Tongling has a beautiful and touching two legends:
One is that, according to legend, a long time ago, a fairy thief to Tongguan Mountain to steal the treasure of the town, the boat line to the Lake Tianjing, was the old God of the mountain found that they learn to rooster, a moment of time, the four wild roosters have to cue the crows, the thief God in a hurry to escape, a Penny propped up through the bottom of the lake, became the Tianjing.
Another theory is that the East China Sea Dragon King's daughter, one day secretly traveled, avoiding the river and the sea, take the road to the well, to the lake swimming, see a simple fishing Lang, suddenly love, so become a beautiful conch, was fishing Lang net, fishing Lang could not bear to sell money to buy rice to feed the blind mother, put in a tank, since then the family appeared strange, the tank does not lack of rice, there is firewood between the stove, the young man out of work early and late at night, always pots of hot rice, bowls of hot dishes, and then the old God of the mountain guard found, then learned the rooster crowing, a moment of the four wild roosters have cried out, a Penny through the bottom of the lake, becoming a The young man always had hot rice in the pot and hot food in the bowl.
One day, the fisherman near noon suddenly returned to see a young and beautiful woman in charge of household chores, the mystery has been unraveled. Just when a pair of lovers are happy and in love, the Dragon King sends an evil dragon to look for the young woman, and when he sees the truth, he uses violence to coerce her to return to the Dragon Palace.
The dragon lady refused to obey, and fought hard. The evil dragon tried to suck the lake water dry, drought death of seedlings, and captured the dragon lady. The dragon lady then turned into a huge conch, from the patio sucking seawater, determined to "not as the immortal world of gold and jade leaves, vow to protect the earth's living spring", and then died of exhaustion, turned into today's urban area of pine and cypress of the evergreen screw mountain.
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At the beginning of the construction of the garden, the garden was built around the spring into a patio, and the island of Nakasu was constructed by building stones and soil (the south island was also built as a backdrop). Later, the Tongtian Pavilion was built on Zhongzhou Island to draw the well spring through the dragon's mouth to flow down to the small pool, and then dripping down to the lake to show the difference in water level.
The park covers an area of 1,646 acres, of which 1,222 acres is the lake, around which there are seven distinctive hills. Since its opening in 1972, the park has built more than 30 recreational places and scenic spots, such as children's playground, roller skating rink, boat pier, patio tea room, overflowing qin garden and promenade water pavilion, nine curved bridges, Tongtian Pavilion, valley monument forest, peony garden, and so on.
Specifically, it can be categorized into eight scenic spots, such as "Five Pines Shengyou, Night Singing and Pestle Wearing, Wooden Fish Red Scale, and Three Thousand Picture Scrolls". Among them, "five pines victory tour" from the park gate to the South Lake Nine Curve Bridge, the land area is the largest, five pines mountain stood in the middle of the park for the main scenic spot.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Tianjing Lake Scenic Area
Tianjing Lake Scenic Area is a scenic spot where you can enjoy the beauty of the lake.