HangzhouisfamoushistorialandculturalcityinChina,reputedasoneofthesevenmajorancientcapitalintheChinesehistory.Hangzhouisapicturesquecitywithmanybeautifulscenicspots.TheWestLakehasbeenChina'sbest-knowntouristspotsinceancientChina. 　　TheWestLakewasalagoonconvertedfromasmallbay.BecauseitislocatedinthewestofHangzhou,itiscalledtheWestLake.therearehillsaroundthelakeonthreesides,andthecityproperliesjustbythelakeononeside. 　　ThehistoryoftheWestLakemainlyisahistoryofthelakebeingsiltedanddredged.Itwasmadebynature.Butgreatchangestookplaceinitslonghistory.WestLakeinallpastdynastieswasnotonlyforsightseeingbut,moreimportantly,fordrinkingwaterandtheirrigationoffarmland. 　　"TheWestLakeoffersthebestsightsintheworld,whetherthetouristisfoolishofwise,Heenjoyshimselfinagreaterorlesserdegree,nobodycanpretendtobeaknow-all." 　　TheWestLake,therearethreestrangethingsaboutit:theBrokenBridgeisnotbroken,thelongBridgeisquiteshortandtheSolitaryHilldoesnotstandsolitary.TheBrokenBridgeisfamousnotonlyforitsscenery,butalsoforitsbeautifullegendofLadyWhiteSnake.ItbecameanimportantplaceinHangzhou'smostfamouslovestory. 　　second,PreciousStoneHill,islocatedonthenorthernbankofthelakeandcommandsauniqueview.Redrocksspreadalloverthehillandsparklelikediamondsinlaidintherosymorningorevening.Thisishowthenameofthehillcamyby.BaochuPagodaisoneoflandmarksoftheWestLakeandisthefirstthingthatgreetsone'seyesbeforeonecomesclosetotheWestLake. 　　Thefamousancientproveb:"inHeaventhereisParadise,onearthSuzhouandHangzhou"meansthatSuzhouandHangzhouwerethefinestandthemostspledidplacesintheworld.TheWestLakeisabrightpearlontheearth,althoughitwasendowedbynature.ThebeautifulviewoftheWestLakeisdifficulttocaptureinwriting.ItwouldbemadeknowntothedomesticandoverseasfriendswholovetheWestLakeardently. 　　Strangeyetisthat,nomatterhowmanytimesonevisitsthislake,onecan'tgetanyclosetoher.Toomuchheavy-dutyembellishmentcreatesadistanceofsomesortandmakesithardforcasualinteractionandidentifiction. 　　TheWestLakegoestoomuchforextravaganceandstyleanddetailsistherelationbetweenpeopleandthebeautyofnature.Shehasinheritedanameofhighrespect.Everyhill,creek,pond,pavilion,orpagodahasahistorialbackgroudaofsomegreatsignificance,asaresult,everythingbecomessymbolic. 　　Canyouenjoysher?