Guigang East Lake

　　   Guigang East Lake: Situated east of the city in Guigang, Guangxi, the lake lies close to both the river and the urban area, forming a graceful ox-horn curve. Covering more than a thousand acres, its broad, rippling waters are thickly dotted with lotus leaves, alive with darting fish and birds, and framed by swaying willows and dancing bamboos. The Song Dynasty literary master Su Shi once inscribed the name “East Lake” here, though the stone carving has since been lost. The lake is used for lotus cultivation and fish farming, and the lotus root grown in the lake is famed for making high-quality lotus root starch. Today, the lake serves as a fish farm.