杭州西湖历史英文介绍.doc

杭州西湖历史英文介绍 篇一：西湖英语介绍 1. Spring Dawn on the Su Causeway(苏堤春晓) 2. Orioles Singing in the Willows (柳浪闻莺) 3. Viewing Fish at Flower Pond(花港观鱼) 4. Winery Yard and Lotus Pool (曲苑风荷) 5. Evening Bell Ringing at the Nanping Hill (南屏晚钟) 6. Autumn Moon over the Calm Lake (平湖秋月) 7. Leifeng Pagoda in Evening Glow(雷峰夕照) 8. Three Pools Mirroring the Moon (三潭印月) 9. Lingering Snow on the Broken Bridge (断桥残雪) 10. Twin Peaks Piercing the Clouds (双峰插云) The famous West Lake is like a brilliant pearl .beautiful scenery offers many attractions for tourists at home and abroad. West Lake Lying in Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province, the West Lake is a world famous tourist spot. Embraced by green hills on three sides, the lake covers an area of 5.6 square kilometers and has a perimeter of 15 kilometers. The whole lake is divided into 5 sections, namely the Outer Lake, North Inner Lake, Yue Lake and Little South Lake, by Gu Hill, Sudi Causeway, Baiti Causeway and Ruangong Mound. The name of West Lake was fixed as early as the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Before the Tang Dynasty, the lake had various names such as Wulin Water, Mingsheng Lake, Jinzhong Lake, Longchuan, Qianyuan, Qiantang Lake, and Shang Lake, etc. In the Song Dynasty (960-1279), the Chinese renowned poet Su Dongpo wrote a poem to praise the West Lake and compared it to Xizi, a Chinese legendary beauty. Since then, the West Lake has another elegant name Xizi Lake. The beauty of the West Lake lies in its lingering charm that survives the change of seasons in a year and of hours in a day. Among its beautiful sights, the most famous sites are the Ten Sights in West Lake and the Ten New Sights in West Lake, which are known as the Double-Ten Sights in West Lake. The Ten Sights in West Lake are Melting Snow at Broken Bridge(断桥残雪), Spring Dawn at Sudi Causeway(苏堤春晓), Sunset Glow over Leifeng Hill(雷峰夕照), Lotus in the Breeze at Crooked Courtyard(曲苑风荷), Autumn Moon on Calm Lake(平湖秋月), Listening to Orioles Singing in