June 24, 2022, is the 11th anniversary of the official inscription of West Lake in the World Heritage List, and it is also an annual Hangzhou West Lake Day. On the same day, all 17 paid scenic spots around the West Lake were open to the public for free, sharing the beauty and charm of the world cultural heritage.
The mountains and hydrology of the West Lake are born from the scenery, and the scenery is passed down through the text. The scenery of lakes and mountains complements each other. Under the continuous precipitation of rich culture in the past dynasties, the mountains and rivers of the West Lake and the islands, bridges and culverts, pavilions, pavilions, etc. are integrated and infiltrated.
The pavilions, lofts and pavilions, as an organic part of the West Lake landscape architecture, contain rich history and culture. Between Feilai Peak and Lingyin Temple, there is a cold spring pavilion by the clear water, Daiwa Zhuzhu, and Zen is full. When the pavilion was built, the couplets on the Lengquan Pavilion “When did the spring get cold, and where did the peaks come from?” were inscribed by Dong Qichang, a painter and calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty, and written by Xu Linlu today. The pavilion has become a far-reaching scenic spot in the West Lake.
Su Shi, a great writer of the Song Dynasty, left a lot of poetry and prose in Hangzhou. One day, he visited Wanghu Tower, just in time for the world The heavy rain and the rolling black clouds were written in “The Drunken Book of Wanghulou on June 27th”: “The black clouds turned over the ink and did not cover the mountains, and the white rain jumped into the boat. Heaven.” The poems are heroic and atmospheric, with endless aftertastes.
West Lake, as one of the most representative spiritual homes of literati in China, its pavilions and pavilions have been transformed into the spiritual sustenance of literati.
The West Lake Scenic Spot with “Three Sides of Clouds and Mountains, and Clear Water in the Middle” has more than 100 bridges of various sizes. These beautiful bridges with a long history and beautiful shapes form a chain of beautiful scenery of the West Lake.
The bridges of the West Lake are of various shapes, and it is very interesting to walk through them. “Xiaoyingzhou Nine-Bend Bridge” has twists and turns and different walks, connecting north and south, nine turns, three turns and thirty bends. Attracting people into the better.
The “Crossing Hongqiao” in the shape of a rainbow has the largest, longest and longest single-hole span among the six bridges in Sudi The embankment is lying on the wave, simple and elegant, the momentum is like a rainbow, it is very spectacular.
The “Jade Belt Bridge” with three holes in the bridge body and a ring-like shape is located in the middle section of Jinsha Embankment, connecting Jinsha Embankment with Su Causeway. The Jinsha Embankment was built in the Southern Song Dynasty. Li Wei, the governor of the Qing Dynasty, built the Jade Belt Bridge on the embankment. There are three holes on the bridge to drain water, which is like a belt ring, and the bridge can be used for ships to pass. There are bridge pavilions on the bridge, blue tiles and red columns, and the shape is light.
The West Lake means more than just a lake and a mountain for Hangzhou. The aesthetic pursuit of West Lake landscape gardens has become an extremely important part of the aesthetic system of Chinese garden culture, and has inspired people to express their love for landscapes for thousands of years. Today, the landscape and feelings of West Lake have been integrated into people’s ordinary life. The aesthetics and culture of West Lake have penetrated into the urban DNA of Hangzhou. (Source: Released by Hangzhou)