Kunming Lake

alternative K'un-ming Lake

1. A lake in Beijing, China, on the grounds of the Summer Palace.

   At Peking's Kunming Lake, processions of people swam between lines of crowded, flag‐bedecked boats accompanied by martial music on loudspeakers.

   1974 July 17 [1974 July 16], “Chinese Take to Water To Mark Mao's Swim”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2023, page 13

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   Beijing's own much anticipated giant yellow duck is set to float on Kunming Lake, news reports said, but organisers have declined to confirm the location and end the recent speculation.

   2013 August 8, Patrick Boehler, “Giant Rubber Duck to swim in Beijing's imperial Summer Palace?”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2013, China Insider

2. Synonym of Lake Dian.

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   The Kunming plateau, 1,896 meters above the sea-level, contains lowlands of considerable size and is fairly well irrigated, especially the shore lands of Kunming Lake. For countless decades this region has been devoted to agriculture, and to this day it is considered generally typical of the agricultural regions in the southwest.

   1946, Ta Chen, “The Beginnings of Modern Demography”, in Population in Modern China, Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, →OCLC, page 12, column 1

   Synonyms: Lake Dian