“千里家书只为墙，让他三尺有何妨。万里长城今犹在，不见当年秦始皇。”“六尺巷”的美丽传说，一直传颂至今，故事主人公张英（清朝康熙、雍正、乾隆三朝父子双宰相———张英、张廷玉）的故乡便是菜籽湖上游的龙眠河畔。
"A thousand li's letter is only for the wall. Why don't you let him three feet. The Great Wall is still here today, without the first emperor of Qin. " The beautiful legend of Liuchi lane has been sung to this day. The hometown of the hero Zhang Ying (the father and son prime ministers of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty -- Zhang Ying and Zhang Tingyu) is the longmian river at the upper reaches of Caizi lake.
闻名遐迩的“桐城派”的故乡就在菜籽湖畔，孕育出许多文坛巨匠；唐代诗人曹松；宋代画家李公麟；明代学者钱澄之、方以智，诗人方维仪，画家姚文燮；近代美学家朱光潜、黄梅戏表演艺术家严凤英等文艺星斗，更让菜籽湖翰墨飘香，艺风浓郁！
The hometown of the well-known "Tongcheng School" is just beside the Caizi lake, which breeds many literary giants; Cao song, a poet of Tang Dynasty; Li Gonglin, a painter of Son
