SpringDawnatSuCausewayBreeze-ruffledLotusatQuyuanGardenLingeringSnowontheBrokenBridgeViewingFishatFlowerPondOriolesSingingintheWillowsAutumnMoonovertheCalmLakeThreePoolsMirroringtheMoonTwinPeaksPiercingtheCloudEveningBellRingingatNanpingHillLeifengPagodainEveningCloudItisathintripoflandnearlythreekilometerscoveredwithpeachandweepingwillowtrees.Inspring,withthelakesidesparklinginthemorningdew,birdscheerfullychirpingamongswayingwillowbranches,thescentofpeachblossomswaftingthroughtheair.SpringDawnontheSuCausewayThistypicalwestlakescenehasearneditsfamesinceSongdynasty.Itwasalocationofabrewery.Thereareplentyoflotusplantsstillbloomoffitsshores.Theystandgracefullyerectinthelake,asiftheyknowtheyhasvisitorscomingtheirbeauty.Breeze-ruffledlotusatQuyuangardenThebrokenbridgeiswherethecharacterofafamousChinesefolktaleXuXianandabeautifulgirl,whoisactuallyawhitesnake,firstmetandfellinlovewitheachother.Afterasnowfall,whenthesnowonthemoreexposedsidehasmelted,withtheshadesideremainingwhite,itlooksasifalongwhitebelthasbeenrippedapartonthethusearningthenamemeltingsnowonthebrokenbridgeLingeringSnowontheBrokenBridgeFlowerspondparkoccupiesanareaoftwenty-onehectaresonapeninsulainthesouthwestcornerofthelake.Initsheartistheredfishpond,wherepeoplecanrelaxtothesightofbrightlycolorfulfishswimmingaroundandtothebriskmelodyofchirpybirdsong.ViewingFishatFlowerPondAnimperialgardenbuiltinthesouthernsongdynasty.Nowtheonce-imperialgardenhasbeenturnedintoaparkopentopublic.Featuringgreenwillowsandsingingorioles.OriolesSingingintheWillowsAtthewesternendofBaiCausewayislocatedalakesideparkwhichhousesastonetabletbearingtheetchedcalligraphyofEmperorKangxioftheQingDynasty,whichreads:AutumnMoononCalmLake.Thelakeisaspecialplacetoappreciatethemoonandtheeffectofmoonlightontheland.Themoonseemsespeciallybrightoverthewaters.AutumnMoonovertheCalmLakeThereareislandsinthelakeandthreearelakeontheislands.OnthesouthsideofthelargestofthethreemanmadeislandsintheOuterLake,therearethreehollowstonepagodasrisingfromthewater,eachwithfiveopenings.TheMid-Autumnwecansee32moons,thewonderfulsceneryofonemoonintheskyhavingthreereflectionnthelake,itisoneofthewonderfulscenesoftheWestLake.ThreePoolsMirroringtheMoonGrazeattheskiesabovethewestlake.youwillberewardedwiththesightoftowlimestonemountainspastthenorthernedgeofthelakeonetothenortheastandonetothenorthvest,fivekilometersapart.Onadrizzlingdayspringorautumn,thetowpeakscomeandgoamongstIriftingrainclouds.TwinPeaksPiercingtheCloudsNanpingmountainstrechesalongthesouthernbankofthelake.Atdusk,withthesunslowlydriftingintothelakeonthewest,ahugebellatJingxitemple,willringitsfarewelltothelastsunbeamofthedaywiththeprolongedbellsoundreverberatingacrossthelakethepeacefulandHlairoffersyouaperfectoccasionformeditation.EveningBellRingingattheNanpingHillLeifengpagodaisanotherrenownedscenicspotinhangzhou,Originallybuiltinthe10thcentury.LeifengpagodausedtostandinfrontofJingxitempleonnanpingmountain,thoughfailedtostandthetestoftime.thepagodacollapsedinearly1900s.In2002.leifengpagodawasreconstructed;thencomesbackthetypicalsunsetGlowoverleifengpagoda.LeifengPagodainEveningGlow