Hangzhou West Lake 2022 Travel Guide

Hangzhou West Lake is indeed a charming and characteristic lake for many people. Whether it is history, legend or natural landscape, it is the best urban lake in China. It has attracted a large number of tourists since ancient times. The attractions here are very rich. This is a guide to visiting West Lake during National Day.

Introduction to attractions

Since ancient times, "Hangzhou is the most beautiful of the thirty-six West Lakes in the world". The West Lake Scenic Area is dominated by the lake and consists of a large number of scattered trees and shrubs of different sizes. Plant landscaping is mainly used, with rich seasonal changes, supplemented by pavilions, platforms, buildings, pavilions, corridors, pavilions, bridges and pavilions.

Around the lake, there are green shades, lush mountains, painted bridges, smoked willows, and clouds and trees. Between the winding mountains, there are beautiful forests, springs and deep streams. The garden layout makes use of real mountains and rivers, history, culture, myths and legends, and embellishes the scenery with mountains beyond mountains, lakes within lakes, scenery beyond scenery, and gardens within gardens.

Hangzhou West Lake is not only a natural lake, but also a cultural lake. It is the product of the harmony between human beings and nature. This gene cannot be copied. The West Lake is known as "the masterpiece of heaven and man", so in spring "the embankment is full of flowers", in summer "red clothes and green fans reflect the clear waves", in autumn "the lake is a vast expanse of autumn", in winter "the white embankment is a touch of blue and white ink" ".

Since the famous scene, there have been famous scenes spread, such as "Spring Dawn on Su Di", "Qu Yuan Wind Lotus", "Autumn Moon on Pinghu", "Remaining Snow on Broken Bridge", etc. There is poetry in the name, there is painting in the name, and the beauty of the art of naming touches the natural landscape.

On May 8, 2007, it was officially approved by the National Tourism Administration as a national AAAAA tourist attraction. On June 24, 2011, Hangzhou West Lake was listed as a cultural landscape heritage in the World Heritage List, becoming China's 41st "World Heritage".

Attraction Guide

Ten Scenes of Old West Lake:

Origined from the title of West Lake landscape painting in the Southern Song Dynasty. Each of the ten scenic spots is special, but the most common point is that the scenic spots are all located near or within the West Lake. After the fall of the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, the ten scenic spots of the West Lake were once neglected and desolate, and it was difficult to find the scenic spots or the scenic spots pointed out by the old traces. In the Ming Dynasty, ten scenic spots were restored and achievements were made. In the thirty-eighth year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1699), Emperor Kangxi visited Hangzhou in the south and tasted the ten sceneries of the West Lake one by one, changing "Shuangfeng Chaoyun" into "Shuangfeng Chaoyun";

"Leifeng Sunset" "Red" (or "Red at Sunset at Leifeng") was changed to "Red at Sunset on Leifeng's Journey to the West"; "Nanping Evening Bell" was changed to "Nanping Little Bell". Although "Zhao Qian" and "Xiao Zhong" only changed one word, they have not been accepted by the public. Therefore, only in the works about the West Lake in the Qing Dynasty, there are these two changed scenery names. Later, when people wrote poems and lyrics, they still used the original name.

After Emperor Kangxi inscribed the Ten Scenes, local officials in Zhejiang successively wrote the names of the Ten Scenes with imperial pens, carved stones, erected monuments, and built pavilions to protect them. So far, the names of the ten scenic spots have been recorded in books in the past and have become symbols of the scenic spots where the ten scenic spots are located.

Later Emperor Qianlong visited Hangzhou in the south and wrote a poem for each of the ten sceneries, which was engraved on the back of the stone tablet, making the name of the Ten Scenic Spots of West Lake more widely known. In addition, there are many paintings, poems, travel notes and photos depicting the Ten Scenes in the Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and modern times, making the Ten Scenes recognized as representatives of the West Lake landscape.

Except for "Leifeng Sunset", the ten scenic spots of West Lake collapsed in 1924 and the landscape disappeared. The remaining nine scenic spots have been renovated, restored and expanded. Not only do they have a new look, but their content is more consistent with the names of the scenic spots.

Xiao Chun on the Su Causeway, Phoenix River in Qu Yuan, Qiu Yue on the Pinghu Lake, residual snow on the broken bridge, Liu Lang Wenying.

Hong Kong flower-viewing fish, sunset at Leifeng Peak, twin peaks in the clouds, Nanping evening bell, pri

Ancient poets and painters, such as the famous Bai Juyi, Su Dongpo, Liu Yong, Wu Changshuo, Huang, Pan Tianshou, et al. They all have an indissoluble bond with the West Lake, leaving behind the saying: "The clear water is good, the mountains are amazing when it rains;" To compare the West Lake with the West, it is always appropriate to make up for it lightly and heavily. ’ Famous articles that have been passed down through the ages are like Huazhang. West Lake is also more famous for its inscriptions and descriptions.

Myths and legends

West Lake has been popular with folk legends and myths such as "The Legend of the White Snake", "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" and "Su Xiaoxiao" since ancient times. The plots of "The Legend of White Snake" such as "Meeting on a Broken Bridge" and "The White Snake is crushed by the Leifeng Pagoda" are all related to the ten scenes of the West Lake.

It is said that the Jade Dragon and Golden Phoenix in the sky discovered a piece of white jade on the Fairy Island next to the Milky Way. They pondered together for many years, and the white jade turned into a bright pearl. Wherever the pearl shines, trees are evergreen and flowers bloom.

However, the treasure was later discovered by the Queen Mother, who sent heavenly soldiers to take it away. Jade Dragon and Jinfeng hurriedly went to hunt for treasure, but were rejected by the Queen Mother, so a fight broke out. As soon as the Queen Mother loosened her hand, the pearl fell to the human world and became the sparkling West Lake. The Jade Dragon and Golden Phoenix also descended to the human world and became the Yulong Mountain (i.e. Huangyu Mountain) and Phoenix Mountain.

Opening hours

Open all day, all year round.

Service facilities

Parking lot: Hangzhou West Lake parking lot reference price: 10/hour; address: West Lake Scenic Area parking lot; location: 50 yuan

Park transportation : Battery car and bus services are provided in the park.

Toilets: There are many toilets in the scenic area, and there are eye-catching signs near the ticket hall and the entrance to the scenic area.

Mother and Baby Room: The visitor center can feed, take care of babies, and change diapers for free in the baby care center.

Contact number

0571-87977767

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