Bai Causeway

Su Causeway, West Lake, Hangzhou, China

Afternoon on West Lake

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Bai Causeway, West Lake, Hangchow, Chekiang.

Walking Hangzhou's West Lake Causeways (Day 1)

West Lake / 西湖 is a freshwater lake in Hangzhou divided into five sections by three causeways. There are numerous temples, pagodas, gardens and artificial islands within the lake.

At the beginning of the Song dynasty's Yuanyou era (1086–1094), another great poet, Su Shi (also known as Su Dongpo), came to Hangzhou to serve as its governor. At that time, the farmers suffered greatly drought again, due to overgrowth of the weeds at the bottom of the lake clogging the irrigation ducts. He ordered dredging of the lake and piled up all the mud into another causeway, in the style of Bai Causeway, but much wider and nearly three times as long: he also planted willow trees along its banks. This causeway was later named after him as the Su Causeway. There are six bridges along the 2.6 km Su Causeway (蘇堤), and they are called separately Yingbo(映波）,Suolan（锁澜）,Wangshan（望山）,Yadi（压堤）,Dongpu（东浦）,Kuahong（跨虹） Bridge, which all symbolize the characteristics of the bridge itself and also expose the structural beauty and its colorful connotation. Dawn on the Su Causeway in Spring 蘇堤春曉 is one of the attractions.

A Ming dynasty dredging project extended the water surface from west of Su Causeway to Hongchun Bridge and Mao Jia Bu. The excavated silt was used to broaden Su Causeway, and also used to build a long causeway in western Inside Lake, called Yanggong Causeway (楊公堤).

2018 China: Hangzhou - West Lake

'Sunny water waves its glow,
Misty rain tricks the hill.
Plainly or gaily decked out like Xi Zi,
West Lake is always alluring.'

These are the words composed by the famous Song Dynasty poet Su Dongpo (960-1127). In this poem, he compared the West Lake to Xi Zi, one of the four beauties in ancient China. These poetic sentiments depict the charm of the lake which has always been a beautiful and romantic spot since ancient times.

Measuring 3.2 kilometers (2 miles) in length, 2.8 kilometers (1.7 miles) in width, and 2.3 meters (7.5 feet) in average depth, the lake spreads itself in an area totaling 6.5 square kilometers (2.5 square miles). Embraced by mountains on three sides, the West Lake knits itself into the North Inner Lake, the Yuehu Lake, the West Inner Lake, the South Lake and the West Outer Lake by the fabric of the Bai Causeway, the Su Causeway and the Yang Causeway. Between the North Inner Lake and the West Outer Lake lies the largest natural island called the Solitary Hill. In addition, three man-made islands stand in the West Outer Lake: the Lesser Paradise Island, the Mid-lake Pavilion, and the Ruangong Islet; and two famous pagodas by the lake: the Leifeng Pagoda to the south and the Baochu Pagoda to the north. Nowadays, West Lake is one of the top ten scenic areas in China, getting listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2011.

Walking Hangzhou's West Lake Causeways / 西湖

West Lake / 西湖 is a freshwater lake in Hangzhou divided into five sections by three causeways. There are numerous temples, pagodas, gardens and artificial islands within the lake.

At the beginning of the Song dynasty's Yuanyou era (1086–1094), another great poet, Su Shi (also known as Su Dongpo), came to Hangzhou to serve as its governor. At that time, the farmers suffered greatly drought again, due to overgrowth of the weeds at the bottom of the lake clogging the irrigation ducts. He ordered dredging of the lake and piled up all the mud into another causeway, in the style of Bai Causeway, but much wider and nearly three times as long: he also planted willow trees along its banks. This causeway was later named after him as the Su Causeway. There are six bridges along the 2.6 km Su Causeway (蘇堤), and they are called separately Yingbo(映波）,Suolan（锁澜）,Wangshan（望山）,Yadi（压堤）,Dongpu（东浦）,Kuahong（跨虹） Bridge, which all symbolize the characteristics of the bridge itself and also expose the structural beauty and its colorful connotation. Dawn on the Su Causeway in Spring 蘇堤春曉 is one of the attractions.

A Ming dynasty dredging project extended the water surface from west of Su Causeway to Hongchun Bridge and Mao Jia Bu. The excavated silt was used to broaden Su Causeway, and also used to build a long causeway in western Inside Lake, called Yanggong Causeway (楊公堤).

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Biking on the Hangzhou Su Causeway

Riding our free bicycles on the Hangzhou Su Causeway that goes all the way across West Lake. Beautiful.

Walking down Hangzhou Railway Station to the platform, Hangzhou

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West Lake, Hangzhou China

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Lets take a Bicycle Ride Around The West Lake

During one part of our trip around China, we got to take an enjoyable Bicycle ride around The West Lake in Hangzhou.

VIEW OF HANGZHOU FROM LEIFENG PAGODA! [China Au Pair Vlog #49]

In this video i go and explore Leifeng Pagoda in Hangzhou, China. The pagoda gives a breath taking view of the entirety of hangzhou!

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'Sunny water waves its glow,
Misty rain tricks the hill.
Plainly or gaily decked out like Xi Zi,
West Lake is always alluring.'

These are the words composed by the famous Song Dynasty poet Su Dongpo (960-1127). In this poem, he compared the West Lake to Xi Zi, one of the four beauties in ancient China. These poetic sentiments depict the charm of the lake which has always been a beautiful and romantic spot since ancient times.

Measuring 3.2 kilometers (2 miles) in length, 2.8 kilometers (1.7 miles) in width, and 2.3 meters (7.5 feet) in average depth, the lake spreads itself in an area totaling 6.5 square kilometers (2.5 square miles). Embraced by mountains on three sides, the West Lake knits itself into the North Inner Lake, the Yuehu Lake, the West Inner Lake, the South Lake and the West Outer Lake by the fabric of the Bai Causeway, the Su Causeway and the Yang Causeway. Between the North Inner Lake and the West Outer Lake lies the largest natural island called the Solitary Hill. In addition, three man-made islands stand in the West Outer Lake: the Lesser Paradise Island, the Mid-lake Pavilion, and the Ruangong Islet; and two famous pagodas by the lake: the Leifeng Pagoda to the south and the Baochu Pagoda to the north. Nowadays, West Lake is one of the top ten scenic areas in China, getting listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2011. It is famous for the romantic legends and intoxicating scenery.

Hangzhou West Lake

Bike ride thru Hangzhou

China Pt 25 Hangzhou West lake

Our tour of China was booked through Stan at International Heritage Tours of Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. The tour was first class all the way and Nexus, the local company, took excellent care of us. West lake is a popular tourist attraction for the Chinese with many boats crossing from end to end. The park surrounding the lake is the home of the spring lotus blossom festival.

Westsee Hangzhou in der Provinz Zhejiang in China

Der Westsee (chinesisch 西湖 Xī Hú) bei der Stadt Hangzhou in Zhejiang ist einer der berühmtesten Touristenmagnete der Volksrepublik China.

Der See ist durch drei Dämme geteilt, die zum Teil nach berühmten Dichtern benannt sind, die als Beamte in Hangzhou gewirkt haben:
Sudi (蘇堤 / 苏堤) nach Su Dongpo Baidi (白堤) nach Bai Juyi
Wenn der chinesische Spruch „Oben ist der Himmel - unten sind Suzhou und Hangzhou (上有天堂，下有蘇杭。 / 上有天堂，下有苏杭。 Shang you tiantang - xia you Su-Hang) genannt wird, ist automatisch die Landschaft um den Westsee mit gemeint.

Der Westsee wurde in vielen chinesischen Städten kopiert. Insgesamt gibt es 36 Westseen in China und außerdem noch einige in Japan. Der See regt die Phantasie der Chinesen an und ist das Ziel vieler Hochzeitsreisen.
Impression des Westsees ist ein Abend Spektakel aus Musik, Licht und Tanz ganz inszeniert auf dem schönen Westsee in Hangzhou Stadt, mit natürlichen Gewässern und Bergen als Kulisse. Es ist eine der Kreationen des berühmten chinesischen Regisseurs Zhang Yimou, und die Musik der Aufführung wurde von Kitaro, einem Weltklasse-Musiker komponiert.

Die Show dauert etwa eine Stunde und besteht aus fünf Akten: Begegnung, Sich verlieben, Sich verabschieden, Erinnerungen und Impressionen. Diese schillernde Außenshow mischt die tausendjährige Geschichte und Legenden des Westsees mit den umliegenden wunderschönen natürlichen Szenen. Ein hoch modernes Kunst-Sound-System und ein besonders konstruiertes versenkbares Auditorium trägt zu einem angenehmen musikalischen Genuss bei.