Traveling to Ningbo, Yuehu Park in Haishu District is especially worth visiting. The park not only has beautiful scenery, but also has rich play experience. Old houses, temples, museums and art galleries play all kinds of tricks in a park, and admission is free, giving people the feeling that they can make money when they come.
Although tickets are free, the value and quality of the park are unambiguous, and it is also a national 5A-level tourist attraction. It's convenient to go to Moon Lake. The park is next to Ningbo Railway Station, on the west side of Chenghuangmiao subway station. It's downtown, and there's a lot of traffic outside the park, but you can enjoy the quiet side in the park.
For local people, Moon Lake is like the West Lake in Hangzhou, which has a profound cultural and historical background. As early as the Song and Yuan Dynasties, there was a "Moon Lake with Ten Continents", which later became a "Moon Lake with Ten Scenes" and was sought after by many scholars.
History of Yuehu Park in Ningbo
It was built in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty (636), and Yuehu and Ten continents were built in the Song and Yuan You years. During the Shaoxing period in the Southern Song Dynasty, pavilions and pavilions were widely built, and flowers of four seasons were planted all over the place, forming a scenic spot of Moon Lake and ten continents. These ten continents are Zhuyu, Yuedao and Zhou Juhua in the east of the lake, Huayu, You Zhu, Liuting and Fangcaozhou in the lake, Yu Yan, Xueting and Zhou Furong in the west of the lake.
In addition, there are three dikes and seven bridges that complement each other. Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Yuehu Lake has been the academic center of eastern Zhejiang, and it is a place where scholars gather and rest. He, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, Wang Anshi, a famous minister in the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui, a famous scholar in the Song Dynasty, and a great historian in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, all these romantic figures who lived in seclusion, gave lectures, served as officials or wrote books, left indelible marks on the Moon Lake.
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