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Lake Dian
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Dian Lake
Dianchi Lake (Chinese: , Dianchí), also known as Lake Dian and Kunming Lake (, Kunmínghú), is a large lake located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau close to Kunming, Yunnan, in southern China. Its nickname is the "Sparkling Pearl Embedded in a Highland" and it was the model for the Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace in Beijing. Its name is the source of Yunnan's Chinese abbreviation .
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