The world-famous Great Wall of Wan Li, like a vigorous dragon, twists and turns and crouches on the land of China. The Great Wall of Wan Li, magnificent, is a miracle created by the working people in ancient China, and the most magnificent construction project in the world, which is unique in human history.
The Great Wall of Wan Li starts from Shanhaiguan in Hebei Province in the east and ends at Jiayuguan in Gansu Province in the west. It spans seven provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, including Hebei, Beijing, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi and Gansu, with a winding distance of 6,700 kilometers and an area of about10.3 million Li, so it is called the "Great Wall of Wan Li". When people mention the Great Wall, they often associate it with Qin Shihuang. In fact, during the Warring States period before the Qin Dynasty, many vassal states such as Yan, Zhao, Wei, Qin and Han were building the Great Wall to defend each other. Later, after Qin Shihuang unified the "six countries", it took more than ten years to connect the Great Wall built by various vassal countries and expand it on a large scale, making it the majestic Great Wall of Wan Li, which can also be said to be a major military defense measure after Qin Shihuang's reunification. But in many dynasties after the Qin Dynasty, the Great Wall continued to be built until the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that the great project of Wan Li Great Wall was finally completed at the end of Ming Dynasty, forming the scale and appearance of the Great Wall today.
The most prominent feature of the Great Wall is that it passes through mountains, deserts, grasslands and cliffs and is built with the ups and downs of the mountains. Because of the steep terrain, it stands like a flying oriental dragon. Between the Great Wall of Wan Li, countless watchtowers, beacon towers, passes and Fangcheng have been built at regular intervals. There are also many two-story forts built on the city wall. The top of the upper floor is a platform, surrounded by cribs and observation holes, which is convenient for observation and attack. There is a small brick house on the lower floor where soldiers can live and store food and weapons. There are many beacon towers on the commanding heights between the mountains inside and outside the Great Wall. This is used to transmit military information. Whenever the enemy attacks, the beacon tower is lit by smoke during the day and by fire at night, so that the news can spread to the capital quickly even if it is thousands of miles away. Another feature of the Great Wall is to build a Guancheng every 10 km. The size of Guanchengkou depends on the degree of terrain danger and military importance. Among them, the famous Guancheng include Shanhaiguan, Juyongguan, Badaling, Yanmenguan and Jiayuguan. For example, Juyongguan is built 50 kilometers northwest of Beijing. It is built in a deep mountain canyon about 20 kilometers long. The terrain is dangerous, and there is a tendency that "one person guards it and ten thousand people can't". It is the northwest gateway of ancient Beijing, and its geographical position is very important.
In the center of Juyongguan, there is also a white marble platform called Yuntai. Originally, there were three stone pagodas built on Yuntai, which were built in the Yuan Dynasty and have now been destroyed. There is a hexagonal doorway under the platform. On the stone walls on both sides of the gate, there are four heavenly kings and many beautifully shaped Buddha statues carved. The four heavenly kings look bright-eyed and full of strength. There are a large number of stone statues at the door, as well as Buddhist scriptures carved in Chinese, Xixia and Tibetan. These statues and stone carvings were also carved in the Yuan Dynasty, which have high artistic value. Badaling is a part of Juyongguan, with an altitude of 1000 meters and steep terrain. Because the Badaling Great Wall section is particularly steep and majestic, and it is close to Beijing, it was renovated after liberation, and it has been listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit, and now it has become a popular tourist attraction for people at home and abroad.
When you climb the highest beacon tower of Badaling Great Wall, from a distance, the winding Great Wall looks like a dragon, climbing the mountain and swimming to the distant horizon; Look at the fortresses of the Great Wall, one after another, one after another, endless and vast. Seeing such a magnificent scene, a sense of national pride arises spontaneously; The tall and long Great Wall is built on high mountains and cliffs, and the construction difficulty is unimaginable. At this time, you may think: it will be very hard for us to climb the Great Wall empty-handed, so how did we build such a magnificent Great Wall without any construction machinery in ancient times? No wonder people praise the Great Wall as a miracle of human activities, a monument in the history of human civilization and a symbol of the wisdom, strength and indomitable spirit of the Chinese nation. Therefore, the Great Wall is listed as a "World Cultural and Natural Heritage" protection project by the United Nations.
Huangshan, Anhui
Huangshan Mountain, located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the south of Anhui Province, is a famous scenic spot in China. Huangshan Mountain, with beautiful peaks and flowing clouds, is famous all over the world, especially for its pines, rocks, clouds and springs, and is known as the "Huangshan Wonder" on the land of China. Xu Xiake, a geographer in the Ming Dynasty, once commented that "the five mountains return without looking at the mountains, and the Huangshan Mountain returns without looking at the mountains", which means that after visiting five famous mountains such as Mount Tai, Huashan and Hengshan, he will not look at other mountains; If you have been to Huangshan Mountain, you don't have to go to Wuyue Mountain. After a foreign friend swam through Huangshan Mountain, he was full of praise for its scenery: "The scenery of Huangshan Mountain is the best in the world."
Huangshan has a vast area, and Fiona Fang covers an area of about 150 square kilometers. Here, the peaks overlap and the peaks are connected; The famous Lotus Peak, Tiandu Peak and Guangmingding, which stand in the middle of Huangshan Mountain, are the three main peaks of Huangshan Scenic Area. These peaks are all above 1, 800 meters above sea level, with steep peaks and towering mountains. There are thousands of peaks and valleys around the three main peaks, and there are more than 30 famous scenic spots/kloc-0, including two lakes, three waterfalls, twelve springs, twenty ponds, twenty-four streams and seventy-two peaks. Huangshan scenic area, the peaks are tall and straight, the strange rocks are in various shapes, and the springs and pools are connected to compete for each other; The magical power of nature has created the unique and charming wonders of Huangshan Mountain. Here, "strange pines, strange rocks, sea of clouds and hot springs" are the four wonders, and they are called "Four Wonders of Huangshan Mountain".
Climb the Yuping Tower at the southern foot of Huangshan Mountain, climb along the mountain road, pass by Ciguang Pavilion, and then go up to Banshan Temple. You can see the Yuping Tower at first sight. On the edge of the cliff next to Manjusri Cave and Yuping Building, I saw a beautiful, simple and vigorous Millennium Gu Song. It is the famous Huangshan welcoming pine at home and abroad. Like a hospitable host, it extends a powerful "arm" to welcome tourists from all directions and is a symbol of the beauty of Huangshan Mountain. Strange pines like Huangshan Mountain are rare in other famous mountains, but there are quite a few in such a strange Gu Song as Huangshan Mountain. There are ten famous pines in Huangshan Mountain, such as Pu Tuan Pine at the foot of Niubi Mountain, which are dense and dense, especially like a cushion for monks to meditate on, and you can sit cross-legged. At the beginning of Xinfeng, the black tiger pine stands proudly in the mountains with tall and straight trunks and lush foliage, just like an incarnation of Hei Hu; Wolong is next to the peak of the book case, lying on the stone wall, with full horns, which looks like a dragon about to fly ... There are also many famous exotic pines, such as sister pines, guest pines, Fujian pines and United pines, which symbolize unity and friendship; Sea pine and overlord pine symbolizing fortitude and courage; Phoenix pine, unicorn pine, dragon claw pine and so on in the name of rare birds and animals. These strange pines are not only beautifully shaped, but also mostly hang and stand on the strange peaks and rocks. Whenever a gust of wind blows, the trees shake and move, and "the wind is like a flute and the pines are like the sea" brings a unique beauty to Huangshan Scenic Area.
Huangshan Mountain is a strange stone besides a strange pine. Some people say that Huangshan is a world of strange peaks and rocks. Climbing eastward from Banshan Temple, you can see Tiandu Peak, which is one of the three main peaks. Altitude 18 10 meters, steep and towering. There is a boulder on the peak, which looks like a rooster at first glance. It is said that the golden rooster is called Tianmen. Continue to climb, and you will reach Panlongpo. Look back. The "rooster" on Tiandufeng disappeared, but it became five old people holding hands, called "the five old people in heaven". It turns out that the strange rocks in Huangshan Mountain change in different directions, that is to say, when tourists look at these huge rocks from different angles, different changes will occur, so the "strange rocks" are called a must. Huangshan's strange rocks, grotesque rocks and lingshi are all over the peaks, slopes and canyons. Because of long-term weathering, the rocks in Huangshan Mountain have different shapes, either round and straight, or broken vertically and horizontally. They have various shapes, such as pens, bamboo shoots, knives, forests and so on. And they are like figures, like birds and beasts, like sculptures, full of fun.
Climb the Yuping Building at an altitude of 1, more than 700 meters, stand on Manjusri Terrace and look around. Tiandu Peak and Gengyunfeng are in the east, and Lianhua Peak and Lianxin Peak are in the north. Surrounded by opposite peaks and mountains, the clouds float in the mountains, and the peaks and mountains are hidden from time to time. The scenery is wonderful and spectacular. If you go to Huangshan Mountain, you must reach Tiandu Peak. It is often said that "if you don't climb Tiandu Peak, you will be empty". The most thrilling part of climbing Tiandu Peak, called "crucian carp back", is a gap on the cliff, with a width of only about one meter, and it is a mountain with a length of 10 meters. Like the back of a big crucian carp exposed to the water, there are abyss on both sides of the back. Climbing Tiandu Peak and walking through this stone ridge will inevitably lead to some trepidation. Climbing to Tiandu Peak, I saw the path up the mountain, just like a rope ladder hanging on a cliff. Overlooking the mountains, thousands of peaks are beautiful, Yunshan is connected, and rivers are on the line. This is indeed a miracle.
Lotus Peak stands in the north of Tiandu Peak, the highest peak in Huangshan Mountain, with an altitude of 1.873 meters. Its main peak stands out and is surrounded by surrounding peaks. Seen from a distance, it looks like a blooming lotus. To the north of Lotus Peak is Guangmingding, with an altitude of 184 1 m. It is one of the three main peaks of Huangshan Mountain, and it is a scenic spot to watch the sunrise and the sea of clouds. Looking from the top of the mountain, I saw clouds. The whole mountain area is like a sea of Wang Yang, only the tops of some high mountains are exposed above the sea of clouds, just like islands in the sea. This is Tianhai. If you watch the sunrise at the top of the mountain in the morning, the scenery is spectacular. You can only see a rosy dawn on the wall that day, and it will soon be golden. A red sun rises slowly from the mountain peak, staining the vast sea of clouds and turning the heavy xiufeng into red. The boundless and beautiful sea of clouds is a unique spectacle of the sea of clouds in Huangshan Mountain. Huangshan has a vast sea of clouds, and the "five seas" are connected and spread all over the front and back mountains. East of Baieling is the East China Sea, which can be seen from the East China Sea Gate. To the west of Danxia Peak and Feilai Peak is the West Sea, which can be seen in Paiyun Pavilion of Beihai Hotel. South of Tiandu Peak and Lotus Peak is the South China Sea, which can be viewed from Yuping Building. North of Danxia Peak, Lion Peak and Shixin Peak is the North Sea, which can be viewed from the balcony. The southeast of Guangmingding is Tianhai, and the best viewing place is of course Guangmingding.
Huangshan's turquoise wonders are no strangers, mainly the beauty of springs, waterfalls, ponds and streams. As long as you enter the embrace of Huangshan Mountain, springs and streams can be seen everywhere. Some springs suddenly flow out from between the mountains and the rock walls, forming waterfalls and rushing thousands of miles. The famous waterfalls are Baizhang Waterfall, Jiulong Waterfall and Herringbone Waterfall. The mountain spring flows from Ziyun Peak and Tiandu Peak and rushes to Baizhang Cliff, forming Baizhang Waterfall. Between censer peak and Luohan peak, the waterfall falls at the speed of 10%, and every time it falls, it falls into a pool. Nine waterfalls, such as nine white dragons, are magnificent, so they are called Jiulong Waterfall. Between Ziyun Peak and Zhusha Peak, clear springs pour down on the left and right side walls, forming a herringbone waterfall, so it is called herringbone waterfall.
Huangshan Mountain is called "Four Wonders" because of its beautiful scenery. Some people summed it up as: steep skyscrapers, brilliant clouds and colorful weather; Qingfeng is lush and dense, with different shapes; Clouds of smoke are misty and undulating like the sea; The ingenious stones are scattered all over the floor, lifelike; Flowing spring water gushes all year round, colorless and tasteless, and can be drunk and bathed. Some people say that the beauty of Huangshan Mountain is better than that of famous mountains. It combines the majesty of Mount Tai, the precipitousness of Mount Huashan, the smoke clouds of Mount Hengshan, the waterfalls of Mount Lushan, the strange rocks of Yandang Mountain and the beauty of Guilin landscape. It is the most distinctive mountain in China and a world-famous scenic spot.
Summer resort
Summer resort, also known as Jehol Palace, is located in Chengde City, Hebei Province. It is very high-lying, surrounded by mountains and has a pleasant climate. It is the palace of the Qing emperor for summer vacation and government affairs. Chengde is bordered by Beijing in the south and Mongolia and other ethnic minority areas in the north, and its geographical position is of special significance. It also has favorable geographical conditions such as grasslands, rivers, canyons, hot springs, etc. It is the most ideal place for the Qing Dynasty to contact the leaders of northern Mongolia and other ethnic minorities, consolidate the northern border defense, and patrol and hunt in the north. Therefore, the Jehol Palace was built here in the 42nd year of Qing Emperor Kangxi (1703), and it was not completed until the 55th year of Qianlong (1790). Jehol Palace covers an area of about 5.64 million square meters, with more than one building 1 10, and the city wall twists and turns up to 10 km. It is the largest existing ancient royal palace in China. Jehol Palace is surrounded by mountains and waters, with undulating mountains, lush vegetation, palaces and pavilions, and lakes and swamps dotted around. The scenery is very charming. This palace is large in scale, vast in area and exquisite in craftsmanship. It is the most famous and largest royal garden in China and the largest existing royal garden in the world. Because there was no summer heat here in June and a strong wind blew in September, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty wrote the name of "Summer Resort" at the meridian gate in front of the main hall.
The whole building complex of the summer resort is divided into three parts: palace area, garden scenic area and Waiba Temple. Palace area mainly includes four groups of palaces in the southeast: Gong Zheng, Song Hezhai, Wanhe, Song Feng and Dongfang. The main hall is the place where the Qing emperor held a grand ceremony, which is quite similar to the pattern of the Forbidden City in Beijing. This hall is all made of nanmu, and there is no painting. The house is full of fragrance, and the courtyard in front of the hall has a towering Gu Song, which is even more majestic. When the Qing emperor stayed in the villa, he received princes of various ethnic minorities, envoys from various countries and other important ceremonies, all of which were held here. After the main palace, the imperial palace is the emperor's bedroom, and its main building is the "Smoke House". There are seven halls, spacious and bright, with exquisite and rich internal layout. Whenever spring and summer turn or when the rain clears, the smoke waves are vast and refreshing; Therefore, Kangxi praised the villa for its "beautiful environment and ten miles of Pinghu, which makes people relaxed and happy". Song Hezhai is on the east side of the main hall, which is the bedroom of the empress dowager and concubines; The palaces here mainly include the Gate Hall, Song Hezhai, Suicheng Hall, Leshou Hall and Changyuan Building. , self-contained, but smaller than the main hall. Behind Songhezhai is Wanhe Songfeng. On the north side of the main palace, it is mainly composed of Wanhe Songfeng, Jianzhizhai, Jingjiashi, Yihe study and so on. It is the earliest first-class building in the palace area. The architectural layout here is flexible, with the characteristics of southern gardens, and there are many Gu Song around, which is why it has this title. Wanhe Song Feng is the main hall with beautiful scenery. Kangxi and Qianlong sometimes read the memorial here, summoned hundreds of civil and military officials, or enjoyed the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains.
Three Gorges on the Yangtze
The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is an alpine canyon formed by the vertical cutting of the northern and southern Wushan mountains by the Yangtze River. It starts from Baidicheng, fengjie county, Sichuan, and ends at Nanjinguan, Yichang, Hubei, with a total length of more than 200 kilometers. It is a famous Yangtze River Canyon landscape in China. From west to east, it is divided into three canyons: Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge, hence the name "Three Gorges". The Three Gorges on both sides of the Yangtze River are famous for their high mountains, deep valleys, cliffs, swift rivers, beautiful peaks and changeable clouds and rains. The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River can be said to be a strange beauty created by nature on the mountains and rivers. It combines the majesty of Mount Tai, the preciseness of Mount Hua, the magic of Mount Huang and the changes of Mount Lu, and is famous in China for its magnificent mountains and rivers and deep peaks and forests.
Qutang Gorge, the head of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, starts from Fengjie Baidicheng in the west and reaches Daxi Town in Wushan in the east. This canyon is about 8 kilometers long. It is deep and narrow, and the narrowest place is only a few tens of meters. It is the narrowest and most dangerous section of the Yangtze River waterway. Fengjie was called Kuizhou in ancient times. There are Zhu Gekongming's "Eight Arrays", Liu Bei's Yong 'an Palace and Gongsun Shu's Emperor Bai Di City. On the cliff wall of Xiakou Cliff, there are five Chinese characters "Kuimen is the best in the world", which are very eye-catching and show the wonders here. When the boat rushed out of Fengjie with the waves of the river, the people on board seemed to be standing on the water, and there was a feeling that "the peaks and mountains were sky-high, and the boat was out of the hole". The main landscapes of Qutang Gorge are: white wall stone carvings, upside-down monks and Meng Liang ladder. "Fenbi Stone Carving" is next to the ladder in Meng Liang, which extends horizontally over 100 meters and is tens of meters high. Since the Song Dynasty, there have been celebrity inscriptions, all kinds of lines, regular script and official seal, with different styles. Among them, Song Zhongxing Shengde Ode written by Zhao Gongshuo in the Southern Song Dynasty is dignified and dignified, which has been more than 800 years ago and has cultural relics value. To the east of Mengliang Body, the upside-down monk is an upside-down stalactite covered with green vines, small trees and weeds. From a distance, it looks like a bald monk tied with a rope. According to legend, he was sent by the traitor Pan Renmei to guard Yang Jiye's body, and was caught by Meng Liang and hanged. Mengliangti is located on the steep wall of Baiyan Mountain on the south bank of the canyon, which leads directly to the mountainside. After textual research, it is the site of Qutangxia Tiesuo Bridge after the Song Dynasty.
From Qutang Gorge, there is Wuxia Gorge, from Daning Estuary in Wushan in the west to Guandukou in Badong, Hubei in the east, spanning more than 40 kilometers across the border between Sichuan and Hubei. It is the longest, neatest, deepest and most beautiful section of the Three Gorges, also known as the "Grand Canyon". On both sides of the canyon, the peaks are protruding, the rocks are rugged, the cliffs are row upon row, the canyon is deep, and the clouds are gradually disappearing, which is the most magnificent section of the Three Gorges. If Qutang Gorge is like a "dangerous pass", then Wuxia Gorge is like a winding and deep natural landscape corridor. Surrounded by green hills on both sides of Wuxia Gorge, the peaks are like screens. Sometimes there are mountains in front of us, and sometimes there are mountains in the clouds. The most famous landscape in this canyon is the Twelve Peaks of Wushan Mountain. Twelve peaks in Wushan are all made of limestone, which is more than 0/000 meters above the river surface/kloc-and stands on the north and south banks of Xiajiang River. It is fascinating in various ways. After limestone was dissolved and eroded, people gave them an intuitive name according to their shapes, such as Wang Xiafeng, Jixian Peak, Shengquan Peak on the north bank of the river and Cuiping Peak, Fengfei Peak and He Jufeng on the south bank, among which Wang Xiafeng is the highest and most beautiful of the twelve peaks. Looking up at the summit, the prominent stone pillars on it look like graceful fairies, which is the "goddess peak". Regarding goddess peak, in ancient literary works, I imagined the goddess Wushan who acted in the morning and rained at dusk; There are also many legends and myths in this respect. According to legend, there is a story about "Goddess Sailing". The story says: In ancient times, Yao Ji, the youngest daughter of the Queen Mother, came to Wushan and saw a group of Long Zaitian fighting in the air, harassing the people; So she stopped and killed the dragon with her sword to save the people from harm. Later, she sent someone to help Dayu dig the Three Gorges and dredge the river, and personally came here to guide the ships. Finally, she stayed in the Three Gorges and became goddess peak. Looking down at the river, she is always the first to greet the morning glow and the last to see the sunset glow return. So goddess peak is also called Wang Xiafeng. In the martial arts landscape, there are the Kongming Monument under the Jifeng Mountain and the Qiu Feng Pavilion under the Jinshan Mountain, and each landscape has a folk story.
From Wuxia to Xiling Gorge, it starts from Xiangxikou in Zigui in the west and ends at Nanjinguan in Yichang in the east, with a total length of 75 kilometers, which is the last gorge of the Three Gorges. Xiling Gorge can be divided into two parts, the western part mainly includes Baojian Gorge, Niuganmafei Gorge and Kongling Gorge, and the eastern part includes Dengying Gorge (Yueming Gorge) and Huangmao Gorge (Yichang Gorge). The width of Xiling Gorge varies from west to east, and it is often a wide gorge and a narrow gorge, almost half; There are many reefs and beaches in Xiajiang River, and the water is turbulent, which is famous for its many beaches and urgent water. Green Beach, Discharge Beach and Kong Ling Beach are connected. Some of these dangerous beaches are rocks falling from both sides and some are gravel washed down by flash floods. At the dangerous beach, the water is boiling and thrilling, so there is a saying that "Xiling Beach is thick and thick, and the beach is full of ghosts". Most pedestrians passing by here covet the breathtaking magnificence of the deep and beautiful Wuxia Gorge, which adds many strange and steep landscapes to the magnificent scenery of the Three Gorges, but it will also cause many obstacles to the navigation of ships, so we should be more careful to ensure the safety of navigation. There are many landscape legends in Xiling Gorge. For example, Xiangxi in the canyon is said to be the water of Wang Zhaojun's hometown, saying that "Zhaojun lives by the water, washes his hands in the stream, and the stream smells good." In front of Huangniuyan on the south bank of Sandouping, there is Huangling Temple (formerly known as Huangniumiao), which was built in the Spring and Autumn Period. It is said that it was built to commemorate the meritorious service of Shenniu in helping Dayu to open a river to control water. The carved beams, painted columns and yellow Huarong columns in the temple are rare and magnificent landscapes in the Three Gorges. At the entrance of Xiling Gorge, there is a "three-tour cave" with a long history on Xiling Mountain, which is one of the famous caves in the canyon. Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, took his younger brother to visit this place, and then each of them wrote a poem and wrote it on the stone wall in the cave. Bai Juyi also wrote a preface to the three-hole tour, which was later called the first three tours. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Shi and his son also visited here. Each of them wrote a poem and wrote it on the stone wall in the cave. People call their father-son tour "the last three tours". "Sanyou Cave" is a limestone cave. There are many natural stalagmites, stone pillars and stone beds. Some of them were hit by stones and sounded bells or drums, forming three unique landscapes: "the sky bell, the earth drum and the chime bell". Bai Juyi's Preface to the Three Wandering Caves in the Ming Dynasty was carved on a stone tablet and still remains there.
The world-famous Three Gorges Project will start construction in Sandouping in the middle of Xiling Gorge. The designed dam height is1.85m. It is estimated that the normal water level is1.75m, and the water level in the upstream coastal reach will increase by 35-95m. After the completion of the dam, there will be a high gorge Pinghu with a width of 1 km, a reservoir length of 600 km and a total water surface area of about 600 square kilometers, making it an artificial "Mediterranean" in central China. At that time, the rocks, rapids, bubbles and rapids in the past will disappear, and they will be replaced by a high gorge and a flat lake, full of smoke and waves, towering peaks, lakes and mountains, and more spectacular scenery.
Hangzhou West Lake
West Lake is located in the west of Hangzhou, hence its name. West Lake, formerly known as Xizi Lake and Qiantang Lake, has been called West Lake since the Song Dynasty. Hangzhou West Lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the city on one side. The scenic spot can reach 50 square kilometers, but the water surface of the West Lake is only 6 square kilometers, and the circumference of the lake shore is about 15 kilometers. Su Causeway and Bai Causeway divided the lake into five lakes: Waihu, Lihu, Yuehu, Xili and Xiaonan. There are four islands in the West Lake: Gushan, Huxinting, Zhou Xiaoying and Ruangongdun. So people often use "one mountain, two dikes, four islands and five lakes" to summarize the scenery of the West Lake. In fact, there are many places of interest in the West Lake, about 40 places, and there are more than 30 key places of interest alone. The scenic spot of West Lake can be roughly divided into four scenic spots, namely, West Lake District, Beishan District, Nanshan District and Qiantang District. Since ancient times, there have been traditional famous landscapes in West Lake District: Su Causeway Xiao Chun, Liulang Wenying, Quyuan Fenghe, Pinghu Qiuyue, Santan silver moon, Leifeng Sunset, Nanping Late Bell, Broken Bridge Canxue, Shuangfeng, Huagang Fish Watching and so on.
Su Causeway, commonly known as Sugong Dike, starts from Nanping Road in the south and connects Quyuan Fenghe in the north, crossing the north and south of the lake area, with a total length of 2.8 kilometers; Walking on the embankment to see the spring dawn, the West Lake wakes up in the fog, with birds and flowers singing and the artistic conception moving, so it is called "Su Causeway Chunxiao", which is the first of the West Lake. The lakeside area between Jinmen and Qingbomen on the southeast coast of West Lake is a royal garden in the Southern Song Dynasty. There is a willow bridge in the garden and many willows are planted by the lake. Willow branches are like green curtains, the spring breeze blows, like blue waves rippling, and the cry of orioles comes from the depths of willow shade, hence the name "the willow waves smell the warbler". Now it has been expanded into a park with weeping willows, flowers and trees, and a cherry blossom and begonia in the center. Unique scenery. Located in the northwest of Hongqiao, south of Su Causeway and Hongchun Bridge, there is a liquor-making Qu Yuan with lotus roots planted in it. In late spring and early summer, lotus flowers are in full bloom and fragrant. "Lotus reflects the sun", hence the name "Qu Yuan Feng He". When the calm wind comes, tourists seem to enter a cool world. Located at the western end of Bai Causeway, surrounded by water on three sides and backed by isolated mountain. On the autumn night when the bright moon is in the sky, the lake is as calm as a mirror, hence the name "Pinghu Qiuyue"; There is an ancient poem that says, "Wanqing Lake is as long as land, and April and autumn are the best." On the surface of South Lake in Zhou Xiaoying Island, there are three small stone pagodas with unique shapes. These pagodas are about 2 meters high. These pagodas are hollow and have holes around them. If candles are lit in the stupa on a moonlit night, they will be reflected in the water, forming a scene of "the moon shines in the sky and the shadow is three in the lake". The scenery is beautiful. Leifeng Pagoda is also called Huangfei Pagoda. On the Zhaoqian Mountain on the south bank of the West Lake, whenever the sun sets in the west, the ancient seven-level Leifeng Pagoda is called "Leifeng Zhao Xi", which shines brightly under the mountain light and has a unique charm. According to folklore, the white snake was suppressed by the monk Fahai under this tower, which collapsed on September 25th, 1924. Jingci Temple at the foot of Nanping Mountain is one of the four jungle temples in West Lake. Whenever there is evening prayer, the bell of the temple rings from all directions, hence the name "Nanping Night Bell", which has a pleasant aftertaste and enlightens people. Broken bridge is also called Duan bridge. This bridge is located at the water dividing point between Lixihu Lake and Waixihu Lake, with one end connected to Huanhu North Road and the other end connected to Bai Causeway. Whenever it starts to snow, the snow on the bridge vault melts first. From a distance, it seems that the bridge is broken, and it seems that the bridge and the embankment are disconnected. This is "broken snow"; According to legend, White Snake and Xu Xian once met on this bridge. Surrounding the north and south of the West Lake are Nanfeng and Beifeng. The two peaks are far apart. In the vast sea of clouds, the peaks are faintly visible, as if they were inserted in the sea of clouds, and they are called "Twin Peaks Inserting Clouds". On the oasis between Yingbo Bridge and Suolan Bridge in Su Causeway, West Lake is the largest park in the lake area. There are many scenic spots in the park, such as Red Fish Pond, Peony Garden, Big Lawn and Huagang. There are many kinds of plants in the park, with flowers in all seasons. It is a scenic spot integrating flowers, harbor and fish.