Hangzhou West Lake
The west lake is a world famous tourist attraction, every day numerous visiters come from all directions take a walk alongside the lake.Why is is so attractive? Not only its beautiful scenery, but also its wonderful culture throughout the history of China, the scenery and culture combine together perfectly. Almost every scenic spots stands a ancient story a legend.
There are ten must see scenic spots, they are
Dawn on the Su Causeway in Spring
Wine-making Yard and Lotus Pool in Summer
Broken Bridge with Thawing Snow
Moon over the Peaceful Lake in Autumn
Orioles Singing in the Willows
Fish Viewing at the Flower Pond
Two Peaks Piercing the Clouds
Three Pools Mirroring the Moon
Leifeng Pagoda in the Sunset
Evening Bell Ringing at the Nanping Hill
The love legend: it is said hundreds years ago, there is a white snack which lived thousands of years, it has the power to turns to a very pretty woman, she comes across her lover alongside the west lake. His name is Xuxian, he is ordinary human, they fall in love with each other and get married, but there is a buddhist monk named Fahai, think the white snack is a monster, and he has the power to kill her, there happened the fierce fight between the white snack and the monk, at the end, the monk threat the white snack with her husband, then the white snack gave up, the monk put her in jail under the Lefeng Pagoda, and her husband become a monk in the pagoda for all life long to keep his lover company.
