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1、LakeDongtingLakeDongtingcoversanareaof3900squarekilometers.ItisChina’ssecondlargestfreshwaterlake.Itsmisty,rollingwatersreachsofarandwideastoblendintothebluesky.AcrossthelaketothewestofYueyangisJunShan(JunHill),apicturesqueisland,originallyknownasDongting,whic
2、hmeansacaveofcelestialbeings.Manylegendsattachthemselvestotheislandandoneofthetellsofmottledbambooandthenameofthedawnofhumancivilization,issaidtohavelivedin2500B.C.diedwhileonasoutherninspectiontourofJiuyiMountainonthesouthernbankofthelake.Histwowives,Princess
3、JunanPrincessXiangmissedtheemperorsomuchthattheyfollowedhiswaythousandsofmilesdowntothelakeandstrandedontheislandthoughtheylearnedofhisdeath.Thentheybothclungtosomebambooandwepttheirheartsout.Thebiterstearsmottledthebambooandtherebecame“tear-mottledbamboos”.Bo
4、thdiedofgriefandwereburiedontheisland.AsthetwoprincesseswerecalledJunandXiangrespectively,theformerDongtingHillwasspeciallyre-namedJunHillorXiangHillintheirmemory.Thehillhasbeennotedforitsvarietyofbamboo,suchasmottledbamboo,fishpolebamboo,squarebamboo,solidbam
5、boo,blackbambooandmosobamboo.ThegrandDrangonBoatFestival,lotusshowandothersquaticsportsareheldhereannually.5Lakesidescenesareveryattractiveandmanyrankamongthenational-levelscenicareas.Thebest-knownisYueyangTower,bothoneofnationalmonumentsandoneamongthefirstgro
6、upofnational4A-gradescenicspots.YueyangTowerstandsonthewestgateofthecitynamedafterthetowerinHunanprovince.ThetowerfacestheLakeDongtingtothewestandleadstoWuxiaGorge,oneoftheYangtze’sThreeGorges,tothenorth.Itisknownasoneofthe“threefamoustowersoftheYangtze”,theot
7、hertwobeingTengwangTowerinNanchangandYellowCraneTowerinWuhan.Inaddition,itistheonlyoneofthethreethatkeepstheoriginalappearanceasitis,anditisindeedanarchitecturalwonderofancientChina.Architecturally,thetowercharacterizedbywood,threestories,fourcolumns,brackets(
8、ordougong),andahelmet-shapedroof.Itisa15-meter-highthree-storiedstructurewiththreeeaves,madeentirelyofwood.Thewholebuildingissupposedby4giganticcolumnsofnanmuwoodinthecenter.Inaddi
