Aerial photo taken on April 19, 2022 shows Leifeng Tower at the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
HANGZHOU, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou, embraced by cloud-capped hills on three sides and divided into several parts by picturesque causeways, presents a delicate scenery featuring overlapping peaks and scattering temples, pagodas, pavilions, gardens, ornamental trees, and artificial islands, adding beauty to the city of Hangzhou. It was inscribed by the World Heritage Committee on UNESCO's World Heritage List as a cultural property in Paris on June 24, 2011.
The beauty of the West Lake had always been the subject of poems and paintings in the past hundreds of years. The love legends of "The Butterfly Lovers" and "The Legend of the White Snake" originating here also add to it an aura of romance.
Aerial photo taken on April 12, 2022 shows the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
Aerial photo taken on April 12, 2022 shows the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
Aerial photo taken on April 12, 2022 shows the Sudi causeway at the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
Aerial photo taken on April 12, 2022 shows the Yanggongdi causeway at the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
Aerial photo taken on April 12, 2022 shows the Yanggongdi causeway at the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
