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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-dutyembellishmentcreatesadistanceofsomesortandmakesithardforcasualinteractionand