上有天堂,下有苏杭”英语是: "Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." If you arrive by airplane, before the touchdown you must have already been pleasantly surprised to see a fascinating picture, in which the West Lake looks like a sparkling pearl imbedded in between a blue smudge of mountains and a metropolitan city, with the zigzagging Qiantang River floating by like a silver ribbon. Yes, the West Lake has all along been extolled as a sparkling pearl. Legend has it that the lake used to be an auspicious pearl hewn into its sparkling shape by the Jade Dragon and the Golden Phoenix but it was later stolen by the Mother Queen of the West. When Jade Dragon and Golden Phoenix scrambled with the Mother Queen, this pearl accidentally fell onto a land that was known as Hangzhou. This legend, which is certainly worlds apart from true history, sheds precious light on the fact that the West Lake is a treasure that the labouring people of Hangzhou have brought into shape through numerous generations of hard labour. The mention of the Tale of the white Snake in the foregoing indicates that for those who know something about Chinese culture, the West Lake is something of a dream. Apart from its dream-like beauty, the West Lake is also associated with so many other dream-like tales, such as the well-known Butterfly Lovers, the Legends about Lord Ji, the Story about Li Huiniang, as well as legends about such famous men of letters as Ge Hong, Lin Hejing, and Wu Changshuo. Just as Yu Qiuyu, a well-known prose writer, has it, the West Lake is a " lake that belongs to culture". My brief introduction may give you some idea about the saying that the West Lake has so many beautiful thing to offer that you can simply not take them all in. What this tiny pictorial album presents is merely a corner of the West Lake through the eyes of Zhang Keqing, a photographer from Hangzhou. Zhang's perspective of the West Lake, no matter how limited, serves to mirror the three-dimensional beauty of the lake. Such beauty, if interpreted according to your imagination, can conjure up a perfect picture of the famed West Lake.
西湖十景 Ten Views of the West Lake 断桥残雪 Melting Snow at Broken Bridge 平湖秋月 Autumn Moon over the Calm Lake 曲院风荷 Lotus in the Breeze at Crooked Courtyard 双峰插云 Twin peaks piercing Clouds 苏堤春晓 Spring Dawn at Su Causeway 三潭印月 Three pools mirroring the moon 花港观鱼 Viewing Fish at flower harbor 南屏晚钟 Evening bell at Nanping hill 雷峰夕照 Sunset glow at Leifeng pagoda 柳浪闻莺Orioles singing in the willows 新西湖十景 Ten New Views of the West Lake 宝石流霞 Precious stone hill floating in rosy clouds 黄龙吐翠Yellow Dragon cave dressed in green 满垅桂雨Sweet osmanthus rain at Mannjuelong 虎跑梦泉 Dream of the tiger spring 九溪烟树 Nine creeks in misty forest 龙井问茶 Enjoying tea at dragon well 云栖竹径 Bamboo-lined path at Yunqi 玉皇飞云 Flying clouds over jade Emperor hill 吴山天风 Sky wind over Wu Hill 阮墩环碧 Ruan Gong islet submerged in greenery 孤山 Solitary hill 楼外楼 LOU wailou restaurant 西泠印社Xiling Seal-Engravers’ Society 西泠桥和苏小小墓 Xiling bridge and Su xiaoxiao tomb 岳飞庙和墓 Yue Fei’s temple and his tomb 杭州花圃 Hangzhou flower nursery 杭州植物园 Hangzhou botanical garden 玉泉Jade spring 灵峰探梅 Visiting Lingfeng for plum bolssoms 灵隐寺 Lingyin Temple 杨公堤 Yang Gong causeway 郭庄 Guo’s villa 涌金池 YOngjin pool 钱王祠 King Qian’s temple 长桥 Long bridge 六和塔 Six harmonies pagoda( Liuhe pagoda) bore-watching 看潮、Qiantang Tide 钱塘潮 Dragon Well tea 龙井茶 Tea-picking 采茶 Tea House 茶 Hangzhou dishes 杭帮菜 Silk city 丝绸城 Hu Xueyan’s Former Residence 胡雪岩故居 The Street of clothes for women in Wulin Road 武林路女装街 Yellow Dragon Sports Center 黄龙体育中心
Hello ,my friends ! I am going to travel to Hangzhou in August ! My mood is very excited. Because I am going to see the old house of Lu Xun. I am going to ecplore the secrst of history. Heart with a heart of curiosity will always be a good harvest. Can made me worry is that the recent weather is not good.
I am afraid that the typhoon is coming. It is raining and natural disasters that make me unhappy when traveling. Anyway, i finished up the knowledge must be good to travel. To enrich myself !