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Please bring your camera Class1 Class1 AJourneyWest LakeSummarize: There is a paradise above, so are there Hangzhou and Suzhou below. The finest, most splendid city in the world…where so many pleasures may be found that one fancies oneself to be in the paradise. ------Marco Polo The lake is large, walkways are wide ,the causeways are long. The focus of the exceptionally beautiful city is West Lake  The two man-made causeways that divide West Lake into partsThe Bai Causeway 1.Lingering snow on the broken bridge 2. The Tale of White Snake 3.The Autumn Moon on a Calm LakeThe Su Causeway 1.Spring Dawn at Su Causeway 2.Orioles Singing in the willows 3.The Three Pools Mirroring the Moon Scenic and poetic Lingering snow on the broken bridge At the north end of the causeway is the well-known Broken Bridge, so named because the bridge looks artistically broken in distance when winter snows first melt on the bridge. This was the very place where the hero and heroine met and fell in love, and later on got reunited after many hardships and difficulties. At the west end of the causeway is the Solitary Island. It was on this island that the China’s most traveled emperors of the last dynasty, Kangxi and Qianlong stayed as sightseers after a long distance sailing from Beijing ,through the Grand Canal to Hangzhou.  A reviewing platform was built on the southern tip of the island for the emperors to watch the sunrise and the moonlight .Emperor Qianlong named the place The Autumn Moon on a Clam Lake Lined with weeping willow trees and peach flowers, crossed by six arched stone bridges , the Su Causeway is a landscape drawn by the painter and composed by the poet.West lake Su wrote a poem to name the lake after an astounding beauty named Xizi. he poem goes, “Water shimmering on a shiny day mountains clothed in the misty rain , West Lake is forever charming like Xizi, whether dressed gaily or plain.” Hangzhou's west lake From the Su Causeway the visitors can get the best view of the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon, which was another creation of the poet-governor Su Tungpo. It is a defining monument of West Lake. There are three water pagodas, floating on the waters, fastened to the bed of the lake. Each pagoda is about 6 feet high, with five openings  Walking or bicycling on the Lakeshore Promenade around the West Lake can be great fun. There are parks one after another. They are Hubin Park, Zhongshan Park, Hangzhou Park. Each has its own charm and characteristics. You will sure feel like wandering in a China fairyland. 1.Sunset glow at Leifeng pagoda 2. Orioles singing in the willows3.Viewing Fish at flower harbor 4.Evening bell at Nanping hillThe End 谢谢观赏谢谢观赏Thank you。