Hangzhou, a paradise in the ground
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The capital of the province of Zhejiang is provided with a population of 1,6 million persons. It is one of the most beautiful cities of China. Placed to the shore river Qiantang, with the famous Lake of the West in his western part, Hangzhou has turned out to be embellished across the centuries by his successive leaders. The construction of the Big Channel, during the dynasty Sui, which it was finishing in this city, made him be gaining importance in the following centuries, therefore when China was dismembered at the end of the dynasty Tang, Hangzhou turned in the capital of the dynasty Song of the South. The emperors put all his zeal in turning this city into a marvel, and the poet Su Dongpo, for several years mayor of the same one, he helped to create this image of Hangzhou that will go on to the posteriority. Not in vain the Chinese have a saying that he says "In the sky the paradise is, in the ground, Suzhou and Hangzhou", and Marco Polo, when he visited it in the XIIIth century, he mentioned "It is the most elegant and sumptuous city of the world". In fact, some students make sure that the plenitude of the Chinese culture was not reached by Tang de Xian, but by Song de Hangzhou.
Favorite destination of the Chinese newlyweds, and peregrinaje place for this so receptive people for the natural sceneries, Hangzhou has managed to support an important industrial and commercial textile, and do not spoil this beautiful scenery that the history and the nature bequeathed him.
The Lake of the West is the principal attraction of Hangzhou, about which there concentrate most of his tourist points. In China there is 36 Lagos of the West, but that of Hangzhou is, with difference, the most famous. Formerly it was a bay of the river Qiantang, but the deposited muds were separating him from the river. From the century VIll, in which the dike was dredged, the successive governors of the city have not curtailed efforts to embellish his surroundings. And with big success. The lake, with form of an a little irregular square of approximately 3 km of side, is divided in 3 parts, the exterior lake, the principal one; the interior lake, to the north separated by the dike of Bai a narrow strip of planted ground of willows and several stones bridges; and the later lake, in the western parter, separated for e1 dike your. Inside the lake there are 4 islands, the only one of them that is natural it is the one that they call a Solitary Hill, which is connected with firm ground by the Bai dike. In his interior the Park Zhongshan is, in whose top there is a big sight of the lake and the city and the Provincial Museum. Another important island is the Moon Reflected in Three Pagoditas. It is possible only to gain access in ship. The tourists have her usually included in his itinerary, and there are regular lines for the individual travelers, who can take along with the city, or along with the Park Huagang. The pavilions and laguitos of the interior of this island they show clearly the local beauty.
The Temple of the Hidden Soul is one of the most important temples of the south of China, and one of that it offers to the visitor more attractions. Before coming to the pavilions in strict sense, "The Flying Hill" is, with impressive sculptures Buddhists in stone. The temple is usually full of the faithful, who come sometimes from distant grounds. It is easy to contemplate some religious ceremony.
Other one of the principal Hanzhou attractions is the Pagoda of Six Armonías it was constructed in the year 970 and it nominated following the name of a temple Buddhist of the outskirts. His name has to do with the preaching of the Buddhism, harmony of the body, of the mind, of the words, of the opinions, the poverty, and the abstinence.
The Grave of General Yuefei, in the corner norocidental of the Lake of the West, only is visited by the Chinese, who see in this hero, unjustly marked and executed, the patriot's prototype.
The House of Guo, a little removed from the principal tourist routes, in spite of being placed in the western shore of the Lake, is one of the best places to enjoy his beauty calmly.
The Museum of the Drugstore, in the middle of the last remains of the ancient city, recently restored and prepared for the tourist development, supports nevertheless, a certain interest.
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