Chao Lake

Chao Lake, additionally known by its Chinese name Chao Hu, is a lake at the point of Chaohu and Hefei urban areas in Anhui Province, China. It is the biggest in Anhui and one of the five biggest freshwater lakes in China. Mushan Island is in the lake. Around 5 million individuals live close to the lake and utilize it for water system, transportation and angling. Substantial use lately has prompted eutrophication and silting. Because of China's fast monetary development, the lake is presently one of China's generally dirtied. It is likewise viewed as a standout amongst the most contaminated lakes on the planet and has included on numerous arrangements of comparative quality.

Noted tourist destinations around the lake incorporate Mount Mu, Zhongmiao Temple, Tongyang River, Mount Yinping, and the Immortals Cave. The silver fish, shrimps, and crabs of Lake Chao are known as the Three Treasures. It appreciates the excellent name of "Place that is known for plenty". As indicated by legend, the site of the lake was at one time a prosperous city named Chaozhou. Due to sins of its kin, it was reviled by the sky and requested to be devastated by surge.

The task was to be done by a white mythical serpent that was just ready to discover one great individual; an old woman ('Lao' in Chinese) surnamed Jiao. After the decimation of Chaozhou, just the old woman and her little girl were spared. They turned into the two islands rising up out of the lake. This legend might be established in land history, since Lake Chao is on the convergence of a few noteworthy issues, of which the most renowned is the Tan Lu Fault, which caused the considerable 1976 Tangshan quake in its northern area.