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Dongping Lake 东平湖Dōngpíng Hú
4A scenic area · Tai'an, Shandong
- Time needed
- Half a day to 1 day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Tai'an
- Region
- Shandong
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Dongping Lake
Shandong's second-largest freshwater lake, described as the surviving water of the 'eight hundred li' Liangshan marsh of the novel Water Margin and a key point on the eastern route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project. The county government gives a total area of 627 square kilometres, of which the permanent old lake is about 209 square kilometres. Lakeside tourism around Laohu includes boat trips, reed wetlands and fish-based local food, a large double-hulled sightseeing boat added in autumn 2026, and the Great Song Never-Night City, a Song-style district with costumed night shows.
How to get to Dongping Lake
On the lakeshore near Laohu town, about 15 km west of Dongping town and about 80 km west-south-west of central Tai'an.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Baifo Mountain and Grottoes 白佛山 (10 km), Kunlun Mountain Scenic Area, Dongping 昆仑山景区 (10 km), Hongding Mountain Cliff Sutras 洪顶山摩崖刻经 (10 km), Jiliang Mountain Rock Carvings 棘梁山石刻 (20 km).
On the map
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