpu Jiang , i.e. ultimately into the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea . Therefore, the Dianshan Hu has been an important junction for water transport between Anhui , Suzhou , Huzhou , Jiaxing , Songjiang and the sea since the Song Dynasty (960-1279) . At that time there was still a mountain or hill in the lake, which eroded over time, which led to silting up of the shore areas, which were then gradually converted into rice fields surrounded by small dams (围 田). Today this hill only lives on in the modern name of the lake as well as the names of two villages on the south- eastern shore: Dianfeng (淀 峰, Pinyin Diànfēng ) means “summit in the shallow lake”, Shanwan (山 湾, Pinyin Shānwān ) means “bay on Mountain".

The Dianshan Hu is actually very shallow; the official fairways on the lake are only suitable for boats with a maximum draft of 1 m. The lake's shallow water depth, which is more or less the same over the entire area, posed a problem for inland navigation as early as the imperial era. This is why major dredging work was carried out in the years 1190–1194, 1328 and 1523. After 1949 embankments were built and repaired three times as shown in the picture opposite, and the shipping channels were dredged twice. In 1959, a large number of stone knives, stone plowshares, stone spindle whorls and shards of clay pots from the stamp pottery culture from the Shang dynasty (18th – 11th centuries BC) were brought to the surface from the lake bed.

The Dianshan Hu has been a popular destination for the educated upper class since the Song Dynasty. He was immortalized by the Imperial archivist Wei Jing (1159–1226) from Qiandeng in the poem "The shallow lake"; Yang Weizhen (1296-1370), District Administrator of Tiantai , wrote the poem "Shallow Lake with Mountain" on the occasion of a visit, and the Imperial Grand Secretary Wang Chang (1724-1806) from Zhujiajiao wrote "After the rain, climb the mountain and take it with you Looking out the duckweed-covered lake ". In 1979 a headland on the south-western shore of the lake was designated as a landscape protection area (淀山湖 风景区, Pinyin Diànshān Hú Fēngjǐngqū ), in 1984 the Qingpu observation garden (青浦 大观 园, Pinyin Qīngpǔ Dàguānyuán ) with an area of ​​87 ha was opened a little north of it . In 1991 this park, modeled on the viewing garden described in the Qing-era novel " The Dream of the Red Chamber ", was expanded to 100 hectares and renamed "Shanghai Viewing Garden" (上海 大观 园, Pinyin Shànghǎi Dàguānyuán ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 林 尹 ， 高明 (主编): 中文 大 辭典.第八 册. 中國 文化 大學 出版 部, 台北 1971 (九 版), p. 139.
2. ↑ 罗 竹 风 （主编） ：汉语大词典 .第三 卷. 汉语大词典 出版社, 上海 1994 （第二 次 印刷）, p. 650f.
3. ↑ All three men were Jinshi (进士), which is what today's Dr. Phil. Corresponds.
4. ↑ 上海市 地 方志 办公室. In: shtong.gov.cn. April 10, 2002, accessed October 7, 2018 (Chinese).