The document summarizes the Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area in 3 sentences: The Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area is located in Hangzhou, China and covers 49 square kilometers including 6.5 square kilometers of lake surface. It features beautiful scenery such as mountains, lakes, and historical sites. The West Lake area has a subtropical climate and receives over 1500mm of rainfall annually, making it a popular tourist destination.

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Hangzhou West Lake Scenic
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eographic location:Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Level:AAAAA
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2. Famous scenery:Ten views of the West Lake
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Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area is located in the center of Hangzhou,
Zhejiang Province. It is divided into Hubin District, Huxin District,
Beishan District, Nanshan District and Qiantang District. The
beautiful lakes and mountains and numerous historical sites are
famous both at home and abroad. It is also a famous tourist
destination in China. For the paradise on earth. The height of the
mountains in the scenic area is no more than 400 meters. The ring is
arranged on the south, west and north sides of the West Lake. Among
them, Wushan and Jewel Mountain are like two arms, one south and
one north, extending to the urban area, forming a beautiful space in
Hangzhou. contour line. The total area of the scenic spot is 49 square
kilometers, including 6.5 square kilometers of lake surface. The lake
is the main body. The old name is Wulin Water, Qiantang Lake and
Xizi Lake. The Song Dynasty was called the West Lake. It consists of a
large number of shrubs and shrubs with different sizes and different
sizes; it is mainly plant landscaping, supplemented by pavilions,
terraces, buildings, pavilions, corridors, rafts, bridges and ridges.
West Lake is famous in Hangzhou, and Hangzhou is named after West
Lake. “The world’s West Lake thirty-six, the most beautiful is
Hangzhou.” On May 8, 2007, it was officially approved by the
National Tourism Administration as a national AAAAA-level tourist
attraction. On June 24, 2011, “West Lake Cultural Landscape of
Hangzhou, China” was officially listed on the World Heritage List.

3. Geographical environment
Position
Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area is located in the west of Hangzhou
City. It is located in the plain, hills, lakes and rivers. It is surrounded
by mountains on three sides and is adjacent to the urban area. It is
divided into Hubin District, Huxin District, Beishan District, Nanshan
District and Qiantang District. The total area is 49 square kilometers,
including 6.5 square kilometers of lake surface. West Lake is famous
in Hangzhou, and Hangzhou is named after West Lake.
Landform
Since ancient times, “the world’s West Lake thirty-six, the most
beautiful is Hangzhou.” The West Lake Scenic Area is dominated by
lakes. It consists of a large number of shrubs and shrubs with
different sizes and different sizes. It is mainly planted and
landscaped, with rich seasonal changes, supplemented by pavilions,
terraces, buildings, pavilions, corridors, bridges, bridges. .
Surrounded by the lake, surrounded by greenery, the mountains are
lush, the bridges are painted with willows and the clouds are caged.
Between the mountains, the forest is beautiful, and the stream is

4. deep. The layout of the garden is based on the true mountain water,
history and culture, myths and legends, and there are mountains
outside the mountains, lakes in the lake, scenery outside the scenery,
and gardens in the garden.
Climate
It is a subtropical monsoon climate with warm and humid climate and
four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 16.2 °C, the
average summer temperature is 28.6 °C, the average winter
temperature is 3.8 °C, and the frost-free period is 230-260 days. The
average annual rainfall is 1500 mm, and the average relative
humidity is also relatively high, between 70% and 85%. With the
weather conditions such as the reverse conversion of winter and
summer winds, obvious seasonal changes will occur, forming the
climatic characteristics of spring rainy, hot summer heat, cool
autumn, and dry winter. The city of Lianhai in the east of the city and
the Lianshan in the west have complex and diverse topography and
geomorphology. The geographical distribution of light, heat and
water is uneven, and the microclimate resources are abundant.
However, due to the instability of the monsoon in the duration and
intensity of the advance and retreat, it often leads to meteorological
disasters.

5. Mountain appearance
The mountains around the West Lake are not more than 400 meters
in height, but the peaks are stone show, and the forests are beautiful
and beautiful. According to the difference in lithology and the height
of the mountains, they can be divided into inner and outer circles.
There are North Peak, Tianma Mountain, Tianzhu Mountain and
Wuyun Mountain in the outer circle. The mountain body is mainly
composed of quartz sandstone. The lithology is relatively hard and
difficult to weather and eroded. The peaks and peaks are quite
beautiful, the rivers are vertical and horizontal, and the flowing
water is clear. It is the most probable area of the West Lake. There
are Feilaifeng, Nanfeng, Yuhuangshan, Fenghuangshan, Wushan,
Geling and Gemshan in the inner circle. The mountain is low. The
mountain is mainly composed of limestone, which is easily affected
by water flow, multi-cave, haze, water music and stone house. , Zilai,
Ziyun and other caves. The mountains around the West Lake are the
remnants of the Tianmu Mountain. From the west to the east, there
are like dragons and phoenixes. The predecessors have the poems and
mountains as “Dragon Flying Phoenix Dance to Qiantang”. These
peaks are arranged on the south, west and north sides of the West
Lake. Among them, Wushan and Jewel Hill are like two arms, one
south and one north, extending to the urban area, forming a beautiful
space outline of Hangzhou.

6. Hydrology
The West Lake is a semi-enclosed still water lake with green water
and lakes and mountains. For the nearly equiaxed polygon, the lake is
separated by Gushan, Baidi, Sudi, Yanggong Dike, and the size of the
area is the West Lake, Xili Lake (also known as “Post West Lake” or
“Low Lake”), Beili Lake ( Also known as “Lixi Lake”), Xiaonanhu (also
known as “South Lake”) and Yuehu and other five water surface, of
which the outer West Lake area is the largest. Gushan is the largest
natural island in the West Lake. Sudi and Baidi cross the lake. Three
artificial islands, Xiaoweizhou, Huxinting and Mekongdun, stand in
the heart of the West Lake, and the Leifeng Pagoda and Gem
Mountain in Xizhao Mountain The Baoding Tower is separated from
the lake, thus forming the basic pattern of “one mountain, two
towers, three islands, three dikes and five lakes”. The lake section is
connected by bridge holes. The water area of the West Lake includes
6.5 square kilometers of islands in the lake and 15 kilometers of
lakeshore. The deepest is about 5 meters, the shallowest is less than 1
meter, and the average water depth is 2.27 meters. The water body
capacity is about 14.29 million cubic meters. Hunan is 3.3 kilometers
long and 2.8 kilometers wide from east to west.
Since 2002, Hangzhou City has implemented the West Lake
Comprehensive Protection Project to comprehensively protect and
rectify the ecological protection, environmental optimization, cultural
continuity, and new rural construction of the West Lake, and
launched the “New West Lake” eight times in a row. Through the
West Lake dredging project and the Qiantang River water into the
lake, the water depth of the West Lake increased from 1.65 meters to
2.5 meters, and the water body transparency increased from 50 cm to
73 cm.

7. Natural resources
In the “West Lake Fish Records” of 1979, it was mentioned that Zhu
Yuanding found that there were 32 kinds of fish in the West Lake. In
1981, the West Lake Water Management Office survey showed that
there were 51 kinds of fish in the West Lake. In 2004, according to
statistics reported by major media, there were more than 20 kinds of
fish and shrimp in the West Lake, such as white pheasant, flower bud,
squid, squid, and river otter.

8. Humanity history
Origin of the name
The West Lake was originally a bay that evolved into a lagoon from
the bay, forming a common lake from the lagoon. The West Lake was
originally a natural lake that was flooded during its development.
West Lake is a lake in Qiantang County, so it is called Qiantang Lake
(from the Tang Dynasty, “Qiantang” was changed to “Qiantang”), and
because there is a lake connected to it in the north, the water level
ratio It is low, called the lower lake, so the West Lake is also called
the upper lake. The acquisition of the name of the West Lake is the
result of the historical development and geographical changes of
Qiantang County. Since Qin set up Qiantang County in the mountains
of the West Lake, the two counties, the Three Kingdoms, the Two Jins,
and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the county may have
moved out of the mountains and gradually entered the plains. In the
eleventh year of Emperor Wendi’s reign (591), Qiantang County
moved to Liupu in the foothills of Phoenix, and was promoted to the
state of Hangzhou in administrative level.
In the second year of Changqing (822), in order to increase the water
storage capacity of the West Lake, Bai Juyi built a lake embankment
near the Shijiao Bridge, which is a section of the Children’s Palace,
which is a few feet higher than the original lakeshore. It was
originally the junction of Shanghu and Xiayuan. The water level of the
West Lake was originally higher than that of the lower lake, and Bai
Juyi built the embankment, which caused a larger gap between the
upper and lower lakes. Although the lake has long been flooded, this
artificial terrain gap is still evident in both the current hydropower
station and the east to the ring road west of the West Lake near the
Children’s Palace. Bai Juyi built the lake embankment in the early
ninth century, which is epoch-making for the development of the
West Lake. Since then, the nature of the West Lake has changed, and
it has evolved from a natural lake to an artificial lake. The West Lake
changed the lake due to the embankment of Bai Juyi, and Bai Juyi still

9. called the lake Qiantang Lake. When the name of West Lake became
popular, West Lake was already an artificial lake.
After the West Lake became an artificial lake, the rectification of the
West Lake during the Wu Yueguo era. After the Northern Song
Dynasty, Jingde Wangji of Jingde four years (1007) not only dredged
the whole lake, but also built the gate equipment of the West Lake. In
the Song Renshou era (1023—1063), Zhizhou Zheng Yu and Shen Yu,
the former used tens of thousands of migrant workers, and
squandered the lake in the fields, and carried out large-scale
dredging; the latter added a place outside the six wells. A new well
with a large amount of water supply, known as Shengongjing. In the
second year of Xining (1069), Su Shi studied the water conservancy of
the West Lake and explored the plan of unblocking Liujing and
Shengongjing. In the first year of Yuanyou (1086), Su Shi came to
Hangzhou for the second time in the post of Zhizhou. He made a plan
to dredge the West Lake, and went to the court to play the chapter of
“Opening the West Lake of Hangzhou”. The chapter is the first use of
the name “West Lake” in the official document, indicating that the
city of Hangzhou has been established entirely east of the West Lake,
and the name of the West Lake has become popular.

10. Culture
Development record
Old ten scenes
Originated from the title of the West Lake landscape painting in the
Southern Song Dynasty. The ten scenes are all good at winning. The
common point is that the location is close to the West Lake or just in
the lake. Song died in the Yuan, the West Lake ten scenes once cold
and depressed, the sights pointed to the sights, or the old traces are
difficult. In the Ming Dynasty, the ten scenes were restored and built.
In the 38th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1699), Emperor
Kangxi went south to Hangzhou, and went through the ten scenic
spots of the West Lake. He changed the “two peaks into the cloud” to
“double peaks in the clouds”; “the thunder peaks” (or “Leifeng” “Xi
Zhao” was changed to “Lei Feng Xi Zhao”; “Nan Ping Evening Bell”
was changed to “Nan Ping Xiao Zhong”. Although “Xizhao” and
“Xiaozhong” have only been changed by one word, they have not been
accepted by everyone. Therefore, only in the Qing Dynasty concerning
the works of the West Lake, there are two names of changes. After
that, everyone wrote poems and lyrics, still use them. First name.
After Emperor Kangxi was the inscription on the ten scenes, the local
bureaucrats of Zhejiang Province successively named the name of the
book, and carved the stone monument and built the pavilion. At this
point, the name of the ten scenes has been recorded from the past
only, and it has become the landmark of the ten scenic spots. Later,
the Qianlong Emperor patrolled Hangzhou in the south, and wrote a
poem on each of the ten scenic spots. It was engraved on the stone
monument of the scenic spot, making the name of the Shihu Lake
more scenic, and the paintings, poems and travels of the Song, Yuan,
Ming and Qing Dynasties and the modern times. , photos, ten scenes
are recognized as the representative of the West Lake landscape. In
addition to the “Lei Feng Xi Zhao”, the 10th scenic spot of the West
Lake, 13 years (1924) dumped, the landscape disappeared, and Yu Jiu

11. Jingjing was rehabilitated, restored and expanded, not only with a
new look, but also with the content.
Su Di Chun Xiao, Qu Yuan Feng He, Ping Hu Qiu Yue, Broken Bridge
Remnant Snow, Liu Lang Wen Yu
Huagang Guanyu, Leifeng Xizhao, Shuangfengyunyun, Nanping
Evening Bell, Santan Yinyue
New ten scenes
In 1985, the citizens of Hangzhou and the local people actively
participated in the selection and were determined by the expert
selection committee after repeated discretion.
Yunqi Bamboo Trail, Manchu Guiyu, Tiger Run Dream Spring,
Longjing Tea, Jiuxi Smoke Tree
Wushan Tianfeng, Qidun Huanbi, Huanglong Tucui, Jade Emperor
Feiyun, Gem Flowing

12. Three reviews
At the opening ceremony of the West Expo on October 20, 2007, the
results of the “Three Comments on the Ten Scenes of the West Lake”
were announced.
Lingyin Zen, Liuhe Tingtao, Yue Tomb Qixia, Hubin Qingyu, Qian Wei
Wansong Book Edge, Yang Di Jing Xing, Santai Yunshui, Meiwu
Chunzao, Beijie Dream Search
Since 2002, it has successively built the West Lake South Line Scenic
Area, Yanggongdi Scenic Area, Hubin Xinjing District, Meijiawu Tea
Culture Village, Beishan Street Historical and Cultural Street District,
Liangdi Sandao Scenic Area, Longjing Tea Cultural Scenic Area,
Lingyin New Scenic Area, Wushan New Scenic spots, Gaoli Temple, Ba
Gua Tian Ruins Park, etc., reconstructed and restored more than 150
historical and cultural attractions. The scenic spots and museums
around the lake are free to open. The panorama of the West Lake “one
lake, two towers, three islands and three embankments” has returned
to the world. The hot south of the West is located in the middle of the
Yazhong, and it shows the traditional and modern interactions with
Chinese and foreign tourists, and adheres to the moving and
welcoming atmosphere of the prosperous West Lake.

13. Humanities
In 822, the great poet Bai Juyi, who was over half a hundred years
old, came to the beautiful Hangzhou as a thorn history. When he saw
the scenery of the West Lake, the spirit was alive. Bai Juyi’s political
achievements in Hangzhou are numerous, but the most prominent of
them is the dredging of Liujing and Zhuxi Lake. In 824 AD, Bai Juyi
was full of three years. When he left, he left a lake for the people of
Hangzhou, a levee, Baidi, Liujing Qingquan, and 200 poems.
In 1071, West Lake ushered in another “elder” in her history – Su
Dongpo. During the Hang period, the disaster relief and the people
and the river. Built today is the world-famous Sudi that
communicates with the north and south of the West Lake. A building
embankment, a thousand poems.
In 1503, Hangzhou ushered in another sage, Yang Mengsong. It took a
full five years to say that the imperial court was re-ruling the West
Lake. In March 1508, the old view of the West Lake was restored. Part
of the mud that was dug was given to the embankment of the village
party sage Su Dongpo, which filled it up by two feet, widened five feet
and three feet, and spread the willows on both sides. Sudi regained
the inherent scenery of the “six bridges of tobacco”. In another part
of the mud, another embankment will be built, and the embankment
will be driven in parallel. From Qixia Ridge, around Dingjiashan to
Nanshan, Hang people are grateful to the county for their love for the
people in the West Lake, and they call it “Yanggong Dike”.
Historically, the famous national heroes Yue Fei, Yu Qian, Zhang
Huangyan and the Revolutionary Martyrs of the Revolution of 1911,
Xu Xilin, Qiu Jin, Tao Chengzhang, etc. buried between the green
mountains and green waters. The West Lake is also a fusion of
ancient splendid cultures, ancient cave statues in the mountains of
the north and south, inscriptions and architecture in the sights, are
the treasures of Chinese art.

14. Myth
The origin of the West Lake has many beautiful myths and legends
and folktales. According to legend, a long time ago, the dragons and
golden phoenixes in the sky found a piece of white jade on the island
of the Milky Way. They have been pondering together for many years,
and the white jade has become a bright pearl. Where is the pearl of
this orb? Where the trees are evergreen, and the flowers are in full
bloom. But then this pearl was discovered by the Queen Mother, and
the Queen Mother sent Tianbingtian to take the Baozhu away. Yulong
and Jinfeng rushed to Suozhu, and the Queen refused, so there was a
fight. The mother’s hand was loose, and the pearl It landed on the
earth and became a sparkling West Lake. Yulong and Jinfeng also
descended into Yulong Mountain (Jade Emperor Mountain) and
Phoenix Mountain, and always guarded the West Lake.
The beauty of the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, the deep victory
of Lin Biao, the rich cultural relics and historic sites, the beautiful and
moving myths and legends, the natural integration of nature,
humanities, history and art.

15. Main Attractions
Overview
Among the more than 100 scenic spots in the scenic spot, there are
more famous “West Lake Ten Scenes” and “New West Lake Ten
Scenes” and “Three Comments on West Lake Ten Scenes”. The West
Lake has a large number of historical sites, including 5 national key
cultural relics protection units, 35 provincial cultural relics protection
units, and 25 municipal cultural relics protection units. There are also
39 cultural relics protection points and various special museums to
embellish them. A famous historical and cultural resort.
Scenic honor
In 1982, West Lake was rated as a national key scenic spot. The
protection of the cultural landscape of the West Lake was officially
incorporated into the national heritage protection system.
In 1985, he was selected as one of the “Top Ten Scenic Spots in the
Country”.
In 2006, West Lake was included in the list of China’s World Cultural
Heritage.

16. In 2007, West Lake was rated as “National AAAAA Level Scenic Spot”.
On June 24, 2011, “West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou, China”
was officially listed on the World Heritage List.
Character evaluation
Hangzhou is famous for its beautiful West Lake landscape. Known as
the “paradise on earth”, it expresses the sincere praise of people from
all walks of life for this beautiful city. During the Yuan Dynasty, it
was praised by the famous Italian traveler Marco Polo as “the most
beautiful and luxurious city in the world”. Su Dongpo, a great writer
in the Song Dynasty, once wrote: “The world is the best in the West
Lake 36.”
The predecessors have poems saying: “The lakes on the shore are
strange, the mountains and rivers are suitable for each other, and
they are only picturesque, and they don’t know in the paintings.”

17. Specialty Food
West Lake Longjing Tea, Xihu Vinegar, West Lake Wild Duck, West
Lake Crisp Fish, West Lake Leek, West Lake Tartare, Xihu Beef Tart,
Huijuan Ham Dried Duck Noodles, Sweet-scented Osmanthus
fragrans, West Lake Osmanthus, West Lake Honey Emperor Flower
and so on.
Environmental construction
Smoke-free West Lake
In 2014, the arrival of the National Day holiday, Hangzhou West Lake
Scenic Area also ushered in a large number of tourists, but compared
to 2013, the “heat” of the West Lake Scenic Area in 2014 has declined.
Statistics, in the first two days of the Golden Week, the West Lake

18. Scenic Area welcomed a total of 1,447,500 person-times, including a
3.4% decline on the 1st, and a decrease of 21.81% yesterday. At the
same time, there is another welcome change in the West Lake in
2014, that is, the scenic area has become cleaner.
During the National Day of 2013, the “Smoke-free West Lake”
environmental protection publicity campaign planned by the
Municipal Sanitation and Environmental Sanitation Management
Center of Xihu Scenic Area? Seventeen college student volunteers
smashed more than 7,000 cigarettes in three hours. On October 2,
2014, the volunteers picked up the cigarette butts again under the
same conditions, and the results were much less. In 2013, more than
7,000 cigarettes were seized, compared with 3,200 in 2014.
Single and double number limit
On December 11, 2014, the “Notice of the General Office of the
People’s Government of Hangzhou Municipality on Implementing the
“Environmental Action” of the Motor Vehicles in the West Lake Scenic
Area (Draft for Comment) ended the online hearing.
According to the draft for comments, starting from January 1, 2015,
Hangzhou will adopt a single weekend number (including holidays),
while limiting the emission of vehicles, creating a low-carbon
demonstration zone, and advocating “stopping for more than 3
minutes”. On weekends and holidays throughout the year, from 8:30

19. to 17:00, the diesel (steam) oil vehicles that prohibit the discharge of
the national II and below will enter the three sections of Beishan
Street, Yanggong Dike and Nanshan Road; form buses, taxis, public
bicycles, Low-carbon transportation mode of “five in one” for water
transportation and battery vehicles.
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