West Lake Scenic Spot, the scenic area from 9 square kilometers to 19 square kilometers, protection from 19.6 square kilometers to 52.5 square kilometers.
The West Lake was originally a depression washed out by the water of Hengchu, Tianliao, Shuilian, Pungshan and other mountains and rivers into the river. The bed of the Xizhi River was diverted so that it became a lake. It is surrounded by mountains in the west and south, and the Dongjiang River in the north. The scenic spot takes landscape resources as the main body and integrates natural landscape and humanistic landscape. It covers an area of 3.2 square kilometers, including 1.68 square kilometers of water. The depth of the lake varies, generally around 1.5 meters, individual water depth of 3 to 4 meters. At present, the landscape of Huizhou West Lake is called "five lakes and six bridges eighteen scenes", five lakes and six bridges have not changed, eighteen scenes are "flying geese to see the victory, Fengshan Haoqi, water curtain waterfalls, Pinghu Autumn Moon, jade tower micro-lanterns, spring drunkenness of the cottonwoods, Xixin summer heat, flower continent to talk about the rain, the port of flowers to watch the fish, the Fanghua Autumn, Suti play moon, Lianli Cotton Tree, Lone Mountain Su traces, the South Park green flotsam, smoke and willow waves, stay Dan point Cui, Xiangling clouds fly, crane and heron dance" eighteen landscapes.
The five lakes refer to: Pinghu, Fenghu, Nanhu, Linghu, Crocodile Lake; according to legend, the formation of the five lakes and the seven fairies in the five sisters. One day, five sisters before the mirror make-up, see Shaorong has been old, love no support, sadness, tears, such as rain, lost hand will be the mirror fell to the mortal world. This mirror happened to fall in Huizhou, a fall of five petals, become five lakes, such as rain tears instantly filled with five lakes. So far it has been "five lakes and five mirrors, face makeup mirror hidden green hills."
①Pinghu Lake is located in the north of the West Lake. North of the Gongbei Bridge and the Dongjiang River; south of the Su Causeway for the Ping, the boundary of the two lakes; west to the Lone Mountain, Junti Pavilion; northwest to the Peach Blossom Stream, east of the city with the connection. The circumference of the lake is about 3.6 kilometers, with an area of about 1.063 square kilometers, of which 0.57 square kilometers are water. The whole area of the mountains around the blue, green forests, water color and mountain light, islet pavilions and pavilions, interplay, the scenery is natural. Qing Dynasty Chen Gongyin "West Lake Song" said: "Huizhou city west of hundreds of peaks, peaks on the water hibiscus. The water of the West Lake is curved if the ring, flatboat a when to return."
②Feng Lake is the Northern Song Dynasty on the West Lake Huizhou general term, and later Feng Lake refers to the formation of the five lakes, in the south of the Pinghu Lake, north of the South Lake in terms of the waters and its related mountainous terrain. The total area of 0.9 square kilometers, the lake area of 0.29 square kilometers. The western edge of the lake called the small yellow pond, the lake has the Northern Song Dynasty Chen called the creation of the Chen Gong dike, Ming Sheng Bridge lying between and connected to the city; the eastern edge of the lake and the city, the lake has miles of deep houses, open the door to see the lake; the south and the South Lake round bridge boundaries, the north and the Su Causeway.
③ Crocodile Lake is located in the northwest of Pinghu, east to the smoke Xia dike, west to the new village Guanbang Bridge, south to Fenghuangshan, north to the White Crane containing the book, covers an area of about 0.4 square kilometers, of which 0.14 square kilometers of water. It includes small Xincunling, Ziwei Mountain, Fenghuang Mountain, etc. The lake area is small, but the lake and mountain intertwined with the secluded forest, the lake side of the forest is lush, very quiet.
④Nanhu used to have a large area, connected with Fenghu, with an area of about 1.15 square kilometers, of which the lake area is about 0.67 square kilometers. South Lake since ancient times, hills, continental islets intertwined, the lake bay deep and secluded twists and turns, as if the four-way water town, a beautiful environment. Now the lake area north to the Yuantong Bridge, south to the city of a middle school area, east pillow longevity road, west articulation flying goose ridge, an area of about 0.37 square kilometers, of which the lake area of 0.17 square kilometers.
⑤Linghu Lake is located in the north of Pinghu Lake, with an area of about 0.6 square kilometers, of which the lake area is about 0.26 square kilometers. The largest water source of the West Lake, the Hengchu Stream, is injected into Linghu Lake from the radius and You Tang through the northwest of Youlong Mountain. Tourists can travel up the lake in a boat, curving and twisting, to Dutian, radius. The Ming Dynasty Ye Weiyang poem said: "Crouch a look between the white clouds, Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu mountain, vertical eye Changtang hanging strange stones, fast heart radius diarrhea Chengywan. Crane field whisk Cui seedling is ripe, fishing boat singing fishing from leisure, thousands of hectares of floating light from the hair, flatboat lured victory do not know still." But the former Ling Lake had been dismembered into a piece of vegetable fields and fish ponds, in 1991, the government to restore Ling Lake, after several years of construction, the landscape outline of the lake has been basically formed.
Six bridges refer to: Gongbei Bridge, Xixin Bridge, Mingsheng Bridge, Yuantong Bridge, Yingxian Bridge and Yixia Bridge;
① Gongbei Bridge. Commonly known as the five-eyed bridge, located in the north of Pinghu Lake, is the second of the six bridges. Song Huizhou governor Chen claimed to build dikes around the lake when built, more than 900 years of history. It is the bridge of the thousand-year official road of Huizhou, and also the channel of the West Lake draining Dongjiang River. 1925, during the eastward expedition, the teachers and students of the Whampoa Military Academy attacked the north gate of Huizhou through this bridge. Now there is a monument to the fallen martyrs of the Whampoa Military Academy's Eastern Campaign built at the bridge.
② West New Bridge. Located in the middle of Su Causeway, the first of the six bridges. Construction of the Su Causeway built, the original wooden structure, the bridge on the frame of the flying pavilion nine. Legend has it that the construction of the Su Causeway to this point, the daily filling of the soil, the next day will be gone. Originally, this place was the residence of the lake monster, and then, after the guidance of Taoist Master He of Easy Hall, he used seven hundred and seventy-nine pieces of stone salt wood to enclose the lake monster and built a wooden bridge on the stone salt wood before the construction of the Su Causeway was completed. Today, the bridge was rebuilt in 1983, the whole bridge is made of granite stone, the bridge is curved, 5 bridge holes of different sizes, yachts through this, can travel between Pinghu and Fenghu.
③Mingsheng Bridge.
④Yuantong Bridge.
⑤Yingxian Bridge. Located in the northwest of Pinghu Lake, it was built in the Song Dynasty and is the fourth of the six bridges. Through this, Pinghu connected to the lower corner of the city. According to legend, Pinghu Fanghuazhou free hall of the Taoist master, through this bridge to Yuanmiao Guan to welcome the eight immortals, the heart of the wish come true, so the name of the bridge to welcome the immortal.
⑥ Yixia Bridge.
18 scenic refers to: flying geese to see the victory, Fengshan Haoqi, water curtain waterfalls, Pinghu Autumn Moon, Jade Pagoda micro-lanterns, the spring drunkenness of the Cotton Tree, west of the new summer, the flower continent to talk about the rain, the flower Harbor to watch the fish, the Fanghua Autumn, the Su dike to play the moon, Lianlian cottonwoods, Lone Mountain, Su traces of the South Park, the South Garden, Smoke and Willow Waves, Liudan point of Jade, the Elephant Ridge clouds, the Crane and Herons Xiangdao. These attractions are interesting, and the reality is closer, more pattering outside the people and domestic tourists praised.
①Flying Goose Sightseeing. Refers to the flying geese on the ridge to see the West Lake scenery. Flying Goose Ridge is named after the mountain like a goose with wings, located in the south of the lake between the lake, used to be the control of Huizhou City's soldiers must fight for the place. 1925 National Revolutionary Army Eastern Expeditionary Army artillery position had been located in this. The mountain is full of forests and trees, and the scenery is pleasant. In the old days, folk spring trekking, sunrise ascension, more wine in this bird's-eye view of the city, full of lake and mountain color. After the founding of the People's Government to strengthen the hill greening, repair the road around the mountain, the construction of Pavilion of Excellence, Hilltop Plaza, the National Revolutionary Army Eastern Campaign site, set up a group of soldiers of the Eastern Campaign Army, integration of natural and humanistic landscapes in one, more commemorative and educational significance.
②Fengshan Haoqi. Fengshan is a famous West Lake, which stretches across the diamond, crocodile two lakes. In ancient times, the population of the mountain gate has a plaque, engraved with "the first mountain" four big words, said to be written by Su Dongpo, but unfortunately, the mountain gate has been destroyed, stone carving obliterated and lost. In recent years, the local government in the West Lake Fengshan construction of revolutionary martyrs cemetery. Dozens of reliefs and statues of people vividly reproduced the style of each revolutionary historical period. The "Monument to the Revolutionary Martyrs of Dongjiang People" standing on the top of Fengshan Mountain is handwritten by Marshal Nie Rongzhen. Huiyang prefecture committee wrote the inscription. Square on both sides of cypress and pine, green grass, the layout is solemn and respectful. Early in the morning the red sun rises in the east, overflowing colorful streams of light sprinkled on the monument, the scenery is very magnificent. Fengshan Mausoleum will be the heroic performance into the annals of history, and the hero's spirit lives on, and the lake is bright.
③Waterfall. West Lake, one of the ancient eight scenic spots, the municipal government in 1993 in the construction of safflower lake scenic area, is located in the safflower lake entrance park. "Waterfall" reproduces the style of the ancient West Lake, only to see the peaks and mountains, cliffs and springs, waterfalls reflecting the Waterfall Cave, wash the heart of the platform; water splashes such as clouds and mist, such as icicles; injection pools and stones, sound like a bell or a drum, people are dust and wash out all the heart and bones of cold, "the so-called splitting of the green mountains, go white rainbow, to the water and stone noise, for the The so-called split green mountains, walk white rainbow, to the water and stone noise, for the ears and eyes **** reward". Dozens of domestic West Lake, only Huizhou West Lake has this waterfall, must be nature favors this side of the water and soil and the people here, only to give such a special gift.
4 Pinghu Autumn Moon. Mingyue Bay attractions, also known as "Pinghu Autumn Moon". In Pinghu East, Wusi intersection of the lake, the Northern Song Dynasty during the reign of Huizhou governor Chen said that the building, because of the location of the lake, "twisting back to the ten zhang, curved ring like the moon", so that its name. Zhang Youren "West Lake" said: "the end of the Qing dynasty, dozens of lakeside water tower, drinking and banquets, said Sheng, boats and yachts, are into the picture". 1959 for the improvement of urban transportation, the eastern part of the Bay of the Moon was built around the city West Road used to leave the lakeside part of the building of the Bay of the Moon Tea Hall. "Cultural Revolution" in the construction of "Huizhou Building", in 1991, the government allocated 6 million yuan, demolition and relocation of "Huizhou Building", the reconstruction of the current Mingyue Bay attractions.
5 Jade Pagoda. Entering the West Lake in Huizhou, the most striking, no better than the Sizhou Tower. Sizhou Tower was built in the Tang Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Zhongzong. In the Song Dynasty, when Su Dongpo was banished to Huizhou, he called this tower the Great Sage Pagoda, also known as the Jade Pagoda. When the moon rises, the cool wind whisked the lake wave by wave, the lake light brilliant flash, standing in the west mountain of Sizhou Tower, reflection into the lake shaking swim, induced Po Xian extolled: "a more mountain spit moon, jade tower lying in the waves" of the best lines, constituting the West Lake tourists rave about the "Jade Tower waves" of a scene." I don't know if I have a hand in painting, but I can write a picture of the Jade Pagoda. When the sun sets, "the inverted view into the lake tower shadow long, the lake curls up to move the slanting sun", also known as this scene for the "wild goose tower slanting sunshine". Ming Dynasty Jiajing forty-three years (A.D. 1564) tower destroyed, the Ming Wanli early rebuilt for the pavilion, Wanli forty-six years (A.D. 1618) and rebuilt for the tower, so far lasted more than 300 years. In the early Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, the top of the tower was destroyed by lightning and fire, and has been repaired repeatedly since then. Now, the western hill on the shade of trees, pavilions and corridors, beautiful scenery, climb the tower and look out, Huizhou panoramic view.
6 Cotton Tree Spring Drunk. Refers to the small island in front of Mingyue Bay. Ancient Lake Pavilion, because the shape of the boat, so called "boat Pavilion". Cotton Tree on the island is strong, the former "clouds and water, grass tree Yan, lake and mountains, the evening sunny day, around the pavilion flower red on fire, green bushes to see the kapok." The poetry of the praise. Now there is a cottonwood water pavilion and the bright moon bay architectural complex cleverly linked as a whole, there are "a few frost trees decorated with cottonwood, the water pavilion installed like a painted boat, drinking General feast Qing guests, this time the wind and moon regardless of money" of the absolute character comment.
7 West new summer vacation. West new summer that is now Huizhou Hotel. For the northeast corner of the lake Phi cloud island and floating Bizhou two small islands. In the Song Dynasty, there are Dongpo Feigu, long abolished. Wanli years of the Ming dynasty, built the West new garden, there are stay book building, haoran pavilion, release pool, etc., Qing "West Lake Chronicle" poem: "embankment side of the bamboo between the weeping willow Yang, tender green shade of the summer scenery fragrant; fly loft window open no summer to, the cicada sounds wake up the full lake cool." "Summer bitter heat, canoeing by good wind. Xixin is so clear and beautiful that it is like resting in Yingpeng." "Xixin summer vacation" hence the name. Today, the island is not surrounded by trees, a green, buildings, pavilions, Xuan, pavilions dotted among them, hidden in the green, floating in the water, to the Xixin summer vacation scenery given the breath of the times.
8 flower island words rain. Hundred Flowers Island, the ancient name of the flower pier, the old Lixia salon, there are "four lakes and mountains wipe Lixia" poem. Here, "the dill flowers, the fragrance of half a lake." Song Xiang, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, wrote "Flower Island Song", and Liang Dingfen, a Hanlin, wrote a meaningful poem "The flowers of Huadun bloom in white, green and red, and the butterflies pounce on the dawn breeze"." Suddenly startled the rain outside the sky, sprinkled to the flat lake ten thousand dendrobium beads", whenever it rains, in this landscape, Lixiang best, so there is a "Flower Island words rain" of the reputation of the scene. Today, the Hundred Flowers Chau has a bonsai garden, in the old site of Liu Lun painting pavilion, flowers and bonsai to brighten up the Hundred Flowers Chau more colorful.
9 Flower Harbor fish. Fengzhu in the west of Pinghu, built in ancient times, Fengzhu Pavilion, early collapse. In modern times, to commemorate the people of the euphonious Jiang Fengchen, built "Jiang Xiaozi Pavilion" after the reconstruction of the "Orphan Tong Hall". Along the islet, lotus flowers, midsummer heat, lotus flowers bloom, the fragrance far overflowing clear, so called "Lotus Pavilion". Now see the glazed blue tiles, flying eaves and corners of the pavilion looks like a lotus is 1978 reconstruction of the Lotus Pavilion.
Now in Fengzhu, there are "small corridors and corridors by the curved bank" of the Lotus Pavilion and the Fish Appreciation Pavilion, the Peach Blossom Stream which "welcomes the spring peaches and plums", and the Bamboo Trail with "ten thousand rods of green shadows in the sky". The landscape of the lake. Sitting by the lake, listening to the sound of the lake waves, and viewing the lake and mountains from afar, it is a unique experience. Here flowers graceful, fragrant wind half lake, fish play bird song, so it is called "flower harbor fish".
⑩fanghua autumn color. Fanghuazhou is a small island in the north of Pinghu Lake, originally surrounded by water on all sides, now the geomorphological changes, the north and land connected. In the Northern Song Dynasty, there is a free hall on the continent, the state governor Zhao Ru Harness for the title. Su Dongpo often come to Fanghuazhou searching for seclusion to visit friends, over the free hall to ask the disease He Daoshi, "ask the disease to three Shi, watering the sorrows of half a bottle" "searched for nothing, the intention of a solitary long, fishing Fung Le Bridge, Cai Qi free hall" of the poem. Later, the hall was deserted. Huizhou Zhenguo Liu Daqing in the former site of the free hall built Fanghua Pavilion, and then collapsed. Today, the continent rebuilt the free hall, south of the water bridge and point Cui Chau connected to the north of the bridge to meet the immortal bridge between the Yuanmiao Guan, there is a garden villa-style West Lake Hotel, hidden in the forests and bamboo, quite interesting. In late fall, a group of upright fir and sequoia on the continent stand out among the greenery, like a flame like the sunset and the brilliant pavilion, diabolical reflecting each other. "A section of the fragrance depicted not on", want to write the diaphanous color of the golden autumn."
(11) Su Causeway to play the moon. From Huizhou's downtown Pinghu Gate to Lushan, there is a wide stone embankment named Su Causeway. This embankment was built in the third year of Shao Sheng in the Song Dynasty (A.D. 1096) by Su Dongpo, who sponsored the construction of the monk Xigu at the Qizen Temple. There is a bridge on the embankment called "Xixin Bridge", which was later called "Su Gong Bridge", or "Fengle Bridge". Qing Yongzheng early, the governor Wu Qian, to dike in the lake in the open, in the heart of the sky, the moon to the sky, the body into the icy pot, the surface of the water golden wave sparkling, the scenery of Yao Island, water and sky, up and down the color of the cold light, there are poems, "Mangmang water and the moon ripples lake sky, people in the Su Causeway thousands of hectares of the side, how many tube peeping qua see the moon, you can know that the moon in the round here. So it was called "Su Causeway Playing with the Moon". After the liberation, the people's government allocated funds to build it, widened it with stone masonry, and raised the level of the hole so that it could be used by yachts. The embankment is widely planted with acacia and weeping willows, making it a pleasant place to visit in spring and play with the moon in autumn.
(12) Lianli Cotton Tree. Benefit from the smoke of the bridge on the banks of the uncontaminated soil and water to raise, smoke of the bridge quietly grew a pair of outstanding Lianli Cotton Tree, when people found them, their love has matured; inherited Su Dongpo and dynasty clouds stay forever in the West Lake of the ageless theme, interpreting the love story of the new era. "In the sky wishing to be a bird with two wings, in the earth wishing to be a lianlizhi branch", these two lines of poetry by Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, have expressed the *** same wish of lovers in the world, and made people fond of lianlizhi branches. Lianlizhi branch is an auspicious sign on earth, symbolizing the love of husband and wife, long-lasting, forever. Scenic spots around the country, the mountains and rivers, although occasionally Lianlizhi, but Lianlizhi cottonwoods are unique, the two cottonwoods side by side with branches, just like a husband and wife love hand in hand, the image of a vivid and realistic, it is rare. Tall and majestic, known as the hero of the cottonwood tree are so sentimental, yearning for a better love life on earth, must have been born in the West Lake, buried in the West Lake of the dynasty of clouds in heaven's spirit of knowledge, with its fidelity and touching the heavens and earth, and protect the West Lake generations of people innocent love.
(13) Lone Mountain Su trace. Lone Mountain is a small mountain east of the West Lake, because of the water on all sides, just like the West Lake in Hangzhou, the lonely mountain and called. In the Song Dynasty, the mountain had a Qizen Temple, then known as Qizen Mountain. Su Dongpo's concubine dynasty cloud buried in the temple side of the pine forest, facing Xizi Lake, remote to the Great Sacred Pagoda, both the spirit of Zen, Sacred Pagoda, to the idea of the dead, and not with the Buddhist temple, the pagoda, in order to protect the lake view of the strict and neat. Legend has it that soon after the death of the clouds, the Buddha's holy spirit, five toes fairy back to the brake, the temple monks Higu built pavilion cover, called "six such as", in order to think of the clouds before the death of the recitation of the "such as dreams and bubbles, such as dew and such as electricity" as "such as the view of the "The tomb of Chaoyun and the Rurouni Pavilion are the most important places in the world for the Buddhist monks and nuns. Chaoyun tomb, six such as Pavilion is the Lone Mountain monuments, later generations of travelers do not look forward to,) a East Provincial Museum of Culture and History curator Hu Ximing poem said: "the death of the king of life has not yet rested, the West Lake song and cry is also a thousand years. Qiantang Su small muddy, lose and Chaoyun buried Huizhou." In recent years, we built Su Dongpo Memorial Hall in Lushan, molding the statue of Dongpo Jushi, building a monument gallery, and Su Dongpo collection of historical artifacts related to more than a hundred pieces for visitors to enjoy. The people of the time crowned the "Lonely Mountain Su trace" of the reputation of the scene.
(14) South Park green flotsam. South Park is a small piece of land on the east side of the South Lake, close to the Nantan city, far away from the flying geese ridge. In the old days for the martial arts field, but also as a nursery. In 1985, when dredging the lake to raise the water level of the South Park, opened as a park. The garden to plant landscape-based, planted with trees, shrubs, flowers and trees more than ten varieties, *** more than 2,700 trees, paved turf more than 5,000 square meters, and with lotus ponds, rocky mountain vignettes, garden meandering, green water around the rope, flowers, trees, wind green waves, there are "South Park green flotsam," as the name. Recently, the Municipal Association of the Northwest side of the South Garden to build Deng Yanda Memorial Pavilion, Deng Yanda bronze statue, a revolutionary historical figure in the landscape for people to look at, so that the lakes and mountains to a higher level.
(15) smoke and willow waves. With the crocodile island opposite is the smoke of the bridge, here is the west lake is another scenic spot. When Su Dongpo was living in Huizhou, he opened up a release pool at Crocodile Lake and built the Smokey Bridge. At that time, no bridge was built on the embankment. Yanxia Bridge is the later in the embankment added, the middle of the Ming Dynasty began to see the record, now the bridge was rebuilt in 1992. Yanxia Bridge is the third of the six bridges in the West Lake, is the six bridges in the beauty of the woman, elegant and graceful, extraordinary temperament, when the Yongfu Temple together constitute one of the ancient eight scenic spots of the West Lake, "wild temple Lanmian", "the world's yellow dust can not be blown, the smoke outside the bridge outside the white clouds sealed" mood. Nowadays, the Yongfu Temple has long been turned into dust, only the linden tree in front of the temple is still flourishing, which seems to evolve the flourishing incense of the famous ancient temple. And the smoke of the bridge is still tsetse independent, away from the city, the scenery is quiet and beautiful, floating outside the dust, the bridge can be a quiet view of the lake and the mountains, to see the willow color of the smoke, birds flying, a poetic and picturesque.
(16) Liudan Dot Cui. That is, today's Cuicui Island. The Ming Dynasty talented Kong Shao'e in the "Cuicui Chau Poem" said "West Lake Xizi two companions, the lake is suitable for point Cuicui Chau, a section of the fragrance of the description is not, the moon Bay Wan turn like a frown," is the West Lake Island Scenery, a victory. In the Song Dynasty, Huizhou governor Chen claimed to build Lanyu Pavilion on the island, Ming Jiajing years changed to Cuicui Pavilion, and then several times after the rise and fall. After the Xinhai Revolution, to commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the Battle of Tongxiang Ma'an, it was rebuilt as "Liudan Pavilion". The descendants set Dongpo, Wenshan sentence said: "the pavilion is cool, breathing lake drinking mountain clear; Heaven and earth have the right spirit, leaving the heart of the Danzhi Zhao Khanqing." In 1924, dredge the lake in the pavilion west, additional construction of pipa continent, the continent built pipa pavilion. Because of the Chauzhu ancient trees verdant, Pavilion Hall red walls and green tiles, vermilion columns, standing upright, the four sides of the blue wave of a thousand hectares, known as "Liudan dot Cui". Now the pavilions and pavilions, green trees, and nine curved back to the bridge across, the scenery is more quiet and pleasant.
(17) Xiangling Yunfei. West Lake borrowed scenery is a masterpiece. Thirty miles northwest of Huizhou, there is the Elephant Head Mountain, belonging to the Luofu branch. West Lake look, such as a barrier, there are often gas cloud fluttering, "Elephant Ridge Saga, cloud state is special", the clear sky changes in all shapes and sizes, the rain over the embroidered clouds open. Elephant ridge cloud flying a scene such as the work of art, "flying to the ridge clouds do not go, the lake added a number of peaks.
(18) Crane and heron auspicious dance. Crane Island for a small island in the flat lake, the island of green practice heavy, lush, off the beaten track, there are egrets, gray herons, seagulls and other birds nesting in this. Whenever the sun rises and sets, the cranes and herons sing in unison and fly in the sky, thus becoming a peaceful and quiet picture of birds. Being in the West Lake landscape to see the cranes and herons dance, ecological improvement is gratifying, the natural world and a peaceful and free bird paradise.