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13-521: Mount Liang is a mountain in Liangshan County , Shandong , China , which rises to 197.9 metres above sea level. It is well known as the stronghold of the 108 Heroes in the classic Chinese novel Water Margin . The modern Liangshan County is located a few kilometres to the north and 80 kilometres west of the Beijing–Shanghai railway . The original Mount Liang was named after

26-474: A destination for tourists. A number of buildings have been erected to match descriptions given in Water Margin . Liangshan County Liangshan County ( Chinese : 梁 山 县 ; pinyin : Liángshān Xiàn ) is a county situated in the southwest of Shandong province, China. It is administered by the prefecture-level city of Jining . Liangshan County is situated north west of Jining in

39-508: A plateau ringed by high mountains and protected by six passes and eight fortresses. The Yuan dynasty zaju "Black Whirlwind Presents Two Victories" ( 黑旋風雙獻功 ) envisages Mount Liang as having "72 deep rivers, garrisoned with hundreds of warships. In 36 feasting towers, there is enough food for a million soldiers and their mounts." When the Yellow River shifted course in 1289, the marshes around Mount Liang shrank considerably. During

52-699: A total area of about 148 square kilometers. The average depth is 1.59 m, the water storage capacity is about 2.35×10 m . The Dongping Lake is the second largest fresh-water lake in Shandong Province; it is the only extant water area of the Eight Hundred Li Liangshan Lake ( Chinese : 八百里梁山水泊 ) described in the famous medieval novel, Water Margin , one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature . The Dongping Lake will be used as

65-455: The Ming dynasty , it had been reduced to five smaller marshlands. After the Yellow River shifted back to its northern course in 1853, the marshes were gradually filled in by sediments carried downstream by the river and human land reclamation . Today, the relatively small Dongping Lake is what remains of the great marshes. Considerable effort has been made in recent years to develop Liangshan as

78-465: The "eight hundred li moorage of Mount Liang". Because the area was largely a wasteland on the frontiers of several administrative units, government control was minimal. It is known that outlaws and bandits were active in the area during the Song dynasty, although Song Jiang – a major character in Water Margin – was not associated with the area. Some of the bandits on Mount Liang preyed selectively upon

91-535: The Ming dynasty it had been reduced to five smaller marshlands. Banditry continued on Mount Liang until the mid-seventeenth century, when the Qing dynasty government established a military garrison. The city of Liangshan evolved from the garrison. After the Yellow River shifted back to its northern course in 1853, the marshes were gradually filled in by sediments carried downstream by the river and human land reclamation. Today

104-806: The Prince of Liang ( 梁王 ), a son of Emperor Wen of the Han dynasty . After his death, the prince was buried on the mountain. The area was from prehistoric times surrounded by the largest marshland in North China , called the Daye Marsh and later the Liangshan Marsh. During the Song dynasty , the Yellow River flowed through the area. Mount Liang was located at the extreme north of what became known as

117-625: The classic Chinese novel the Water Margin . This Shandong location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dongping Lake The Dongping Lake ( Chinese : 东 平 湖 ; pinyin : Dōngpíng Hú ) is a freshwater lake in Shandong Province of China . It is situated in Dongping County in the west of Shandong Province , south of the lower reaches of Yellow River . The lake has

130-418: The frontiers of several administrative units, government control was minimal, and bandit chiefs were active in the area. During the Song dynasty Liang Shan (Mount Liang) became known as the "eight hundred li moorage of Mount Liang" and located at the extreme north of the Yellow River which passed through the area. When the Yellow River shifted course in 1289, the marshes of Liangshan shrunk considerably. During

143-541: The relatively small Dongping Lake ( Chinese : 东平湖 ; pinyin : Dōngpíng Hú ) is what remains of the great marshes. As 2012, this county is divided to 9 towns and 4 townships. The famous mountain Mount Liang (Liáng Shān) rises to 197.9 m above sea level is located within Liangshan County administrative territory. It is well known as the stronghold of the 108 legendary Song dynasty heroes of

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156-482: The rich and became known as "righteous bandits" (義匪; yì fěi ). Legends about the heroes of Mount Liang, which provided the basis for Water Margin , probably formed from this historical context. Banditry continued on Mount Liang until the mid-17th century, when the Qing dynasty established a military garrison in present-day Liangshan County. Water Margin describes Mount Liang in majestic terms, imagining its peak to be

169-450: The south west of Shandong province. To the east it borders the prefecture-level cities of Tai'an , Heze to the west. To the north, the Yellow River separates Liangshan from Puyang , in Henan province. The area was from prehistoric times surrounded by the largest marshland in north China, called the Daye Marsh and later the Liangshan Marsh. Because the area was largely a wasteland on

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