Guazhu Lake

It is a good place for residence, leisure, walking, taking photos, enjoying flowers and fishing. It is known as the small West Lake.

Guazhu Lake

According to historical records, guazhu lake was once known as qiaotang Bay. Located in the northeast of Keqiao China Textile City, it is wide in the South and narrow in the north, 2 km long in the South and 1 km long in the East and West, with a water surface area of 1.5 square kilometers. It is shaped like a wax gourd, so it is named. It is the third largest lake in Shaoxing plain, surrounded by 98 wells, three temples and four ancestral halls. There are four parks around, namely east bank park, South Bank Park, West Bank Park and North Bank Park. Each of the four parks has its own characteristics, but there is a surge of people every day.

Brief introduction to lakes

It can be said that every step of the way is scenic, and there are historical sites everywhere. There is a holy lake nearby, where song Gaozong took refuge and connected with guazhu lake. Guazhu lake, from the vast daze in ancient times to the dusty Lake in the last century, has become a pearl in the water town under the wave of urbanization. It has become more and more glorious, witnessing the life of Shaoxing, a water town with small bridges and flowing water.

Four parks

With the rise of China's Textile City in the 1980s and 1990s, especially after the county government moved to Keqiao in October 2000, the construction of the new county from a high starting point and at a high speed, guazhu Lake "changed its face" and the new clothes stand in front of the public.

From 2001 to 2002, Keqiao city flood control project was carried out with a total investment of 140 million yuan. Our county has demolished the buildings around the lake, cleaned up the fishing facilities on the lake, and implemented the green landscape around the lake

Belt project, green area of 1.52 million square meters. On the basis of the south bank park built in the 1990s, four major parks have been built, including the south bank entrance square, the West Bank, the north bank and the east bank. In particular, the south bank entrance square park and the West Bank Park add luster to the guazhu lake.

The south bank entrance square park of guazhu lake is the only way for foreign tourists to enter the scenic area of guazhu lake, and it is also an important external window of guazhu lake and the whole Keqiao. The core of the entrance square is the first phase project, which is composed of round square, rainbow corridor and artificial Creek. Taking the center of the square as the axis, it is in the order of autumn shade, sparse forest wet flower, Camellia mirror line, bamboo forest rest, Magnolia fragrance clockwise from west to East. It makes full use of plant color, flowering period and leaf color to reflect the landscape space.

North Bank Park

It is a comprehensive park. The square provides a place for middle-aged and elderly people to dance square dance. Besides, there is a badminton field for the surrounding citizens to show their skills. There are also roller skating teams in the park. Their vigorous posture shuttles through the park. In fact, the most beautiful north bank park will have music fountains on Friday and Saturday evenings after 7:30. Many people will gather around the lake and watch it quietly. The water will dance with the rhythm of music. After the music is over, the water screen movie begins.

Westshore Park

It is a modern waterfront park characterized by textile culture. It is also a key project in the green belt project around guazhu lake. It highlights the hydrophilicity and leisure of the lake. The project covers a total area of 85000 square meters, with a total investment of 49.88 million yuan. The project includes lakeside trail, landscape pedestrian bridge (magpie bridge), cruise ship wharf, water jet wall, large sculpture, tension membrane project, etc. It has become a beautiful and comfortable leisure place for Keqiao citizens

By the lake, a student of Keqiao primary school wrote in his composition: "the scenery of guazhu lake and West Bank Park is more charming. The Long Corridor

The lights are constantly changing colors, which makes people dizzying. On both sides of the echo bridge, lights flicker, like a rainbow, across the two sides. The round, octagonal and pentagonal lights of the leisure teahouse beside the bridge have their own characteristics. Around guazhu lake, thousands of small lights give out bright light, like wearing a beautiful necklace for guazhu lake. "

Significance of lakes

Citizens, enjoying the lakeside style

Guazhu lake, which has changed its appearance, has produced a series of effects around the lake, which makes people look at it with new eyes.

The most direct guazhu lake has created a good place for citizens to have leisure, entertainment and fitness. Especially in the West Bank Park, when the lights are on at the beginning of the night, or when the weather is fine on weekends, the singing and dancing along the guazhu lake are very lively. Every morning, some running enthusiasts will run around the lake, some Taijiquan, Mulan, waist drum, aerobics and other sports enthusiasts will practice here. Especially in the summer night, people gather to enjoy the cool and dance in guazhu lake, which becomes a unique summer night scenery.

The vast water surface is the charm of guazhu lake. Like fishing, like to sit on the shore fishing, enjoy fishing a unique fun, a unique quiet. Lovers in love like to sit on the rocks by the lake, whisper and enjoy romantic time.

Guazhu lake also activated the urban culture of Keqiao. Around the surface of guazhu lake and its surrounding areas, especially the south bank park and the West Bank Park, it has become a venue for various cultural activities. In October 2004, our county held a long-distance race around guazhu lake. Recently, during the May Day, Ruian chamber of Commerce launched its first dragon boat in guazhu lake and held a dragon boat race on the Dragon Boat Festival. Guazhu lake has also become the driving range of our county rowing team and Wenzhou rowing team. All kinds of literary and artistic performances appear frequently by guazhu lake.

Businessmen are optimistic about the economy around the lake

The beautiful and moving guazhu Lake gives birth to the economy of guazhu lake, which is impressive. With its unique beautiful living environment, guazhu lake has become a major brand of the county, attracting many businessmen to develop leisure, commerce and real estate economy.

Business and catering gathering

In 2000, the only swimming pool in Keqiao was built in Nan'an Park, which is a sanitary and safe swimming park for the people in the water town.

Guazhu Lake commercial and leisure Street has begun to take shape. Gathered many brands of clothing stores, wedding photography, department stores, to create an urban shopping space for citizens. Just on the 500 meter long street of guazhu style community, there are Patton coffee, Liujia spicy restaurant, barbick coffee, new bar, new fashion beauty salon and other fashion shops. On the west side of Baibu bridge in guazhu lake, a reserved open space has been surrounded by walls. A restaurant with rich taste and harmonious scenery of guazhu lake will be built here. In the southern section of the street, Hujing central garden and other residential areas, there are many kinds of shops, including some Korean and foreign clothing and catering brand shops.

Some shops also borrow the reputation of guazhu lake to promote their own names. In Hong Kong and Vietnam, a hotel operated by Wenzhou merchants has unique insight and is named guazhuhu hotel.

Real estate appreciation by "Lake"

Some real estate developers will benefit most from the business opportunities. As early as the 1990s, some farsighted real estate developers were optimistic about the charming scenery of guazhu lake and its future development prospects, creating high-quality real estate. In 1998, on the East Bank of guazhu lake, huzhongyuan villa area was planned and built. Now it has become one of the most upscale villas in Shaoxing. On the West Bank of the lake, small high-rise residential complexes such as lake view central garden and Jiali garden have been built one after another, which has become a unique landscape of guazhu lake. In 2003, on the West Bank of the lake, the built guazhu style residential area has become one of the most successful real estate marketing projects in our county. Due to the large and high-end property, many buyers see the appreciation space in this area, which makes the housing price of this area soar at the beginning, reaching the highest price of Keqiao at that time, more than 4000 yuan. Nowadays, all the properties by guazhu Lake appreciate faster than other places. Recently, on the east side of the lake, another real estate company has launched cuizeyuan, a pure villa and noble landscape community along the guazhu lake, claiming that "the west lake belongs to Hangzhou and the guazhu lake belongs to me".

Thoughts on the lake

The imagination of several generations about a lake

The stars have changed and the sea has changed. Today, witnessing the changes of the world, guazhu lake is emerging in front of the public with a strong sense of modernity. People who have lived on both sides of the lake for generations not only occasionally mention ancient legends, but also have unlimited imagination about her future. The 76 year old woman talks about a fishing place

Zhu axian, who is 76 years old, has gone through many vicissitudes with guazhu lake. Now she, led by her daughter, goes to the West Bank Park of guazhu lake for morning exercise every morning. The old lady said, "guazhu lake is as beautiful as the scenic spot on TV...". When talking about what else she had in mind about guazhu lake, the old lady thought about it for a moment and said that she really missed the scene of men and women rowing and fishing in the village when she was young. "My mother often says that if there is a place in the lake where people can fish like they used to, it can remind people of history," the old man's 50 year old daughter explained Mr. Chen's impression of Jiangnan Water Culture

Small bridges, running water, people. This is the impression of water town left in the hearts of many middle-aged people. Speaking of guazhu Lake 20 or 30 years ago, Chen Meizhen, who lives in Xieqiao, described the scene to the reporter. She said that despite the overall planning and construction, guazhu lake is still beautiful, but it lacks a little charm. At the same time of modern protection, we should inherit the traditional beauty of the lake. Guazhu lake should become a large Museum of culture and art and historical relics. Fewer Roman pillars, fewer