昆明池，位于今西安市沣东新城沣水与潏水之间。《汉书·武帝纪》记载：“《西南夷传》有越嶲、昆明国，有滇池，方三百里。汉使求身毒国，而为昆明所闭。今欲伐之，故作昆明池象之，以习水战。在长安西南，周回四十里。”

Kunming Pond is l0cated between Feng River and Yu River in the Fengdong New City, Xi’an. It is recorded in Book of the Han Dynasty: During the Emperor Wu of Han Years that “Based on Biography of Southwest Barbarians, Dian Lake in Yuexi County, Kunming Kingdom covers the area of over 300 square kilometers. Han Envoy intended to travel to Shendu Kingdom but was impeded by Kunming. Therefore, the Emperor decided to conquer Kunming. He made a pool named Kunming Pond similar with Dian Chi at 40 km southwest to Chang’an to allow soldiers to practice battles in the water.”

As the unprecedented water conservancy project at that time, the birth of Kunming Pond, as the lifeblood of the country, was given the sacred mission of pacifying the world and connecting foreign nations.Throughout vicissitudes of time, Kunming Pond has existed for more than 960 years, becoming a ripple left by history of the ancient capital Chang’an. Now, its rebirth is the retrogression of the glorious years of the Western Han Dynasty in China today.