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Justlikeagracefullady,charmingtheWestLakelookswhetherrichlymadeuporonlyslightlyso.Beingamasterworkofnature,itneighborsQiantangRiveronthesouthanddowntownHangzhouontheeast.Severalscenicsectionshaveshapedupafteraseriesofrefurbishmentsandrenovation,includingNorthernRoute,SouthernRoute,WesternRoute,Mid-lakeScenicZoneandNewLakefrontScenicSpot,allfullofenchantingfeaturesandhistoricalrelics.

BewitchingNaturalViews

SolitaryMountainandMid-LakeScenicZone

MajorScenicSpotsSolitaryMountain→XilingBridge→QiuJin’sTomb→YuquMemorialMuseum→XilingPrintingSociety→Dr.SunYat-senPark→CranePavilion→WenlangeLibrary（PavilionofLiteraryWaves）→JingyiAcademyofClassicalLearning→ZhejiangMuseum→AutumnMoonovertheCalmLake→theBaiCauseway→ThreePoolsMirroringtheMoon→Mid-lakePavilion→LordRuan’sMound

SolitaryMountainCoveringanareaofmorethan20hectaresandatanelevationof38meters,SolitaryMountainistheonlyisleofnatureandoneoftheearliestscenicresortsdevelopedhere.

Dr.SunYat-senPark

HavingbeenthetemporarydwellingplaceforbothEmperorKangxiandEmperorQiantongoftheQingDynastyduringtheirtriptoSouthChina,thisgardenwasreputedas“TemporaryImperialPalaceoftheWestLake.”In1927,itwasrenamedtocommemorateDr.SunYat-sen.

CranePavilion

LocatedatthenortheastfootoftheSolitaryMountain,thepavilionwasbuiltintheYuanDynastyandrebuiltin1915tocommemorateLinHejing,areclusivepoetoftheNorthernSongDynasty.Highlightshereincludeitsdouble-eave-coveredroofandtombofLinHejing.

WenlangLibrary

Builtinthe1782（47thyearduringthereignofEmperorQianlongoftheQingDynasty）andreconstructedin1880（6thyearduringregionofEmperorGuangxuoftheQingDynasty）,thislibrary,asamajorhistoricalculturalsite,isnowunderstateprotectionboastsitsmostpreciouscollectionSiKuQuanShu（ImperialCollectionofFour）,ahugeserialbookswithmorethan36000volumeswhichwascompletedin1787.

BaiCauseway

AdjacenttotheBrokenBridgeontheeastandtheSolitaryMountainonthewest,BaiCausewaynamedafterBaiJuyi（772-846）,afamousandtaishou（aprefecturechiefinfeudalChina）ofHangzhouintheTangDynastyhadthecausewaybuilt,itboaststheoldestdykeoftheWestLakeandhasgonethroughdifferentnamessuchasSolitaryMountainRoadintheSouthernSongDynastyandShijinCausewayinthelateMingDynasty.

Mid-LakePavilion

Beingoneofthethreeman-madeislesintheWestLake,theisleisfamousforapavilionwithdoubleeaves,Xieshanroofandrowsofglasstiles.ItwasoriginallycalledCranePavilionwhencompleteinthereignofJiajingoftheMingDynasty,butchangedtoMid-lakePavilionbecauseofitslocationintheWestLake.“PeacefulSightsintheCenteroftheLake”waslistedasoneoftheeighteenscenicsightsoftheWestLakeintheQingDynastyandwasrebuiltlaterin1953.

NorthernRouteScenicZone

MajorScenicSpotsWanghulouTeahouse→LingeringSnowontheBrokenBridge→PreciousStoneMountainFloatinginRosyCloud（BaochuPagoda）→GeMountain（BaopuTaoistTemple）→BodhiMonastery→YellowDragonCave→YueFei’sTempleandTomb→LotusFlowersintheBreezingWindingCourtyard→JadeBeltBridge→HangzhouBotanicalGarden→JadeSpring→ViewingPlumBlossomonLingfengMountain→YunsongLibrary→Pine-tree-bankedAncientPath→PeakFlyingfromAfar→LingyinTemple→TianzhuTemple→NorthPeak→TaoguangPavilion

GeMountain

LocatedatthenorthernbankoftheWestLakeandadjacenttothepreciousStoneMountainontheeast,GeMountainfeaturesitsgeologicalstructureofvolcanictuff,whichdistinguishesitfromanyothermountainsaroundtheWestLake.LegendgoesthatintheEasternJindynastyaTaoistmasterbythenameGeHongusedtolivearecluselifeontheMountainandsoughtwaysforelixir.TodaywecansstillseerelicsliketheplatformandwellwhereGeHongmadepillsofimmortalityandtheBaopuTaoistTemple,whichwasnamedafterhisTaoistname.

JadeSpring

JadeSpringcanbedatedbacktoasearlyastheQiDynasty（479-520）.AsoneofthethreefamousspringsoftheWestLake,itenjoysthesamereputationasthatofFlowersHarborandgotlistedasoneoftheEighteenViewsoftheWestLakeintheQingDynasty.

ViewingPlumBlossomonLingfengMountain

LocatedonthenorthoftheWestLake,thisfeaturesbrilliantplumblossomofdifferentbreedsalloverthemountain.DuringtheWuyueStatethereusedtobeaLingfengBuddhistTemple,coveredbylushandgreentrees.StretchesofplumtreeswereplantedhereintheMingDynastyandplumplantationgotwidelypopularizedduringthereignsofEmperorDaoguangandEmperorXuantongofQingDynasty.Withaplantingareaof12hectaresandabout50varietiesofplums,ithasboastedafamousplaceforviewofplumsinfullblossomsincethe1980s.

Pine-tree-bankedAncientPath

IntersectingtheLingyinRoadandleadingtotheLingyinTemple,thispathfeaturestoweringpinetreesonbothsidesandcameintoaviewasearlyastheYuanDynasty.Since1950,morevarietiesofpinetree,suchasmassonpineandloblolly,andotherspecieslikemapleandazaleawereplantedalongthepath.

NorthPeak

Standing314meterhigh,NorthPeakisamountainofquartzitestructuresituatedonthenorthoftheLingyinTemple.BeforetheSongDynasty,thereusedtobeapagodaonthetopofthemountain,soaringintotheclouds,which,togetherwiththeSouthPeak,formedthenameTwinPeaksPiercingtheClouds.Inthelastfewyears,aTVtowerandacableway（theonlyoneoftheWestLakearea）havesuccessivelybeensetup.ApoemtabletisalsoerectedwithChairmanMao’sClimbinguptheNorthPeak.

BeishanStreet

Extending2600meterslongfromtheBrokenBridgetoShuguangRoad,BeishanStreetistheonlyhistoricalandculturalstreetintheWestLakeScenicZoneandhasbeenreputedas“amuseumwithoutwalls.”Takingastrollalongthestreet,youcanmeethistoricalandculturalrelicsatanymoment.Thehighlighthereisthedistinctivebuildings.TheWestLakeExpoMuseum,whichwasopenedtothepubliconDecember1,2003,displaystheproductsfromtheWestLakeExpoof1929andtheexposafter1999.BodhiMonasterybuiltin1926featuresitsdelicategatetower.OtherhighlightsincludeBittsoftheFirstEmperoroftheQinDynasty,ManaoTemple,ZhangJingjiang’sFormerResidence,etc.

SouthernRouteScenicZone

HorsemanshipandArcherypracticingatPavilionBay→ChengLu→WestLakeHeavenandEarth→OriolesSingingintheWillows→YongjinPool（GoldGushingPool）→EmperorQian’sTemple→ShuangtouBridge→LeifengPagodainEveningGlow→JingciTemple→SweetOsmanthusRainatManlongVillage→PrinceBayPark→ViewingFishatFlowerHarbor→DreamingofTigeratHupaoValley→SixHarmoniesPagoda→ThemeParkofSongDynasty→NineCreeksMeanderingthroughMistyForest→Bamboo-linedPathatYunqi→Family’sMeiVillage.

HorsemanshipandArcheryPracticingatPavilionBay

LocatedintheLakesidePark,thisviewusedtobeoneoftheEighteenScenicSpotsoftheWestLakeintheQingDynasty,whenGovernorLiWeihadapavilionbuiltandgiventhenameJixianPavilion（gatheringthewitandwisdom）.TheplaceisalsocalledPavilionBayforit’ssurroundbywindingstreams.OffspringofBaQi（“EightBanner”oftheManNationalityintheQingDynasty）usedtopractiseridingandarcheryhere.

ChengLu

UsedtobethevillaofShengEnyi（the4thsonofShengXuanhuai,agiantindustrialistandoneofthefirstcapitalistsofChina）,thishousewitnessedthesecondnegotiationbetweenCommunistPartyandnationalistChinain1937.Later,JiangJieshi（aChinesemilitaryandpoliticalfigurewholedtheNationalistsagainsttherisingCommunistforcesandwasdrivenfromthemainlandtoTaiwan（1949）,whereheservedaspresidentofNationalistChinauntilhisdeath.）andSongMeilingspenttheirhoneymoonhere.

YongjinPool（GoldGushingPool）

LegendgoesthatitisQianYuanguan,emperoroftheWuyueState,thathadhispooldredgedandaface-liftwasgiventoitlater.ThepoolfeaturessculpturesofagoldenoxandZhangShun（oneoftheheroesinHeroesoftheMarshes,oneoftheChineseLiterarymasterpieces）gushingfromthewater.TheYongjinBuildingnearthepoolwasbuiltduringthereignofEmperorZhengheoftheNorthernSongDynastyand,intheSouthernSongDynasty,wastheveryplacewherecelebrationbanquetswereheldforthesuccessfulcandidatesinthehighestimperialexaminations.

EmperorQian’sTemple

OriginallynamedBiaozhongTemple,itwasbuiltinthenameofthefiveemperorsoftheWuyueState,allsurnamedQian.Memorialarchwaysweresetupalongthepavedpathleadingtothetemple,implyingthegreatcontributionsofthefiveemperorstotheWuyueState.Attheendofthepaththereisastatueandinfrontofthegatetherestandsacommercialarchwayofmeritsandvirtuesnamed“GongDeChongFang”dedicatedtoEmperorQianLiu’smemory.

WesternRouteScenicZone

MajorScenicSpots

YangCauseway→JinshaHarbor→Mao’sPier→SantaiMauntain→GuoVillage→GaiJiaotian’sTomb→HangzhouFlowerPark

YangCauseway

YangCausewayisnamedafterYangMengying,thenthemagistrateofHangzhou,thenthemagistrateofHangzhouwho,in1508,hadtheWestLakedredgedand,withthesiltdredgedup,hadthecausewaybankedup.Thesixbridgesonthecausewayarelocallynamedthe“InnerSixBridge,”which,togetherwiththesixbridgesontheSuCauseway,composethe“TwelveBridgeoftheWestLake.”SincetheTangDynasty,theInnerLakehadbeengraduallysilteduptheYa