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The Dongting Lake is located in the northeast of Hunan Provence, with a great area but not deep.The Dongting lake is a storage of The Yangzi River, which size is mostly decided by the change of reason.Hubei Provaece and Hunan Provence are named by the location to the lake: Hubei means the north of the lake and Hunan means the sorth of the lake. The Dongting Lake is the motherland of the Dragon-boat Race, which is well-known in the culture of china. It's said that the race comes from the east coast of The Dongting Lake, hoping to find the body of Quyuan, who is a country-lover poter of the ancient Chuguo. The Dragon-boat Race and the beauty senery around the lake, appealing thouands of tourlists from all country and all over the world.

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Dongting Lake is a large, shallow lake in northeastern Hunan Province of China. It is a flood basin of the Yangtze River. Hence, the lake's size depends on largely on the season. The provinces of Hubei an Hunan are named after their relative location to the lake. Hubei means "North of the Lake" while Hunan means "South of the Lake". Dongting Lake is famous in Chinese culture as the birthplace of dragon boat racing, which is said to have begun on the eastern shore of Dongting Lake as a search for the body of Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet of the Chu. Together with the lake and its surrounding beauty, the racing appeals to tens of thousands of tourists from other parts of China and beyond each year.