Spring Dawn at Su Causeway
A dawn walk along Su Causeway, where willows and six bridges gather the first light of West Lake.
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World Heritage West Lake cultural landscape features the willow-lined Su Causeway and Lingyin Temple in Xihu, ancestral cradle of Longjing tea.
World Heritage West Lake cultural landscape features the willow-lined Su Causeway and Lingyin Temple in Xihu, ancestral cradle of Longjing tea.
A dawn walk along Su Causeway, where willows and six bridges gather the first light of West Lake.
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Lotus leaves stir in summer wind at Quyuan Garden, carrying old wine fragrance across the lakeside.
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An autumn moon spreads over still water by Gushan, turning the lakeside pavilion into a quiet mirror.
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At the east end of Bai Causeway, melting snow leaves the bridge half-veiled in winter light.
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Flower Harbor gathers garden paths, red fish, and southern lakeshore water into one bright scene.
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The evening bell of Jingci Temple carries from Nanping Hill across the lake into dusk.
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North and South Peaks face each other beyond the lake, their summits appearing to pierce the clouds.
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Sunset catches Leifeng Pagoda above the southern lake, setting tower and water aglow.
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Three stone pagodas south of Xiaoyingzhou turn moonlight on the lake into layered reflections.
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Willows ripple along the southeastern shore while oriole song threads through the spring garden.
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At West Lake’s southeastern corner, Changqiao Park pairs the legendary Long Bridge with broad views toward Leifeng Pagoda at sunset.
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China's first self-designed double-deck rail-and-road bridge built by Master Mao Yisheng in 1937.
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A majestic 60-meter octagonal pagoda built in 970 CE atop Yuelun Hill to pacify the tidal surge.
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Slender Northern Song pagoda atop Precious Stone Hill defining the north skyline of West Lake.
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From Liuhe Pagoda, visitors gain a prime vantage over the Qiantang River Bridge and its surging tidal bore, a spot scholars climbed and praised in verse.
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In the novel Water Margin, the outlaw monk Lu Zhishen hears the tide here, grasps his fate and passes away, a tale woven into local lore.
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Beside Yue Fei's tomb at the foot of Qixia Ridge on West Lake, the shrine grew from a monastery granted in 1221 and was listed as a national key heritage site in 1961.
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Raised as an islet with a pavilion by Hangzhou prefect Sun Meng in 1552, it is the spot Zhang Dai rowed to on a snowy night in his celebrated sketch.
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