文档介绍：The west lake
Lying in Hangzhou City of zhejiang Province, the We
st Lake is a world famous tourist spot. Embraced by
green hills on three sides, the lake covers an area of
square kilometers and has a perimeter of 15 kilo
meters
The whole lake is divided into 5 sections, namely the
Outer Lake north inner Lake. Yue Lake and Little s
outh Lake, by Gu Hill, Sudi Causeway, Baiti Causewa
y and Ruangong Mound.
The name of West Lake was fixed as early a
s the Tang Dynasty (618
907). Before the Tang Dynasty, the lake had
various names such as Wulin Water, Mingsh
eng Lake, Jinzhong Lake, Longchuan, Qiany
uan, Qiantang Lake, and shang Lake, etc In
-the Song Dynasty(960
1279), the Chinese renowned poet Su Dong
po wrote a poem to praise the West Lake an
d compared it to Xizi, a Chinese legendary b
eauty. Since then, the West Lake has anothe
r elegant name Xizi Lake
he beauty of the West Lake lies in its lingering
charm that survives the change of seasons in a vear
and of hours in a day. Among its beautiful sights, the
most famous sites are the Ten Sights in West Lake
and the Ten New sights in West Lake, which are
known as the Double-Ten Sights in West Lake. The
Ten Sights in West Lake are Melting Snow at Broken
Bridge(断桥残雪) Spring Dawn at Sudi Causeway(苏堤
春晓), Sunset Glow over Leifeng Hil(雷峰夕照), Lotus
in the Breeze at Crooked courtyard(曲苑风荷)
Autumn Moon on Calm Lake(平湖秋月) Listening to
es Singing in the Willows(柳浪闻莺veoE
at Flowers Harbe花港观鱼), Evening Bell at Nanping
南屏晚轨
Pools Mirroring the Moon(潭印
》 Twin Peale Piercing he CI峰
e Ten New Sights in West Lake (1985)ar
ing of Hupao(虎跑梦泉) Tea-tasting
Dragon We(龙井间茶)
Gem Bathed
Flowing Rosy Clouds`石流 )Heayen w
over/Wushan Mounta(山天风, Scud ovel
chuang(玉皇飞云2 Yellow Dragon Spitting
Greenness(黄龙吐翠), Rains of Sweet-scente
Osmanthus Over Hills(满陇桂雨), Trees in Mist
by the Nine Rivulets(九溪烟树); Ruan Moun
in Green(阮墩环碧, Cloud Dwelling and
Bamboos
云栖竹径
Ten Views of th