Kunming - Jade Lake

(Local Name: Cuihu) Jade Lake (Cuihu), into which nine springs feed, lies in the northwest of the city in the park of the same name. The late 17th C Pavilion of the Green Waves (Biyi Ting) stands on an island in the middle of the lake. Two dams dominate the lake: the one running in a north-south direction and crossed by three bridges is known as the Dike of Governor Ruan (Ruan Di) and was erected towards the end of the 18th C. The other one, called Tang Dike (Tang Di), was built in 1919 and runs east-west.