Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area is an open scenic spot, and tickets are not accepted.

The distance from West Lake to Qiandao Lake is about 15 kilometers, and it takes 2-3 hours by car.

you need to choose food and shelter according to your own situation, whether it is convenient or cheap.

the west lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with an area of about 6.39 square kilometers, a width of about 2.8 kilometers from east to west, a length of about 3.2 kilometers from north to south, and a circumference of nearly 15 kilometers. The lake is separated by Gushan, Bai Causeway, Su Causeway and Yang Gongdi.

According to the area, there are five water surfaces, namely Waixi Lake, Xili Lake, Beili Lake, Xiaonan Lake and Yuehu Lake. Su Causeway and Bai Causeway cross the lake, and Xiaoyingzhou, Huxin Pavilion and Ruan Gongdun stand in the center of Waixi Lake. The Leifeng Pagoda of Xizhao Mountain and the Baoyu Pagoda of Baoshi Mountain are separated by the lake, thus forming a "one mountain, two towers, three islands, three islands".

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The name of the Ten Scenes of the West Lake originated from the landscape paintings of the Southern Song Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Mu's Fang Yu Sheng Lan and Wu Zimu's Dream Liang Lu were all recorded, and the literati poems at that time were also mentioned. The ten scenic spots are all near the West Lake or in the lake. The first ten scenic spots are Pinghu Autumn Moon, Su Causeway Chunxiao, Broken Bridge Snows, Leifeng Sunset, Nanping Evening Bell, Quyuan Fenghe, Huagang Fish Watching, Willow Waves Singing, Three Tans Printing the Moon and Two Peaks Inserting Clouds. 636f7797A 64313333633763

In 1984, Hangzhou Daily and other five units launched a campaign to select the ten scenic spots of the new West Lake, and finally the new ten scenic spots were determined as Yunqi Bamboo Trail, Manlong Guiyu, Tiger Running Mooncherry, Longjing Tea, Jiuxi Tobacco Tree, Wu Shan Tianfeng, Ruandun Huanbi, Huanglong Tucui and Yuhuang Feiyun.

in p>27, the Hangzhou municipal government conducted the "three evaluations of the ten scenic spots of the West Lake" and collected names, and Lingyin Temple and other scenic spots were shortlisted as the three evaluations of the ten scenic spots of the West Lake. It is identified as Lingyin Zen Trace, Liuhe Tingtao, Qixia of Yue Tomb, Qingyu on the lakeside, Qianci Biaozhong, Wansong Shuyuan, Di Yang Jingxing, Santai Yunshui, Meiwu Chunzao and North Street Dream Search.