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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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