Spring Dawn on Su Di
It is located in the western waters of West Lake, about 500 meters away from the west bank of the lake, and covers an area of ??about 9.66 hectares. In the fifth year of Yuanyou in the Northern Song Dynasty (1090), the famous scholar Su Shi used the lake mud dug out when dredging the West Lake to build a north-south long embankment. There are six bridges built on the embankment, named from south to north, Yingbo Bridge, Suolan Bridge, Wangshan Bridge, Yadi Bridge, Dongpu Bridge and Kuahong Bridge. In memory of Su Shi, later generations named this embankment "Su Embankment".
Quyuan Fenghe
It is located 22 meters west of the northern end of Su Causeway on the north bank of West Lake, covering an area of ??about 0.06 hectares. It has the theme of viewing lotuses in summer and visually presents " The leaves are endlessly green and the lotus flowers are uniquely red when reflecting the sun."
Pinghu Qiuyue
Located in the lakeside area at the southeast corner of Gushan Mountain and south of the western end of Baidi, it is one of the best places to enjoy the panoramic view of the West Lake from the north bank of the lake. The theme is to enjoy the moonlight on the lake when the moon is bright in the autumn night.
Remnant Snow on Broken Bridge
It is located in the Broken Bridge area at the east end of Baidi in the north of West Lake, covering an area of ??about 2.61 hectares. Especially in winter, you can enjoy the snow scenery of West Lake. When the West Lake clears up after the snow, the sunrise reflects the sunrise, and the snow on the sunny half of the broken bridge melts, revealing a trace of brown bridge deck, as if the long white chain has been interrupted here, forming a "snow-broken bridge" scenery.
Fish Watching in Huagang
It is 197 meters northwest of Su Causeway Yingbo Bridge, between Xiaonan Lake and Xili Lake, with an area of ??about 0.25 hectares. With flower viewing and fish watching as the landscape theme, you can experience the vitality of nature. In the spring, the fallen flowers are in full bloom, presenting a wonderful scene of "flowers with fish bodies and fish sucking flowers".
Singing the Orioles in the Willow Waves
It is located on the east bank of the West Lake, about 50 meters north of the pool in front of the Qianwang Temple. The area is about 0.54 hectares, with the theme of viewing the willow forest landscape by the lake. .
Three Pools Mirroring the Moon
Located on Xiaoyingzhou Island in the southwest of the outer lake and some waters in the south of the island, covering an area of ??about 7.67 hectares, it is the most iconic landscape of West Lake in Hangzhou. The landscape takes the three pagodas in the water and Xiaoyingzhou Island as the core ornamental elements, and the theme of the appreciation is to watch the mutual reflection of the moon, pagodas and lake on the island on a moonlit night, stimulating Zen thinking and perception.
Shuangfeng Chaoyun
It consists of the two peaks in the south and north in the mountains to the west of West Lake, and the viewing point beside Hongchun Bridge in the northwest corner of West Lake to watch the cloud-shrouded mountains around West Lake. landscape theme.
Leifeng Sunset
It is located in the Xizhao Mountain area on the south bank of West Lake, covering an area of ??about 13.19 hectares. It is characterized by the silhouette of the ancient pagoda on the mountain peak at dusk.
Nanping Evening Bell
It is located in the Nanping Mountain area on the south bank of West Lake, covering an area of ??about 3.91 hectares. It is characterized by the aesthetic conception of the Jingci Temple bell at the foot of Nanping Mountain resounding across the lake.
Extended information
The "Ten Scenes of the West Lake" refers to the ten characteristic scenery in and around the West Lake, a famous tourist attraction in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The most famous ones are the spring dawn on the Su Causeway in the Southern Song Dynasty, the remaining snow on the broken bridge, the wind lotuses in the Quyuan, the fish watching in Huagang, the singing of orioles in the willow waves, the sunset on Leifeng, the moon reflected in the three pools, the autumn moon on the flat lake, the clouds on the twin peaks, and the evening bell on Nanping.
The "Ten Scenes of the West Lake" combine the names of the sceneries into one, which makes people feel like they are there and see their shapes. They are very popular among tourists at home and abroad. They can be called a model of scenic spot naming. The beauty of the "Ten Scenic Spots of West Lake" even impressed the review experts of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), and it made an indelible contribution to the successful application of West Lake as a World Heritage Site.
Hangzhou West Lake is not only a natural lake, but also a cultural lake. It is the product of the harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. This gene cannot be copied. West Lake is "the most unique work of nature and human beings". In spring, "the embankment is full of flowers and willows are full of smoke", in summer, "red clothes and green fans reflect the clear waves", in autumn, "one color of lake light and thousands of hectares of autumn", in winter, " There is a trace of blue and white ink on the white embankment."
The name begins with the scene, and the scene is passed down by its name, so there are scene names such as "Spring Dawn on the Su Causeway", "Wind Lotuses in the Quyuan", "Autumn Moon on the Flat Lake", "Remnant Snow on the Broken Bridge" and so on. There is poetry in the name, there is painting in the name, and the beauty of naming art illuminates the natural landscape.
On May 8, 2007, it was officially approved by the National Tourism Administration as a national AAAAA tourist attraction. On June 24, 2011, Hangzhou West Lake was included in the "World Heritage List" as a cultural landscape heritage, becoming my country's 41st "World Heritage".
Naming Aesthetics
The Chinese nation’s cultural psychology and way of thinking of “dual opposition” and “neutralization and balance”, Chinese uses “even pairs are better” and “four words are correct” "The aesthetic taste of the landscape, as well as the romantic artistic thinking that pursues strange imagination, exquisite conception, and vivid images in classical literary creation, have profoundly affected the naming method of "Collected Landscape Titles".
The names of the "Ten Scenes of West Lake" in the three generations embody the traditional aesthetic value of the Chinese nation in terms of language form, which are concentrated in the beauty of music, structure and connotation.
Each scenery name is in a four-character format, and the four syllables cleverly use the four tones and obliques of Chinese characters. They are read with cadence, ups and downs, distinct rhythm, catchy, and full of melody beauty. The three generations of "Ten Scenes of the West Lake" all pay great attention to the matching of tones, which are both regular and full of changes, thus achieving a good aesthetic effect in the rhythm of music.
The structure of the title "Ten Scenes of the West Lake", from the surface level of language form, forms the beauty of simple and concise language style. From the perspective of deep semantics, the relationship between its grammatical components is uncertain and ambiguous. It is flexible and free in understanding, and can be understood in multiple directions, thus liberating the imagination space, expanding the semantic connotation, and having the unique beauty of implicit imagination.
The naming of the "Ten Scenes of West Lake" reflects the profound beauty of meaning. It is not only a reproduction of a cultural landscape, but also a manifestation of cultural imagery.
For example, "Three Pools Reflecting the Moon" shows people an intoxicating scene of the moonlight, ripples, and tower shadows of the West Lake at night, with the moon in the lake, the tower in the moon, and the moon in the hole of the tower. Beautiful picture. In order to create connotative beauty, the scenic names of "Ten Scenic Spots of West Lake" have very high requirements in the selection and combination of images and the creation of artistic conception.