Bao Lake Park

　　Bao Lake is located in Baofuqiao Village, Liangtian Town, Jinfeng District, Yinchuan City, and is a national wetland park. It covers an area of nearly 1,000 mu, including over 500 mu of water surface. As an urban lake in Yinchuan, it connects with the Big and Small West Lakes, bordered by the Tanglai Canal to the east, Zhengyuan South Street to the west, the Yinxin Railway Special Line to the north, and Baoqing West Road to the south. It earned its name due to its ingot-like shape and the legend of a golden colt living in the lake, and is oval in form. With a broad water surface and relatively deep waters—over two meters at its deepest—the lake has a light blue hue, surrounded by reeds on all sides, interconnected with reed marshes. Locals in Yinchuan often come here to bird-watch or fish during their leisure time.

　　There are two versions regarding the origin of the name "Bao Lake": one says the lake resembles a shiny, silver ingot, hence the name “Bao Lake” (Treasure Lake); the other claims there is indeed treasure in the lake, making it the most precious among Ningxia’s Seventy-Two Connected Lakes, thus named “Bao Lake.”

　　Transportation: Take bus routes 28 or 32 within the city to Bao Lake Park Station.

　　Admission Fee

　　Free

　　Location

　　Bao Lake West Road, Jinfeng District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region