[3] Donghu is also referred to in Lei Cizong's Records of Yuzhang, written during the Liu Song dynasty.

[4] During the Northern Wei dynasty, Li Daoyuan's Commentary on the Water Classic calls the lake Taihu, but it has been called Dong Hu (East Lake) since the Tang and Song dynasties.

[3] The government divided the jurisdiction of the area into two districts at the beginning of 1949 but did not give them distinct names and merged into one.

[5] Donghu District is in the northeast of Nanchang, between 28°40'15''-28°47'50'' north latitude and 115°50'39''-115°58'50'' east longitude.

[6] From south to north, it is bounded by Hongdu North Avenue, Fudayoudi, the southern branch of Ganjiang River, Qingshanhu District, and Nanchang County; Donghu is also bounded by Xihu District to the south (which includes Beijing West Road, the south part of Bayi Square, Bayi Avenue, Zhongshan Road, and the Zhongshan Bridge), Xinjian District and Qingshanhu District to the west, and the Xinjian district and Nanchang county to the north.

[6] In the southwest, the landscape of the Donghu District is high, whereas, in the northeast, it is flat.