Hello everyone, I'm Chang Yixing, today's tour guide. You can call me ChangDao. As soon as you enter the Sun Moon Lake, it's like a fairy tale world. It'ssurrounded by lush trees and mountains. There are many places of interest aroundit. The Sun Moon Lake is the largest lake in Chinese Taiwan. It's on the high mountainsof Taichung.
Shuishili, formerly known as shuishalian, is located in shuishe village,Yuchi Township, Nantou County, north of Ali Mountain and south of Neng mountain.It is the largest natural freshwater lake in Chinese Taiwan, and can be called the toppearl. In the Qing Dynasty, it was selected as one of the eight major scenicspots in Chinese Taiwan, known as "another cave overseas". According to thecharacteristic planning, there are six theme parks, including landscape, nature,peacock and butterfly, waterfowl, religion, eight special scenic spots, and twoservice areas of water society and Dehua society.
The Sun Moon Lake is formed by accumulated water in the fault basins ofYushan and alishanzhang. Huantan is 35 kilometers long, with an average waterdepth of 30 meters and a water area of more than 900 hectares, about one thirdlarger than the West Lake in Hangzhou. There is a small island in the Sun MoonLake. From afar, it looks like a bead floating on the water. It is called "PearlIsland". After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, it was renamed "Guanghuaisland" to celebrate the restoration of Chinese Taiwan. In the northeast of the island,the lake is round as the sun, which is called the sun lake. In the southwest,the lake is round as the moon, which is called the moon lake.
The beauty of the sun moon lake lies in the fact that it is surrounded bymountains, with many peaks, and the lake is vast, the water level is like amirror, and the water is blue; there are islands in the lake, and there aremountains in the water; there are waves and haze shadows; there are differentviews in the morning and dusk throughout the year. In the sunny spring,surrounded by emerald mountains, the banks are winding, the mountains and riversare reflecting each other, and there are many changes. When the morning lightcomes up, everything is quiet, and the lake radiates beautiful colors, which aresuddenly changeable and mysterious. When the sun goes down in the west, thereare clouds around the Sun Moon Lake, and the gauze like mist floats on the lake.If there is drizzle, the lake is full of mist.
The surrounding mountains, as if washed by the ground, are particularlyclean, with beautiful scenery and lovely green. Especially on autumn nights,when the moon shines on the lake, the lake is full of clear light, and the bluewaves and the moon are shining with each other, it is quiet and elegant, and youare in a fairyland. Zeng zuolin, a man of Qing Dynasty, once praised thebeautiful landscape of Sun Moon Lake with the poem of "water in the mountain,mountain in the sky, water in leisure". Tourists often compare it with the WestLake. Who is beautiful? In fact, what is not beautiful about the mountains andrivers of the motherland? The Sun Moon Lake is not only the pride of the peopleof Chinese Taiwan, but also the pride of the mainland compatriots for its spectacle of"Mingtan emerging from the mountains".
The scenery in the Sun Moon Lake is beautiful and picturesque. There aremany pavilions and pavilions on the foot of the lake, which is an excellentplace to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the lake and mountain. The beautifulnatural scenery around the temple is dotted with ancient pagodas, which makes itmore elegant. Among them, the most attractive are the Xuanzang temple at thefoot of Qinglong mountain in the south of Tan and the Wenwu temple on thehillside in the north of tan. At the foot of the mountain, there is a Xuanzangtemple dedicated to master Xuanzang, an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty. In thetemple, there is a plaque of "national master". In front of the temple, there isa gatehouse with white pillars, a roof with painted pillars and carved beams, acornice and a corner, which is full of national characteristics. There is asmall tower on the third floor of the temple, which worships the spiritual boneson the top of master Xuanzang's head. On the top of Qinglong mountain behind thetemple, a nine storey tower was built a few years ago, which is called "Ci'entower". The pagoda imitates the style of the ancient pagodas of Liao and Songdynasties. It is an octagonal pagoda. A small bell is hung at the end of theeaves on each floor. It jingles in the wind. When you climb the pagoda, you canhave a panoramic view of Mingtan. Some people say that when the sky is high andthe clouds are clear, you can see the spire of the Six Harmonies tower on theBank of Xizi lake on the top of the tower. Although it is similar to a myth, itreflects people's yearning for the motherland.
In the middle of Wenwu temple are the statues of Confucius, and on the leftand right are the statues of Wenchang emperor group and Guanyu. The temple alsooffers sacrifices to Shennong emperor, Yue king, jade emperor, Yuanshi Tianzun,Sanguan emperor, Chenghuang, Hailong king, etc. it can be said that the templeis a holy masterpiece. The temple is very magnificent. From the foot of the laketo the temple gate, there are 365 steep stone steps. Some people jokingly saythat it will take "a year" to get there, which is called "climbing to heaven""Road".
Dehua community near Sun Moon Lake is a village inhabited by Gaoshan ethnicgroups. Now it has been built into a mountain cultural village. The mountainpeople are singing and dancing, especially the "Pestle Dance" of spring rice,which attracts many tourists. In the west of Sun Moon Lake, there is a uniquePeacock Garden with dozens of pairs of peacocks. Every time you see the gorgeouscostumes, the tourists will open the screen. The colorful feathers add to thevisitors' light.
Now, when you swim around the lake, you can hear the roar of the water atthe foot of the mountain on the northwest bank. It turns out that it is thewater inlet of the Sun Moon Lake. This is the water from the upstream of thechuoshui river through the 18 km long tunnel. The water spray from the waterinlet is as high as 45 meters to 78 meters. It is as strong as a dragon'sspitting water, and it is turbulent and empty. So that the Sun Moon Lake has acontinuous and sufficient source of water, and now the dam is built beside thelake, making the lake more vast and becoming a reservoir of hydropower station.Although the lowlands beside the lake are flooded, the shape of the moon lakebecomes like a maple leaf, and the name of the Sun Moon Lake is not worthy ofits name, its scenery is still full of poetic charm, worthy of being theoutstanding representative of Chinese Taiwan's beautiful scenery.