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Posted On Friday, October 30, 2009 at
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12:01 AM
by Alvin
No Primary school children would forget the lessons they learnt on the famed 西湖十景 which had been the ten best known scenic beauty spots around the lake Xiwu (西湖) in Hangzhou (杭州) centre. Hangzhou had been a major trading centre since before 1,000 AD and was once a national capital in the Sung Dynasty (南宋). We spent a lovely Autumn day walking around the entire circumference of Xiwu and stopping at most of the well known places to admire the truly sparkling beauty of this fresh water lake. In particular, we visited Leifeng Tower (雷峰塔) that was made (even more) famous by the story of The Legend Of The Lady White Snake (白蛇傳). To cut a very long story even shorter, basically, one poor snake lady (a thousand year old snake goddess) with the heart of gold fell in luv with a young man and she was wrongfully trapped under the Leifeng Tower until she was later rescued, got her man and lived a long and happy life - I love happy endings. During our walk, we passed through many scenic spots such as 平湖秋月, 花港觀魚, 蘇堤春曉, 斷橋殘雪, 雷峰夕照 and 南屏晚鐘 and we ate our picnic lunch near the outer Xiwu lake where there was the famous beauty spot of 麴院風荷 with lots and lots of lotus flowers that could be found in Spring time. We spotted many leisure activities going on all around this lovely lake like kite-flying, boating and fishing but, thankfully no Karaoke, phew ! This was certainly one clear blue Autumn day to remember !
No Primary school children would forget the lessons they learnt on the famed 西湖十景 which had been the ten best known scenic beauty spots around the lake Xiwu (西湖) in Hangzhou (杭州) centre. Hangzhou had been a major trading centre since before 1,000 AD and was once a national capital in the Sung Dynasty (南宋). We spent a lovely Autumn day walking around the entire circumference of Xiwu and stopping at most of the well known places to admire the truly sparkling beauty of this fresh water lake. In particular, we visited Leifeng Tower (雷峰塔) that was made (even more) famous by the story of The Legend Of The Lady White Snake (白蛇傳). To cut a very long story even shorter, basically, one poor snake lady (a thousand year old snake goddess) with the heart of gold fell in luv with a young man and she was wrongfully trapped under the Leifeng Tower until she was later rescued, got her man and lived a long and happy life - I love happy endings. During our walk, we passed through many scenic spots such as 平湖秋月, 花港觀魚, 蘇堤春曉, 斷橋殘雪, 雷峰夕照 and 南屏晚鐘 and we ate our picnic lunch near the outer Xiwu lake where there was the famous beauty spot of 麴院風荷 with lots and lots of lotus flowers that could be found in Spring time. We spotted many leisure activities going on all around this lovely lake like kite-flying, boating and fishing but, thankfully no Karaoke, phew ! This was certainly one clear blue Autumn day to remember !
