Lake Yángchéng

Lake Yangcheng lies northeast of Suzhou, its shallow waters woven into the rivers and channels of the Tai Lake plain. Old records call it Yangcheng Lake with several different characters. A Song account describes the Kunshan embankment receiving water from the lake on its northern side and releasing it toward the Song River in the south. Without a firm embankment, wind and waves could spread across the fields, turning cultivated land into water frequented by fish and turtles.