west lake of Hangzhou

Misty Trees by Nine Streams

Guozhuang Park

Autumn Moon on the Calm Lake

Bai Dyke
I visited it at 2001 for the first time.
the West Lake has all along been extolled as a sparkling pearl. Legend has it that the lake used to be an auspicious pearl hewn into its sparkling shape by the Jade Dragon and the Golden Phoenix but it was later stolen by the Mother Queen of the West. When Jade Dragon and Golden Phoenix scrambled with the Mother Queen, this pearl accidentally fell onto a land that was known as Hangzhou.

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