Zhejiang university dorms huajiachi
Huajiachi or Huajia Chi, Huajiachi Lake (Traditional Chinese: 華傢池, Simplified Chinese: 华家池), is a famous lake in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.
Contents
- Zhejiang university dorms huajiachi
- Map of Huajia Pond Jianggan Hangzhou China 310000
- Introduction
- References
Map of Huajia Pond, Jianggan, Hangzhou, China, 310000
Introduction
The lake now is sited inside the Huajiachi Campus, Zhejiang University. It's a beautiful lake and is the second largest lake in Hangzhou after the famous West Lake. Along the lake there is a Chinese pavilion named Huxin Ting (湖心亭). The lake has a water surface of more than 90 mu (over 55,000 m2) and an average depth of 2 meters.
Hua (華/华) is a common Chinese surname, and jia (家) means family in Chinese; so Huajia implies that this place probably belonged to the Hua Family in the ancient time. Chi (池) stands for lake. And the Zhejiang University campus is just named after this lake.
There is a fairy tale about the lake. About six-hundred years ago, it was wasteland nearby, and a highly ranked official Mr. Hua during Ming Dynasty Hongwu Era (1368-1398) once passed-by and first settled down there, opened the wasteland.