West Lake Scenic Spot
West Lake Scenic Spot National Scenic Spot. Total area of 60.04 square kilometers. East from Hangzhou City, Songmu field, Paul Road to the north of the Children's Palace Plaza, through the Baisha Road, West Huancheng Road, Lakeshore Road, Nanshan Road to the south of the Wansongling and Wushan, Ziyangshan, Yunju Mountain attractions in its entirety; South from the Drum Tower along the foothills on the east side of the Wushan, Ziyangshan, Yunju Mountain, the Fenghuang Mountain gate along the Phoenix Hill Road in the Tianhuashan along the West Lake Diversionary Channel to the north bank of the Qiantang River, Coral Sand Storage Reservoir to the north of the Liufang Ridge; West from the Liufang Ridge, Zhugang Mountain, Jiuqu Ridge, Celebrity Ridge to Beauty Peak, Beigaofeng, Lingfeng Mountain to the old and the east of the ridge line of the mountain; north from the old and the foothills of the mountain (Zhejiang University West fence) to the Qingzhiwu Road north of 30 meters, connected to the Yugu Road, Zheda Road, Shuguang Road to the south of the Songmu field. Peripheral protection zone covers an area of 35.64 square kilometers, east of Nanshing Bridge Riverside Park, Jiangcheng Road, Fengshan Bridge, Zhongshan South Road, Gulou to Hefang Street, South Yan'an Road, Yan'an Road, turn Qingchun Road, Wulin Road, Teaching Ground Road to the West Huancheng Road to the West; South to the middle of the main channel of the Qiantang River, Hang Fu Road to the north of the area of the turn of the pond; West for the east of the turn to the area of the turn of the road to stay; North since left behind, through Hang Hui Road, Tianmu Mountain Road to the south of the Wulin Gate Area. West Lake Scenic Spot in the West Lake as the core, there are 60 national, provincial and municipal cultural relics protection units and scenic spots more than 100, including the main West Lake Ten Scenic Spots, West Lake New Ten Scenic Spots. West Lake was formerly known as Wulin Water, Qiantang Lake, also known as Ming Sheng Lake, Jinniu Lake and so on. North, west and south of the mountains, the east side of the city, three cloudy mountains and a city. Tang people because of the lake in the west of the state city, so called West Lake. When Su Dongpo was guarding Hangzhou, he wrote a poem: The water is brimming with water and the rain is also strange. He wanted to compare the West Lake with Xizi Lake, and the light makeup and thick colors were always suitable. Therefore, it is also known as Xizi Lake. The outline of the lake is almost oval, with an area of 6.03 square kilometers, of which the water surface area is 5.66 square kilometers, and the circumference of the lake shore is 15 kilometers. The bottom of the lake is relatively flat, with the depth of water averaging about 1.5 meters, the deepest part about 2.8 meters, and the shallowest part less than 1 meter. The White Causeway and Su Causeway divide the lake into five parts: Outer Lake, Li Lake, Yue Lake, Xili Lake and Xiaonan Lake. There are 4 islands in the lake, including Lone Mountain, Little Yingzhou, Huxinting and Ruan Gongdun. The main streams injected into the West Lake are Jinsha Harbor, Longhongjian and Changqiao Creek. The West Lake Diversion Project drilled through the mountains and drew in the clear flow of the Qiantang River. The main outlets for regulating the water level of the West Lake are Shengtang Lock, which flows into the Canal via Shengtang River; and Chungjin Lock, which flows into the City River outside Wulin Gate via the underground pipeline of Wunsa River. West Lake in ancient times was a shallow bay connected with the Qiantang River, later due to siltation, the sea was cut off, in the sand spit on the inside of the sea water into a lagoon. So the folk proverb says: West Lake Pearl from the sky, the dragon flies to Qiantang. West Lake bears the mountain springs living water rinse, and through generations of artificial dredging governance. Poet Bai Juyi (772 ~ 846) and Su Dongpo (1037 ~ 1101) and other people served as Hangzhou magistrate, are attentive to the governance of the West Lake, dredging the lake mud, water conservancy, irrigated farmland, and constitutes the three islands in the lake, the two dykes of the Bai Su, the lake pagoda shadow of the beautiful scenery. Around the lake mountains, flowers and trees, peaks, rocks, caves, ravines interspersed with springs, pools, streams, streams, green and blue green bushes dotted with pavilions, pavilions, pagodas, grottoes. The lakes and mountains are so picturesque. Between the clear ripples and green clouds and valleys, there are countless beautiful natural landscapes and dazzling historical monuments. Chinese people recite: 36 West Lakes under the world, the best is Hangzhou. And said the beauty of the West Lake, ancient and modern difficult to paint and poetry. Ming Zhengtong period, a Japanese emissary traveled to the West Lake, said in a poem: In the past years, I have seen this lake map, do not believe that there is this lake on earth. Today playing from the lake over, the painter still owes the work. The title of the ten scenic views of the West Lake originated in the Northern Song Dynasty landscape painter Song Di inscription of the painting of the four-word sentence, he used the flat sand falling geese, the city of the mountains, clear blue, far Pu return to the sail and so on to mark the content of the works he painted. Later, landscape painters followed suit. In the 13th century A.D., the Southern Song Dynasty painters Ma Yuan, Chen Qingbo in the West Lake to capture the essence of the scenery made in the paintings, but also were marked on the willow wave Wenying, two peaks into the clouds, Pinghu Autumn Moon, broken bridge snow, three pools and the moon, Leifeng Sunset, the Su Causeway Spring Dawn and the evening bells of the Nanping, and later painted the flower port to watch the fishes, the courtyard of the Lotus Winds, and so there is a West Lake Ten Scenic Spots said. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty visited the West Lake on his southern tour, named the Ten Scenic Spots and set up a monument, and changed the two peaks into two peaks, and the Quyuan Lotus Breeze into the Quyuan Wind Lotus. In 1985, Hangzhou Daily News, Hangzhou Garden and Cultural Relics Administration and other organizations launched a campaign to collect new scenic spots and scenic names, and 50,000 people participated in the campaign, which lasted for 8 months. As a result, ten scenic spots such as Yunqi Bamboo Path, Manlong Guiyu, Hupeng Dream Spring, Longjing Tea, Jiuxi Smoke Tree, Wushan Tianfeng, Ruandun Huabi, Huanglong Tujui, Yuhuang Flying Clouds, and Jeweled Haze were selected, which were called the New Ten Scenic Spots of West Lake. Chen Yun, Liu Haisu, Zhao Puchu and other 10 famous artists for the inscription of the monument. West Lake Scenic Spot, in addition to the ten scenic spots, the new ten scenic spots, famous attractions are Tianzhu, Wuyun Mountain, Phoenix Hill, Jade Mountain, North Peak, Huxinting Pavilion, White Causeway, Lushan, put the crane Pavilion, Liu Zhuang, Hangzhou Flower Garden, Botanical Gardens, South Peak, ShuiLe hole, Lion Peak, GeLing, ZiYun hole, Xixi, LingFeng explore plum, and so on.
Su Causeway Spring Dawn Su Causeway in the west side of the West Lake, the north and south ends connecting Nanshan Road and Beishan Road, the total length of 2.8 kilometers. It is the Northern Song poet Su Dongpo in Hangzhou as an official, the organization of civilian workers dredging West Lake, dredging mud pile up and become. On the dike, there are six stone arch bridges, namely, Yingbo, Locklan, Wangshan, Pressing Dike, Dongpu, and Crossing the Rainbow, which are undulating and break through the monotony of the long straight road. Peach and willow trees are planted on both sides of the embankment, which makes the scenery beautiful. The embankment has now been paved with asphalt, and the wide lawn on both sides has been planted with various flowers and trees, and every certain distance, there is a long backrest chair, which is very quiet. During the daytime, visitors walk and browse, a piece of leisure; at night, it has become the local couples meet the marriage road. Su Causeway scenery is different from time to time, morning and evening are different, sunny, cloudy, rain, snow are interesting. Especially in the spring morning, the lake mist like a veil, the embankment of smoke and willow as clouds, so there is the Su Causeway spring dawn.
Liu Lang Wenying is located in the southeast shore of the West Lake, Nanshan Road, near the Qingbo Gate. Here was originally the Southern Song Emperor's Imperial Garden - Polyglot Garden, the original Willow Wave Bridge, willow planted all along the lake, dense willow seems to hang a green tent on the lake. Spring breeze, blue waves flying, deep in the shade came from time to time Niko warbler sound. Therefore, it is called Willow Wave Wenying. Now expanded into a night park, the area from the original corner of the land expanded to 17 hectares, the park is divided into friendship, wenying, gathering Jing and South Park 4 scenic spots. Wenying Pavilion has a new bird paradise, where hundreds of birds fly, singing and dancing. The park is full of green grass and flowers. The original Quyuan Wind Lotus is at the north end of the Su Causeway under the Rainbow Bridge (where Kang Xi inscribed the monument). In the Song Dynasty, there was a courtyard where official wine was brewed, and many lotus flowers were planted in it. The depths of the lotus were full of fragrance, so there was the saying of "Wind Lotus in the Qu Yuan". Nowadays, the Quyuan Wind Lotus is hundreds of times bigger than the original one, and the layout is very exquisite. There are countless kinds of lotus flowers on the vast water surface of the Lotus Appreciation Area. The lotus-appreciation corridors, pavilions, pavilions, and pavilions built along the water are simple and elegant, and they reflect the green clouds and the fragrance of the lotus. There is also the West Lake Forest Resort. Park in the dense forest area, sky-high trees, shade, rather like the old forest. The forest erected blocks of elevated birch structure huts, as well as wooden plank bungalows, as well as cooking utensils, for visitors to camp picnic.
Pinghu Autumn Moon is located at the west end of the White Causeway, facing the water on three sides and backed by the Lone Mountain. In the Tang Dynasty, a pavilion was built here to look at the lake. Qing Kangxi 38 (1699) was rebuilt as the Royal Book Building, and in front of the building picked out the water paved platform, set up a monument Pavilion, so the title is Pinghu Autumn Moon. Being on the platform, looking out over the West Lake scenery, rain or shine are interesting, especially the moon in the sky on the autumn night, a colorful lake light of ten thousand hectares of autumn, more full of poetic and picturesque.
San Tan Yin Yue in the West Lake, one of the three islands around the small Yingzhou. The base of the island is Su Dongpo organization, dredging the West Lake, with the digging out of the turnip mud piled up and became, the Ming Dynasty and built along the island of the circular embankment ridge, which constitutes the island in the lake, the island in the lake, like Penglai immortal island of the wonderful situation, and thus named the small Yingzhou. Now there are curved bridges and chic pavilions and pavilions on the island. Under the cover of green clouds and lotus fragrance, the landscape is rich in levels and profound. There are three beautifully shaped small stone towers on the water south of the island of Yingzhou, which are the coordinates set up in the deep water when Su Dongpo organized the dredging of the West Lake. They were rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty in the same style as today. Autumn night, the moon in the sky, such as in the tower on the lamps and candles, the hole covered with thin paper, light from which the light comes out, it is like a small moon reflection in the water, constituting the sky moon round, the lake shadow into three of the beautiful scenery. Three pools and the moon thus named.
Leifeng Sunset West Lake on the south shore of Mount Xizhao, the old Leifeng Pagoda, for the King of Wu-Yue in 975 years to celebrate the Huang Fei child and built, named Huang Fei Pagoda. Later, because the tower on the hill named Leifeng, renamed Leifeng Tower. When the sun shines in the west, the tower's shadow is brilliant in the sky. Leifeng sunset thus named. When Leifeng Pagoda was first built, it had 13 floors and could be climbed. After the fire in the Ming Dynasty, it was changed to 7 layers, and later became 5 layers and 8 sides. Leifeng Pagoda and the protection? Pagoda across the lake opposite, so there is a north-south confrontation, a lake reflecting the two towers, Leifeng like a cassock, Paul? As a young girl said. Twin towers on the lake, double shadow in the water, and the three islands in the lake, Su Bai two dykes reflect each other, has given visitors to add an infinite sense of beauty, but also brought a wealth of myths and historical legends, so that many poets and painters throughout the ages to fall in love with it. Later, Leifeng Tower was stolen by the townspeople brick, digging out the base of the tower, September 25, 1924 afternoon collapsed. Leifeng sunset a scene is therefore only a beautiful name. The State Council in May 1983 approved the "Hangzhou City Master Plan" has made it clear: to restore one of the ten scenic views of the West Lake, and for the folk Leifeng Pagoda, which has been widely circulated. In the near future, this attraction will regain its luster.
Nanping Evening Bells refers to the bells and chimes of the Jingci Temple under Nanping Mountain. Jinci Temple was built in 954 by the King of Wu Yue for the monk Yongming Zen Master, originally named Yongming Zen Temple, renamed Jinci Zen Temple in the Southern Song Dynasty, and is one of the four major jungle temples in West Lake. There is a big bell in front of the temple, and every evening, the sound of the bell echoes in the smoke and haze, which brings people into the mood of the Jade Screen, the green roaches and the evening smoke, and the sound of the bell in the blue temple falling into the cuiwei. Nanping Evening Bell and Leifeng Sunset across the road, the tower shadow bell sound composed of the West Lake in two of the ten most fascinating evening scenery. Jingci Temple is also accompanied by the myth and legend of Jigong, and there is a wood-carrying well in the temple, which attracts countless tourists to come and watch. Since the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Jingci Temple, sometimes rise and fall, 1959, 1984, after two renovations have been restored to a new, newly cast a weight of 15,000 kilograms of copper bell, the melodious sound of the bell and echo in the night sky of Xizi Lake.
Broken Bridge Broken Snow Broken Bridge is the eastern starting point of the White Causeway, which is located at the watershed of the Outer Lake and Beili Lake. The name of Broken Bridge originated from the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Hu's line about the broken bridge and the moss and astringency, and because the road to Lushan Mountain was broken here, it was named Broken Bridge. The story of "The Legend of the White Snake", one of the four great Chinese folk legends, took place here. The old stone arch bridge with steps, the bridge in the center of the pavilion, winter snow, the bridge to the sunny side of the ice and snow melt, the shade is jade silver store, the bridge is like an inch broken, and like the bridge and dike broken, constituting a peculiar landscape, due to the name of the Broken Bridge snow.
Shuangfengjieyun is located in Lingyin Road, Hongchun Bridge, Shuangfengjieyun Royal Monument Pavilion is located. The Twin Peaks refer to the most famous South Peak and North Peak in the South and North branches of the Tianzhu Mountain Range. The two peaks face each other, more than 10 miles apart. Mountain rain, to the towering peaks look, thick clouds such as the distant mountains, and distant mountains and light like floating clouds, is the cloud is the mountain, a hazy, difficult to distinguish, the peaks of the twin peaks of hidden inserted into the clouds. At this time, the tourists as facing a huge ink landscape painting, the sea of clouds, the peaks hidden. This is how the Twin Peaks got its name.
Huagang Guanyu is located at the south end of Su Causeway, north of Xishan Mountain, it is the largest first-class park in the West Lake scenic area. In ancient times, it was called the Flower Harbor because a small stream flowed into the West Lake from Huajia Mountain. In the Song Dynasty, there was Lu Garden under Huajia Mountain, which was the private garden of Lu Yunsheng, a chamberlain of the Southern Song Dynasty. Inside the garden, fish were planted, and the scenery was so picturesque that it was labeled by painters with the name of Huagang Guanyu (Flower Harbor for Fish Watching). The garden was abandoned and rebuilt during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. This attraction was only a monument, a pavilion, a pool and three acres of land, has been built into a large park covering an area of more than 20 hectares. Flower port fish, fish as the center, through the large lawn, is the fish paradise, visitors gathered around the fish pool bait, fish tossing the water, chasing and competing for food, red light wave sound, colored sound, presenting a number of fish music people are also happy with the scene. <br