Hangzhou West Lake Travel Guide (with road map)

West Lake in Hangzhou has been a lake with great historical and cultural value since ancient times. Famous humanistic intellectuals in history have left many chapters here, and many traditional folk fairy tales in China are also related to the West Lake. This is a detailed travel guide to Hangzhou West Lake.

Hangzhou is a romantic and beautiful place. "There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below" and "Hangzhou is the most memorable place in Jiang Nanyi. Looking for osmanthus in the temple under the moon, watching the tide on the pillow in the county pavilion. What's more, revisiting the old place is enough to show people's love for Hangzhou. Hangzhou, one of the seven ancient capitals of China, has a history of more than 2,200 years since Qinjian County.

There are two national scenic spots in Hangzhou: the 3354 West Lake Scenic Area and the "Two Rivers and Two Lakes" Scenic Area. Two national nature reserves: Tianmu Mountain and Qingliangfeng Nature Reserve, 1000 days; Seven national forest parks: Qiandao Lake, Daqishan, Wuchaoshan, Fuchunjiang, Qingshan Lake, Banshan and Tonglu Yaolin Forest Park;

-Zhijiang National Tourism Resort, National Tourism Resort; -Xixi National Wetland Park, the first national wetland in China. Hangzhou also has 25 national key cultural relics protection units and 9 national museums. Among so many scenic spots, Hangzhou West Lake is the representative of Hangzhou.

1, Introduction of West Lake

Located in the west of Hangzhou, West Lake is the main ornamental freshwater lake in China. The West Lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides. The lake is separated by an isolated mountain, Bai Causeway, Su Causeway and Yang Gongdi. According to the size of the area, it is divided into five water surfaces, namely Waixi Lake, Xili Lake, Beili Lake, Hu Xiaonan Lake and Yuehu Lake. Su Causeway and Bai Causeway pass through the lake, and three artificial islands, Zhou Xiaoying, Hu Xinting and Ruan Gongdun, stand in the center of Waixi Lake. The Leifeng Pagoda in Zhao Xi and the Baota in Baoshishan set each other off in the lake. One of the most famous is the Ten Scenes of West Lake.

The name of the Ten Scenes of the West Lake originated from the landscape paintings of the Southern Song Dynasty. These ten scenic spots are all near or in the West Lake. The top ten scenic spots are Autumn Moon in Pinghu, Chunxiao in Su Causeway, Broken Bridge Snow, Leifeng Sunset, midnight in Nanping, Fenglian in Quyuan, Fish Watching in Huagang, Sniffing Warbler in Liulang, Santanyue and Shuangfeng Cloud. Most of the top ten scenic spots named by 1984 are located in the mountainous areas around the West Lake, such as Yunqi Bamboo Trail, Manlong Guiyu, Tiger Run Mooncherry, Longjing Tea, Jiuxi Smoke Tree, Wushan Tianfeng, Soft Pier Wall, Huanglong Cuitu, Jade Emperor Feiyun, Gem Liuxia and so on. In 2007, Three Comments on Ten Scenes of West Lake updated the ten scenic spots of West Lake to Lingyin Zen, Liuhe Listening to Taoism, Moon Bathing Qixia, Sunny Rain by the Lake, Qianci Biao Zhong, Song Wan Academy, Di Yang Jingxing, Santai Yunshui, Meiwu Chunzao and North Street Dream.

2. Route recommendation

There are many scenic spots in the West Lake. If you don't want to run around in it, you'd better be prepared in advance. After all, some scenic spots are more beautiful at a certain time, so I will cut some scenic spots to introduce them.

3. Hangzhou specialty

West Lake Longjing West Lake Longjing, a kind of green tea and one of the top ten famous teas in China, has a history of 1200 years. When Qianlong visited the West Lake in Hangzhou, he praised Longjing Tea of the West Lake and named eighteen tea trees in front of Gong Hu Temple under Shifeng Mountain as "Imperial Tea". The appearance is flat and pretty, the color is green, the essence is pure and fragrant, soaked in a cup, and the bud leaves are green. Known as "green, fragrant, sweet and beautiful".

Hangzhou Silk Hangzhou Silk has a long history, light and soft texture, bright colors and various varieties. Perennial production of silk, satin, cotton, spinning, crepe, twill, silk and other 14 categories, more than 200 varieties, more than 2000 colors. The picture is novel, rich and luxurious, with distinct flowers and vivid characters. Many products have won national ministerial or provincial quality product awards and exported to more than 100 countries and regions in the world.

Wang Fan is a traditional handicraft in Hangzhou, as a fan manufacturer with a century-old shop. Hangzhou Fan is as famous as Hangzhou Silk and Longjing Tea, and is known as' Hangzhou Three Musts'. We mainly produce black paper fans, sandalwood fans, fragrant wood fans, white paper fans, silk fans, decorative fans and dance fans. Hangzhou fans have a long history and are absolutely exquisite.

The mature ducks raised in that year were selected as raw materials, pickled first and then made into sauce, and carefully made. Their meat color is chestnut, and the sauce is fragrant and oily, with endless aftertaste. Duck meat is rich in nicotinic acid, which is one of the two important coenzymes in human body. All kinds of sauced duck products have protective effects on patients with heart diseases such as myocardial infarction.

Tip: Opening hours of some scenic spots in West Lake:

Opening hours of Yin (Feilaifeng) scenic spot: May1-1October15 06: 30-18: 30; 65438+1October 16- 07:00- 18:30 on April 30th of the following year.

Opening hours of Wu Shan Chenghuangge Scenic Area: 07:30-2 1:30.

Opening hours of Huanglong Cave Scenic Area: 07:30- 17:30.

Opening hours of Yuemiao Scenic Area: 07:00- 18:00.

Opening hours of Ingrid Temple: 08:30- 16:30.

Opening hours of Pagoda of Six Harmonies Scenic Area: 06:30- 17:30.

Tiger Run Park is open at 06:00- 17:30.

Opening hours of night tour of Beijing Canal: 19:00, 19:30, 20:20.

Qian Wang Memorial Hall is open at 07:30- 17:00.

Opening hours of foreign affairs cruises: 08:00- 16:30.

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