什刹海旧称积水潭,原是一南北狭长之天然湖泊。在北京旧城营建中,湖泊南部入皇城以内,遂因古制改名太液池。太液池上先有琼华岛,后经开浚又建瀛台,始有北海、中海、南海之称,是为皇家御苑,庶民百姓不得涉足。积水潭隔在皇城之外,元代曾是漕运终点,一时舳舻蔽水,盛况空前。其后运道中阻,而人民群众喜其水上 Shichahai formerly known as Jishuitan, was originally a long north-south narrow natural lake. Built in the old city of Beijing, the southern lake into the Imperial City, then due to the ancient system renamed too liquid pool. Too liquid pool on the first Qionghua Island, after the dredging and built Ying Taiwan, beginning with the North Sea, the sea, said the South China Sea, is for the Royal Garden, common people may not be involved. Jishuitan separated from the imperial city, the Yuan Dynasty was the end of the water transport, a moment 舳 舻 diverted, unprecedented grand occasion. Afterwards, there was resistance in the road, and the masses of the people liked it