Moon Lake | |
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West Lake | |
Location | Haishu, Ningbo, Zhejiang |
Coordinates | 29°52′10″N 121°3′22″E / 29.86944°N 121.05611°E |
Type | Man-made lake |
Max. length | 1.03 km (0.64 mi) |
Max. width | 0.22 km (0.14 mi) |
Surface area | 0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi) |
Shore length1 | 2.6 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]
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]
Moon Lake | |
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West Lake | |
Location | Haishu, Ningbo, Zhejiang |
Coordinates | 29°52′10″N 121°3′22″E / 29.86944°N 121.05611°E |
Type | Man-made lake |
Max. length | 1.03 km (0.64 mi) |
Max. width | 0.22 km (0.14 mi) |
Surface area | 0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi) |
Shore length1 | 2.6 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]
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]