1、西湖作文之西湖英语游记作文西湖英语游记作文【篇一：关于西湖的英文介绍】 西湖的英文介绍 2006-4-11 12:59 the famous west lake is like a brilliant pearl embedded in the beautiful and fertile shores of the east china sea near the mouth of the hangzhou bay. the lake covers an area of 5.6 square kilometers. the view of the west lake is simply ench
2、anting, which offers many attractions for tourists at home and abroad. tiger-running spring the legend goes that two tights ran there and made a hole where a spring gushed out. the longjing tea and the tiger-running spring water are always reputed as the two wonders of the west lake. the lingyin mon
3、astery the lingyin monastery, or the monastery of souls retreat, is a famous historical site of the west lake. here exists the lingyin monastery, a famous ancient temple in china, in front of which there are feilai peak, cold spring, longhong cave and precious rock cave arts and queer and varied nat
4、ural caves and gullies. spring dawn at su causeway its a 2.8 km. long boulevard cutting across the south-north scenic area, and lined with trees and flowering plants. when spring comes with crimson peach 页面功能 【字体：大 中 小】【打印】【关闭】blossoms and green willows; the scenery is all the more charming. strolli
5、ng along the boulevard, one feels as if the west lake were wakening in dawn mist. young willows were ethereal, spring breeze so caressing, and birds were chirping in unison. the moon reflected in three pools there are islands in the lake and three are lake on the islands. the three stone towers were
6、 first built in yuanyou 4th year (1089) of the song dynasty, with the wonderful scenery of one moon in the sky having three reflection in the lake, it is one of the wonderful scenes of the west lake.notes: 1. west lake 西湖 2. tiger-running spring 虎跑泉 3. the lingyin monastery 灵隐寺 4. spring dawn at su
7、causeway 苏堤春晓 5. the moon reflected in three pools 三潭印月 west lake west lake redirects here. for other uses, see west lake (disambiguation). this article is about the west lake in hangzhou, china. for the lake by the same name (and same characters) in japan, see saiko, yamanashi. the lake is divided
8、by three causeways called su di (苏堤) , bai di (白堤), and yanggong di (杨公堤). the name west lake (xi hu) is also used by a large number of lakes in china and surrounding countries (with 800 west lakes in china according to lonely planet). however, the lake in hangzhou is the most famous of these, and t
9、he terms west lake and xi hu generally refers to this lake. history one of the major attractions in west lake: three pools mirroring the moon islandin middle of the tang dynasty zhenyuan era (785-804), poet bai juyicame to hangzhou as governor. already an accomplished poet, his deeds at hangzhou mad
10、e him a great governor. he realised that the farmland nearby depended on the water of west lake, but due to negligence of former governors, the old dyke had collapsed, the water level of west lake dried out, and the local farmers suffered severe drought. he ordered the construction of a stronger and
11、 taller dyke, with a dam to control the flow of water, and thus solved the drought problem. the livelihood of local people of hangzhou improved over the following years. now that bai juji had more leisure time to enjoy the beauty of west lake, he visited west lake almost every day. he ordered the co
12、nstruction of a causeway connecting the broken bridge with the solitary hill, to facilitate walking on foot, instead of depending on boat. then he planted peach trees and willows trees along the dyke, making it a beautiful landmark of west lake. this causeway was later named bai di causeway in bai j
13、uyis honour. over two hundred years later, in the beginning of song dynastys yuanyou era (1086-1094), another great poet, su shi (su dongpo), came to hangzhou as governor. by that time, the farmers suffered drought again, due to overgrowth of the weeds at the bottom of the lake clogging the irrigati
14、on ducts. he ordered dredging of the lake and piled up all the mud into another causeway, in the style of bai causeway, but much wider and nearly three times as long, he also planted willow trees along its banks. this causeway was later named after him as the su causeway. there are six bridges along
15、 the 2.6 km su causeway. spring dawn on the su causeway is one of the attractions at the west lake. ten scenes of west lake view of the west lake from a row boatthe ten scenes of west lake (西湖十景), each marked by a stela with the name written in the calligraphy of the emperor qianlong emperor, are: s
16、pring dawn on the su causeway (苏堤春晓) orioles singing in the willows (柳浪闻莺) viewing fish at flower pond (花港观鱼) winery yard and lotus pool (曲苑风荷) evening bell ringing at the nanping hill (南屏晚钟) autumn moon over the calm lake (平湖秋月) leifeng pagoda in evening glow (雷峰夕照) three pools mirroring the moon (三潭印月) lingering snow on broken bridge (断桥残雪) twin peaks piercing the clouds (双峰插云) - the jungfrau of west lakeother attr
