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= Dongchang lake = Dongchang lake is a freshwater lake in Liaocheng city, Shandong province. It is located in the Liaocheng city and is divided into eight part by four main streets in Liaocheng. It is called “ the three famous city lake” with West lake in Hangzhou city and Xuanwu lake in Nanjing city. As a Chinese old saying goes: “In south of China, it has West lake, in north of China, it has Dongchang lake”.

Dongchang lake has influenced poets and painters throughout Chinese history for its natural beauty and historical relics. And it also becomes the fertile ground for the academic maters. Jixianlin master is one of those people.

History
The earliest recorded name for Dongchang lake was the “ rouge lake”(胭脂湖，YanZhi Hu). The book “Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio”(聊斋志异）says a fantasy story about a girl called rouge. This story’s background is around this lake. This is the origin of the “rouge lake”. The other name for this lake was the “Dongchang lake”(东昌湖）There is also a myth in this name. This myth says: “In ancient China, the phoenix had a war with the black dragon. They fought for three days and made the whole area of Shandong province full of water. The officer of the court decided to build a city under this water. But before they completed this work, the black dragon appeared and tried to destroy this city. There were two people in this city then they comes out and fought with black dragon bravely. They succeed to beat black dragon with the help of phoenix but they sacrificed in this war. In honor of these two heroes, people called this water as “safety in east lake”. The spelling to this name is “Dongchang lake.”（东昌湖) And this name is kept till now as its most famous name about this lake.

Influences
Since ancient times, Dongchang lake was associated with a large number of romantic poets, profound philosophers, national heroes and heroines. The old Chinese saying goes that “There is a beautiful girl called xishi in Hangzhou, south of China and there is the fragrance about rouge in Liaocheng, north of China.(南有杭州西子美，北有聊城胭脂香) These two sentences refer to two beautiful lake—the west lake and the Dongchang lake.

Attractions
Beach shorts attraction (Beach shorts attraction was built in 1995. It covers an area of 700 square meters. Total investment is more than 5 million RMB.)

Guangyue building (光岳楼) （Guangyue building was built in Ming dynasty in 1374 A.D. Its structure is from Tang dynasty and Song dynasty. Its form continues the tradition about Song dynasty and Yuan dynasty’s attic style. In 1988 A.D, Guangyue building was put in state key cultural relics protection units.）

Huxin temple (湖心岛) (Huxin temple is in the north of Dongchang lake. It covers an area of 2750 square meters.)

Shanshan guild hall (山陕会馆) （Shanshan guild hall was built in Qing dynasty 1743 A.D by Shanxi business(山西) man and Shanxi(陕西) business man. It covers an area of 3331 square meters. It is the state key cultural relics protection units.）

Historical figures
Sunbin ( Warring States time, Qi state, militarist) (孙膑）

Caozhi (gifted youth in the three kingdom) (曹植）

Fusinian (literature master in the Republic of China) (傅斯年）

Jixianlin (International famous linguistics master, litterateur, buddhist master. The only lifetime professor in Peking university) (季羡林）