Wanglong Lake, formerly known as Chapan Reservoir. Because the lake and the surrounding mountains are shaped like dragons, it is named Wanglong Lake. Wanglong Lake is interdependent, the mountains are beautiful, the mountains are surprising because of the water, and the water is secluded because of the mountains.
"Thousands of miles of tea pan lake water color, smoke with the moon blue blue", North Sichuan pearl Wanglong Lake is located in Wanglong Lake Town, Yingshan County, here not only the mountain appearance is peculiar, the lake is quiet, but also many beautiful legends, full of poetry and pictures, fascinating.
Wanglong Lake is located under Zhangpeng Zhai in Wanglonghu Town, 7 kilometers south of the county seat. Standing in the reservoir dam of Wanglong Lake, looking around, the water surface of Wanglong Lake is vast, with an area of about 4 square kilometers, of which the water area is 1 square kilometer. The reservoir is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with majestic mountains and competing peaks, and the highest peak is 581 meters above sea level; The lake is clear, blue as emerald, deep and quiet, the deepest point is more than 30 meters.
Boating on the lake, looking at the lake, the reflection of the Cangshan Mountain is in full view, and the lake and mountains are mottled. Mountains and waters blend, water and sky are colorful, mountains live because of water, water because of mountains and secluded, constituting an intoxicating picture of "thousands of miles of tea pan lake water color, smoke with moon blue blue". Boat to the center of the lake, look around, green islands with different shapes; They may be square or round, long or short, high or low, near or far, as if a verdant jade belt is tied to Wanglong Lake.
Throughout the entire Wanglong Lake, surrounded by mountains in the lake, there are dozens of peaks rolling and undulating, resembling several crouching dragons. They are realistic and fascinating, from the Dragon King Village to the Guillotine Temple to Jianshanzi, the entire mountain range is about 20 kilometers long, shaped like a dragon entrenched here, majestic on one side. However, the Wolong Island that we just saw facing the lake is like a baby dragon that has just come out of its mother's arms, which is very lively and cute.
As far as the eye can see, green mountains and beautiful peaks meander and undulating, and pines and cypresses sway in the wind, as if a beautiful causeway with green drops has been built for Wanglong Lake. Gaze, Wanglong Lake changes with the width and depth of the lake, the lake water changes from green to blue, from blue to blue, from green to emerald, from emerald to gloomy. People praise the "Qingcheng world", and Wanglong Lake is more subtle, deeper and more poetic than it.
Standing in Wanglong Lake is like being in a landscape painting, where the troubles of life, the fatigue of work, and the hustle and bustle of the city will be swept away and refreshing.
Wanglong Lake has beautiful legends. According to legend, a long time ago, in the two mountain ranges of Longwangzhai and Zhangpengzhai, there were two giant dragons hiding, and they looked at each other, looking forward to getting together. One day, suddenly there was a violent storm, and the dragon of Zhang Pengzhai rode the wind, and its tail swept a local bridge, and then the wind and rain suddenly stopped, and they finally did not meet and entrenched here. "Mountains of soil and abysses of water". The result is today's beautiful Wanglong Lake, which is green and deep. Later, the local people repaired the bridge many times, but the flood broke the bridge, and finally did not repair it. To this day, the broken bridge still lies under the lake, which was later named "Solitaire Bridge".
When you leave the boat and climb the mountain, you can see magical attractions such as the handle stone, the sitting stone stock, the flag mountain and the Zhangpeng Village, and the ancient and vivid stories come to your face. Among them, Zhangpeng Zhai is the head of the peaks and has always been a place where soldiers must fight. I heard that when the "Eight Kings" Zhang Xianzhong suppressed Sichuan, he wanted to kill the people of Wanglong Lake. A local warrior named Zhang Peng immediately led the people to flee up the mountain, took stones to build a village, and guarded it according to the danger, and finally saved the people from disaster. In order to commemorate Zhang Peng's loyalty and bravery, later generations named this mountain "Zhang Peng Village".
Everywhere you look, you can capture beautiful legends and moving stories: Xianren Cave, Guanyin Hall, Shuwanggou, Woniugang, Huangyan Cave... A mountain and a stone, all have spirituality, a scene and a classic, full of fun. At present, Wanglong Lake has opened four scenic spots and added more than 20 new attractions, which is an important tourist attraction in our county. Once hidden Wanglong Lake, now a tourist pearl in northern Sichuan, it shows a charming style, radiates a strange brilliance, and makes people linger.