Moon Lake
West Lake
Location in Zhejiang
Location in Zhejiang
Moon Lake
LocationHaishu, Ningbo, Zhejiang
Coordinates29°52′10″N 121°3′22″E / 29.86944°N 121.05611°E / 29.86944; 121.05611
TypeMan-made lake
Max. length1.03 km (0.64 mi)
Max. width0.22 km (0.14 mi)
Surface area0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi)
Shore length12.6 km (1.6 mi)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The Moon Lake, also known as the West Lake, is a man-made lake in Haishu District, Ningbo, Zhejiang. It is a municipal conservation zone for history and culture in Ningbo.[1]

Main features

Literary reference

A Ningbo-born novelist Qu You wrote a fiction called Peony Dengji (牡丹灯记, Janpanese: Botan Dōrō also known as 怪談牡丹灯籠 Tales of the Peony Lantern ) (in the collection of Jiandeng Xinhua). It describes a love story between ghost and a man during Fang Guozhen 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.[11] The story was adapted as one of three Kaidan tales in Japan.[12]

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References

  1. ^ a b 宁波古桥：含情脉脉月湖桥
  2. ^ 古湖心寺保护纪实[permanent dead link] The poem read "横桥通废岛，华宇出荒榛，风月逢知己，湖山得主人" where ""横桥" and "华宇" indicate Central Lake East Bridge and Central Lake Temple.
  3. ^ 浙江省文物局 - 水则碑. Archived from the original on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  4. ^ 历史悠久的月湖贺秘监祠[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ 月湖景区又添文化内涵 关帝庙将重启大门
  6. ^ 宁波居士林
  7. ^ 文物保护点-徐时栋故居(烟屿楼)[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ 共青路：湖畔风雅悠然在
  9. ^ 银台第宁波官宅博物馆
  10. ^ 高丽使馆
  11. ^ 小山 一成，「牡丹燈記」文学地理，大学紀要，2000-03-25
  12. ^ 宁波月湖的湖心寺与传奇《牡丹灯记》
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