Heze Zhuangzi Fishing Terrace

　　        Zhuangzi Fishing Terrace is located about 500 meters north of Zhuangzi Temple Village in Linpu Township. It is one of China’s ten most famous fishing terraces, ranking second only to the Fishing Terrace at the Beijing State Guesthouse, and is also one of the eight major scenic spots in Juancheng.
　　        During the Warring States period, Zhuang Zhou, the founder of Taoism, once fished here, hence the name “Zhuangzi Fishing Terrace,” or simply “Fishing Terrace.” Later generations built a temple on the terrace to honor Zhuangzi, and the village was thus named Zhuangzi Temple. There used to be a Taoist observatory on the terrace. In the first year of the Tianbao era (742 AD) during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Zhuangzi was posthumously honored as the “True Man of Nan Hua,” and the observatory was renamed Nan Hua Observatory, while the book "Zhuangzi" was renamed the "Nan Hua True Scripture." Due to the breach of the Yellow River, the terrace gradually became submerged. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was still a highland of about four mu, but it was later silted over into flat land, leaving only ruins.

　　         Heze City, Shandong Province