If you take the bus, it only takes about four stops along Taihang Road to reach the scenic Meilan Lake.
Even if you walk, it won't take long.
Meilan Lake is said to have been funded by a former city leader in earlier years.
Later, this leader embezzled the funds, was reported and exposed, resulting in only a partial completion of Meilan Lake.
However, there is another version circulating among the people.
It's said that during the construction of this artificial lake, many things happened.
The most famous is that on the seventh day of construction, when workers were digging deeper, they unexpectedly uncovered a cyan snake about 2.5 meters long and 5 centimeters in diameter.
Its appearance was akin to an enlarged bamboo green snake.
This really scared the workers at the time.
Later, a few braver workers, armed with shovels and hoes, wanted to extract the snake.
But when they pressed a shovel on the snake's head, it didn't move, and they discovered it was already dead.