Lake Báimǎ

Báimǎ Lake lies in the lowlands south of the Huái River, near the waterways leading toward the Yangtze. In the late Hàn dynasty the official Chén Dēng opened the Mǎlài channel between this lake and Jīnhú, linking the old Hán Canal more directly with the Huái. The lake became a passage on the water route between the two great rivers.