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日湖和月湖 The Sun and Moon lake

According to historical records, the MoonLake was first discovered in 636 of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). In 833, Magistrate Wang Yuanwei of MaoxianCounty (the present Ningbo) decided to build water conservancy projects. Under his leadership, channels and weirs were built and water from LunshanMountain was led through the waterways into the city and two lakes, the SunLake and the MoonLake as follows came into being. During the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, Ningbo had step by step grown into a popular main city, and a city of strategic importance that was close to the then capital city (Hangzhou in the South Song Dynasty). As the waterways within the city had been successively dredged, a crisscross water network, with the MoonLake as the heart, was formed. It was well known with its "three rivers plus six waterways with a lake at the core". In the past 800 years, the MoonLake has been an important academic spot, well known in south China for its fine education tradition and the large number of talented people ever developed.