The landform of Baiyangdian Lake is formed by the repeated evolution from sea to lake and from lake to land. Now this water area is the only part of the ancient Baiyangdian Lake. The upper reaches of Jiuhe River, Zhulong River, Xiaoyi River, Tanghe River, Fuhe River, Caohe River, Pinghe River, Yangcun River, Puhe River and Baigou River were called Xidian in history. Before Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1488), it had been silted to the ground, and the land was arable and edible, forming the trend of nine rivers entering the lake. Later, people saw that Dianshui "Wang Yang is vast and even the sky", so it was renamed Baiyangdian. There are beautiful legends about the formation of Baiyangdian Lake. Legend has it that on a Mid-Autumn Festival night a long time ago, the fairy Chang 'e stole the fairy medicine and left the Moon Palace involuntarily. Just as she was about to fall into the mortal world, she suddenly woke up. This is a serious surprise. The hand-held mirror fell into the world and broke into 143 pieces, forming the present 143 lakes.
Baiyangdian has a long history. As early as the Neolithic Age, there were human activities in the west and south of the Lake District (now Liucun and Liangzhuang in Anxin County). During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Dian District was under the jurisdiction of Yan and Zhao, bounded by the Yishui Great Wall (now the north dike of Anxin County), with Nangecheng (now Anzhou Town) belonging to Zhao and Hunni Town (now Anxin Town) belonging to Yan, so the Dian District was called "Yanbei". It is this land that straddles the Yan and Zhao dynasties, which has been valued by the past dynasties for its unique geographical scenery and political and military status, making poets lament. In the Song Dynasty, the Sixth Academy made He Diandian District build dikes to store water, divert water for irrigation, and establish a defense line for wasteland reclamation. Yang, a famous soldier in the Northern Song Dynasty, once stationed troops here to guard against Liao. Liu Yin, a great scholar in Yuan Dynasty, once gave lectures in Santai and Anzhou in Yunnan. In Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi built palaces in Duancun, Quantou, Zhaobeikou and Guolikou of Dianqu, and visited Dianqu 40 times. During the War of Liberation, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De commanded Qingfengdian and liberated Shijiazhuang in Baiyangdian, which added new glory to this ancient lake area.
The people of Baiyangdian have a glorious revolutionary tradition. Xin Putian, 1923, joined the * * * production party, and the Shunzhi Provincial Party Committee sent him to his hometown Majiazhai to carry out the peasant movement. /kloc-in the summer of 0/927, Liu, the producer of * * *, was sent to fengcun and Wangjiaji in Dianqu by Baoding prefectural party committee, and the first Party branch in Dianqu was established. Xin Putian, Liu, Hou Zhuofu and other revolutionary martyrs, in order to seek the way to save the country and the people, abandoned their homes and careers, joined the revolution, adhered to the truth, and would rather die than surrender, which became an example for party member to learn. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the anti-Japanese armed forces "Yanling Team" active in Baiyangdian, under the leadership of China Production Party, took advantage of the favorable terrain where lakes are criss-crossed with reeds and rivers to carry out flexible guerrilla warfare, defeating the strong with the weak, which greatly improved the prestige of the Chinese nation and showed the wisdom and courage of Zhao Yan's children. Xu Guangyao's Private Zhang Ga is based on the "Yanling Team". The famous writer Sun Li's Lotus Lake and Sun Jue's and jing yuan's Biography of Heroes of New Children all take the lake area as the theme. The heroism of the children of Baiyangdian is still praised by the people all over the country.