West Lake (Xi Hu)
6h · Admission ticket included
Before you came to hangzhou, you must have heard the famous saying "heaven above, suzhou and hangzhou below". In fact, the analogy of hangzhou as a paradise on earth, to a large extent because of the west lake. For thousands of years, the west lake scenery has a long-lasting charm, her appearance, love at first sight. Even bai juyi, a great poet of the tang dynasty, never forgot the west lake when he left hangzhou. The poet said that he was reluctant to leave hangzhou, the main reason is because hangzhou has a beautiful and charming west lake.
Hangzhou west lake scenic area is located in the center of hangzhou city, zhejiang province. The beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains and numerous places of interest are well known at home and abroad. It is a famous tourist resort in China and also known as the paradise on earth. All the mountains in the scenic area are no more than 400 meters high. The ring is on the south, west and north sides of the west lake. The wushan mountain and the baoshi mountain are like two arms, stretching to the downtown area from the south to the north. The total area of the scenic area is 49 square kilometers, of which the lake is 6.5 square kilometers, with the lake as the main body. It used to be called wulin water, qiantang lake and xizi lake, and it was called west lake in the song dynasty. By a large number of trees and shrubs composed of scattered, different size of the space; It is mainly decorated with plants, supplemented by pavilions, terraces, towers, pavilions, corridors, pavilions, Bridges and pavilions. Hangzhou is famous for its west lake. On May 8, 2007, it was officially approved by the national tourism administration as a national AAAAA tourist attraction. On June 24, 2011, "west lake cultural landscape in hangzhou, China" was officially included in the world heritage list.
