Mochou Lake (Nanjing)

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Located on the western side of Hanzhong Lu, Nanjing City, Mochou Lake occupies an area of 47 hectares (about 116 acres). Once a part of the Yangtze River, gradually became a lake as the course of the river wavered from the Yangtze River to the Qin Huai River. According to one legend, the name of the lake came from a young woman of beauty and named Mochou who lived during the Northern and Southern Dynasty (386-589). Her husband was enlisted by the army, and when she had no news of him she turned into a lake with the hope of flowing to her husband's side. n memory of the young woman's undying devotion to her husband, the lake was aptly named Mochou Lake by the local people. In 1929, the lake was renamed Mochou Lake Park and was expanded and rebuilt in 1953.