The Rongshan Lake Scenic Area

The Rongshan Lake Scenic Area is located in the center of Guilin City. It is a pair of interconnected lakes with their waters joined. Taking Yangqiao Bridge as the boundary, the lake on the east side is Shahu Lake, and the one on the west side is Ronghu Lake, which got their names from the banyan trees and fir trees growing along the lake banks. During the Tang and Song dynasties, it was a moat in the south of the city that was artificially excavated and was called Nanyang River at that time. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was known as Jianhu Lake. In the Ming Dynasty, when the city walls were expanded, it became an inner lake.