Are Xuzhou Yunlong Lake and Hangzhou West Lake sister lakes? Which one is more beautiful and bigger? Why are Yunlong Lake and West Lake in Xuzhou sister lakes?

Yunlong Lake

Xuzhou has always been famous both at home and abroad for its many treasures from the Han Dynasty, but its gardens in the southern suburbs are as beautiful as the Huaihai Sea with their beautiful landscapes. Yunlong Mountain, Yunlong Lake, Pengyuan, Zoo, Huaihai Martyrs Cemetery and Quanshan Forest Park are vast and connected, majestic and magnificent. The beautiful Yunlong Lake Scenic Area is a shining pearl among them.

Yunlong Lake Scenic Area is located in the southwest of Xuzhou City. It is the main scenic spot of Yunlong Scenic Area. It is connected to Hanshan Mountain in the west, Yunlong Mountain in the east, Dashantou and Zhushan Mountain in the south. The current water surface is 5.8 square kilometers and the land is 5.6 square kilometers. square kilometers. Real mountains and rivers, beautiful mountains and clear waters, beautiful lakes and mountains, and mountains and rivers competing for glory. Throughout the ages, its natural beauty of green mountains on three sides and a city on one side has attracted many tourists. When Su Shi, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, learned about Xuzhou, he fell in love with this lake and once had a whim: "If the water from Dingtang Lake upstream could be diverted, the North Lake would look like Hangzhou." However, Su Shi had no such wish and regretted it for thousands of years. At the time of reform and opening up, Today, it became a reality. West Lake is delicate, while Yunlong Lake is beautiful; West Lake is gentle, while Yunlong Lake is solemn; West Lake is thickly decorated, while Yunlong Lake is light; West Lake is deep, while Yunlong Lake is broad. On December 11, 1994, Yunlong Lake and Hangzhou West Lake became "sister lakes".

Since the reform and opening up, the Xuzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Xuzhou Municipal People's Government have been determined to develop the Yunlong Lake Scenic Area and build pavilions and towers in order to improve the city's functions, improve the investment environment, enhance its attractiveness, and promote economic development. By building islands and roads, planting trees and flowers, and carefully decorating them, Yunlong Lake has become a comprehensive sightseeing tourist attraction. Tong, with weeping willows on both sides, has lawns like carpets; the road around the lake follows the mountains and embankments, is wide and flat, and goes around a lake with clear water, about 15 kilometers long.

The southern end of Zhongshan Road in the urban area is the gate of Yunlong Lake Scenic Area. Surrounded by green mountains on three sides, and a lake with rippling waves, you can have a panoramic view of it, making you feel relaxed and happy. Walking along the lake, green grass is like fungus, peach blossoms are red and willows are green in spring, lotus flowers are more colorful in midsummer, maple leaves are like fire in late autumn, green pines are proud of snow in severe winter, summer scenery on the east bank, autumn scenery on the west bank, and winter scenery on the north bank. The four seasons have distinct scenery, each with its own splendor.

The Yunlong Lake scenic spot is decorated with jade and beads, and the scenery is picturesque. In terms of function, the East Lake tourist area is mainly focused on water activities and sightseeing, the West Lake tourist area is mainly focused on recuperation and vacation, and the Hunan tourist area is mainly focused on entertainment and hotels. It is divided into water scenes and waterside scenes. There are eighteen sceneries, all facing each other, each with its own merits. Yunlong Lake-Xizi Lake, Xuzhou people are dressing her up with exquisite techniques and infinite love, dressing her up in colors and hanging jade, showing a more beautiful Xizi to the world.

Eighteen Scenes of Yunlong Lake: peach clouds and willows, apricot blossoms and spring rain, lotus wind and fishermen's songs, shadows of Sugong Pagoda, traces on the stone wall, trying new things near the lake, children's childish fun, cold waves flying, and the snowy moon on the long embankment. , there are caves, fruit tree pot art, water world, thousands of people swimming, lakeside fishing, sand island leisure, cloud lake rafting, lake lights and shadows, and ropeways and slides.