K'un-ming Lake

A form of Kunming Lake — A lake in Beijing, China, on the grounds of the Summer Palace.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Kunming Lake.

    Amid the grounds of the old Summer Palace, a seventeen-arch bridge rising over the misty waters of K'un-ming Lake links an artificial island to the shore.

    1978, David Bonavia, Peking, Time-Life Books, →OCLC, →OL, page 86
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    Fo-hsiang Pavilion in I-ho Park, a popular sight-seeing spot in the northwestern suburbs of Peking. Situated atop Wan-shou Hill, this structure stands some 150 feet high and commands a fine view of K'un-ming Lake.

    1968, Hikotarō Andō, Peking, Kodansha International, →LCCN, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/pekingando008800/page/n5/

    After the blood letting there was the opportunity for the court to relax with feasting and entertainment; whilst beautiful ladies sang from boats in K’un-ming Lake, acrobats, jugglers and actors amused the emperor and his courtiers.

    2011, John Fletcher, “East of Eden: Chinese parks and the Sons of Heaven”, in Gardens of Earthly Delight: The History of Deer Parks, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 75

Origin

Partial calque of Mandarin 昆明湖 (Kūnmíng Hú), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻun¹-ming² Hu².

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