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The famous West Lake is like a brilliant pearl embedded in the beautiful and fertile shores of the East China Sea near the mouth of the Hangzhou Bay. The lake covers an area of 5.6 square kilometers. The view of the West Lake is simply enchanting, which offers many attractions for tourists at home and abroad.

Tiger-clawed Spring

The legend goes that two tigers ran there and made a hole where a spring gushed out. The Longjing Tea and the Tiger-clawed Spring water are always reputed as the “Two Wonders of the West Lake”.

The Lingyin Temple

The Lingyin Temple, or the Monastery (寺院) of Soul’s Retreat, is a famous historical site of the West Lake. It is a famous ancient temple in China, in front of which are Feilai Peak, Longhong Cave and precious rock cave arts and queer and varied natural caves and gullies (溪谷) .

Spring Dawn at Su Causeway (堤道)

It’s a 2.8km long boulevard (要道) cutting across the south-north scenic area, and lined with trees and flowering plants. When Spring comes with crimson (深红 色的) peach blossoms and green willows (柳); the scenery is all the more charming. Strolling along the boulevard, one feels as if the West Lake were wakening in dawn mist. Young willows were ethereal (优雅的), spring breeze so caressing (爱抚), and birds were chirping (吱喳叫) in unison.

Three Pools Mirroring the Moon

“There are islands in the lake and there are lakes on the islands.” The three stone towers were first built in the Song Dynasty, with the wonderful scenery of “one moon in the sky having three reflections in the lake”.