West Lake is a lagoon to the west of Hangzhou City. It was connected to the sea in ancient times. Later, it became an independent lagoon due to sedimentation. West Lake is characterized by cloud mountains on three sides and a city on one side. The main landscape is one lake and two towers (Lei Feng, Baochu)

, Three Causeways (Su, Bai, Yanggong Causeway), Three Islands (Huxin Pavilion, Ruan Gongdun, Three Pools Reflecting the Moon), the most famous of the West Lake are the Ten Scenes of the West Lake in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is not difficult to remember the names of the ten sceneries.

According to the spring, summer, autumn and winter, morning, dusk and dusk, what you can see and hear with your eyes and ears is to remember that in spring there is a spring dawn on the Su Di, in summer there are wind and lotuses in Quyuan, in autumn there is a flat lake with autumn moon, in winter there is residual snow on the broken bridge; in the early morning there is the setting sun on the Leifeng Peak, and in the evening there is the moon reflected in the three pools.

, listen to the evening bell of Nanping from a distance, listen to the waves in the willows and hear the orioles up close, watch the twin peaks in the clouds from a distance, and watch the fish at Huagang up close.

The West Lake covers an area of ??6.5 square kilometers, with an average depth of 2.5 meters. The Su Causeway is nearly 3 kilometers long, and the Bai Causeway is more than 900 meters long. The island in the middle of the lake divides the lake into 9 areas. The largest outer lake is Beili Lake to the north of Bai Causeway.

, Xili Lake to the west of Sudi, Yue Lake opposite Yue Temple, Xiaonan Lake next to Huagang, and the four water surfaces in the west of the lake are Jinsha Port, Maojiabu, Turtle Lake, and Yuhu Bay from north to south.

Therefore, the West Lake is not wide but divided by water, and the mountains are not high but winding.