Nanyi Lake is a natural lake located at the junction of Xuanzhou District and Langxi in Xuancheng City, Anhui Province, also known as "South Lake", with a total area of 189 square kilometers, is the largest lake in southern Anhui, and is part of the ancient Danyang Lake.
Nanyi Lake is a natural lake in Xuancheng City, with a total water area of up to 320,000 mu during the flood period, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there are nine mouths and thirteen bays in the lake, of which the Nanmuzui Peninsula stretches straight into the center of the lake, shaped like a dragon, and the weather is ever-changing.
Nanyi Lake is divided into two lakes, east and west. West Lake is rich in river crabs, green shrimp, bighead carp, turtles; The East Lake swims in schools of fish, the water birds soar, the blue waves, the lake is beautiful, the water quality is good, and the ecological balance of the lake area is protected.
The South Lake is beautiful, full of fish species, and is also a habitat for birds, and when autumn comes, the geese will come here and dance in the sunset. This is the origin of the reputation of the ancients "South Lake Falling Geese", and it is also one of the "Ten Scenic Spots" of ancient Xuancheng. Therefore, it is a wonderful thing to enjoy the autumn scenery on Nanyi Lake, and there are many species in Nanyi Lake that are worth studying.
Nanyi Lake is extremely rich in aquatic wild fowl resources such as fish, shrimp, crabs, birds and geese, especially the production of silver fish and crabs at home and abroad. And is listed by the state as a river crab export base.
The body of the silver fish in Nanyi Lake is slender, smooth and transparent, and its meat is tender and delicious, rich in nutrition, which can be described as a treasure among fish. Zhang Rujue's words for the Nanyi Lake silverfish describe: "Jinlang silverfish is two inches of fiber, and the willow yin rests on the noonday wind." The Ming Dynasty dissolved the net in the middle of the city, but did not change the sword. "
In the past, there was a scene of "Falling Geese in the South Lake" in the ten scenic spots of Xuancheng. Since ancient times, the literati and inkers have visited Nanyi Lake and have many poems. Bai Juyi, a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote "South Lake Spring Morning" and "South Lake Late Autumn". Shi Zaibai Juyi once took pleasure in boating nanyi lake. Looking east at the Pavilion, you can see a large area of smoky waters, which is the shadow of the lake.
There is a poem praising Nanyi Lake: "The wind returns to the clouds and breaks the rain and the first sunshine, reflecting the warmth of the lake." Scramble red mountain apricot hair, flat new green water Pingsheng. Also: "Ask the lotus flowers of the old times, ask the green pings of that year, along the field of memory, a toe, faintly plunging into the peach blossom ferry." The poem "Descending east from Xuancheng Panhu" written by the revolutionary, military and poet Chen Yi on March 4, 1939, was also widely recited. Therefore, Nanyi Lake is also widely known in history.