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Photo taken on May 13 shows an aerial view of Donghu Lake in Shaoxing. [Photo/Zhejiang Daily]

Hundreds of black awning boats and kayaks gathered in the main waters of Donghu Lake scenic area in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, on May 13.

The "Hundred Boats Hundred Pictures Welcome Asian Games" exhibition uses black awning boat performances combined with water-based three-dimensional exhibition methods.

The content is divided into three chapters: Asian Games memory, new urban style and new tourism atmosphere.

Each boat's bow was also decorated with a photo of a scenic spot in an Asian country to welcome the arrival of the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games.

Shaoxing will host five events, more than any other host city for the Asian Games and including basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball and rock climbing.

Donghu Lake in Shaoxing is pictured on May 13. [Photo/Zhejiang Daily]

Donghu Lake is located 5 kilometers east of downtown Shaoxing. It is separated from the eastern section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal by just one embankment. It is known as a "shining pearl on the ancient canal bank in eastern Zhejiang."

The original location of Donghu Lake was a green stone mountain. Since the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), stonemasons have been going there to quarry stones. It is still the most complete and largest ancient quarry site in Jiangnan (regions south of the Yangtze River).