HangZhouThereisparadiseinheaven,thereareSuzhouandHangzhouonearth!Dora、RoisinandFionaBriefintroduction•HangZhouistheCapitalofZhejiangProvince,whichisatouristcitywellknownathomeandabroad.ItliesonthelowerreachesoftheQiantangRiverandisthesouthernendofthel,794-kllometre-longGrandCanal(Beijing-HangzhouCanal).•Withanareaof16,596squarekilometersinhabitedbyapopulationof6.18million,itembracessixurbandistrictsandsevensuburbancounties,namely,Yuhang,Xiaoshan,Fuyang,Tonglu,Lin'an,JiandeandChun'an.TheWestLake•WestLakeliesonthewestedgeofHangzhoucity,anditisthesymbolofHangzhouaswellasoneofthemostbeautifulsightsinChina.EarlyintheSongdynasty,thefamouspoetSuShicomparedthelaketoXizi,aChineseCleopatra:Rippingwatershimmeringonsunnyday;Mistymountainswonderintherain;PlainorgailydeckedoutlikeXizi;•TheWestLakeisalwaysalluring.SotheLakeisalsoknownasXiziLake.Withanareaof6sq.km.andacircumferenceof15km(9miles).WestLake,surroundedinthreesidesbyrollingwoodedhills,hascaptivatedcountlessvisitorsforcenturies.ThebeautyoftheWestLakeliesinalingeringcharmthatsurvivesthechangeofseasonsinayear,ofhoursinaday,andofdifferentweathers.•HangzhouisoneofthecradlesofChinesecivilization.SinceitwassetupasacountycapitalinQinDynasty,ithasahistoryofmorethan2200yearsasacity.ItusedtobethecapitalofWuyueStateandSouthSongDynasty;thatmadeHangzhouoneofthesevenancientcapitalsinChina.HangzhouwasoncecalledasQiantangintheancienttime.In589,the9thyearofKaihuangPeriodofSuiDynasty,QiantangCountywasupgradedasHangzhou.Inthe13thcentury,MarcoPolo,afamoustouristfromItaly,praisedHangzhouastheMostMagnificentCityintheWorldinhistraveljournal.•MeltingSnowatBrokenBridge断桥残雪•SpringDawnatSudiCauseway(苏堤春晓)•SunsetGlowoverLeifengHill(雷峰夕照)•AutumnMoononCalmLake(平湖秋月)•ThreePoolsMirroringtheMoon(三潭印月)•LotusintheBreezeatCrookedCourtyard(曲苑风荷)•Hangzhouagorgeousplacetorelax.Itisworthvisiting.Gothereandenjoyyourselves!