Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Huajiachi (simplified Chinese :华家池 ;traditional Chinese :華家池 ) is alake inHangzhou ,Zhejiang .
The lake is located in theHuajiachi Campus, Zhejiang University . It is the second largest lake in Hangzhou after theWest Lake .[citation needed Along the lake there is aChinese pavilion namedHuxin Ting (湖心亭 ). The lake has a water surface of more than 90mu 2 ) and an average depth of 2 meters.[ 1]
Hua (traditional Chinese :華 simplified Chinese :华 ) is a common Chinesesurname , and jia (家 family inChinese ; soHuajia implies that this place probably belonged to the Hua Family in the ancient time.Chi (池 lake . And theZhejiang University campus is just named after this lake.
About six-hundred years ago, it was wasteland nearby, and a highly ranked official Mr. Hua duringMing Dynasty Hongwu Era (1368-1398) once passed-by and first settled down there, opened the wasteland.[citation needed
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