What's the story between Su Dongpo and Hangzhou West Lake?

The History of the Yuan Dynasty records that when Su Dongpo was appointed as the secretariat of Hangzhou in the fifth year of Yuan You (1090), he dredged the West Lake and built the north and south levees with dredged mud haystacks.

Su Dongpo presided over the construction of the levee, which is about the prototype of the levee from Nanping foothills in the south to Qixialing in the north. Although it is a prototype, the six most famous bridges that make up this dike, namely Yingbo, Solan, Wangshan, Dike, Dongpu and Cross Rainbow, have already existed. It is said that these names all come from Su Dongpo's heart. In Su Dongpo's own poems, there is a clear record of the construction of this dike: "I came to Qiantang to expand the lake green, and the dike women competed for Changfeng." The sixth bridge spans the Tianhan River, and Beishan begins to connect with Nanping. "

Since the Southern Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo presided over the construction of this dike, which became the first of the ten scenic spots in the West Lake, and was called "Su Causeway Xiao Chun". But what is certain is that the Su Causeway that tourists see today is not the Su Causeway built by Su Dongpo. It must have gone through numerous supplementary repairs and afforestation. For example, during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, when the Lixi Lake was built, Yang and Yang used part of the silt dredged from the West Lake to supplement Su Causeway. In other words, the beauty of "Su Causeway" today cannot be achieved by Su Dongpo alone.

In order to remember Su Dongpo's achievements in dredging lakes and building dikes, later generations called this north-south long dike Su Causeway. On the morning of spring, the willow bridge filled with smoke and willow gauze chirped several times, announcing the early spring in Su Causeway, and there was a folk Sang Song: "Six suspension bridges in the West Lake, one willow and one peach." Su Causeway Xiao Chun in the "Ten Scenes of West Lake" is named after this.

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On June 9th, 2065438+00, according to experts' opinions, three flower beds will be rebuilt in Su Causeway, the first of the "Ten Scenery of West Lake", which is listed as the key content of Su Causeway's renovation and will be demolished within one month. The construction time starts from June 20th.

20 1 1 In the early morning of June 25th, Beijing time, the 35th World Heritage Conference in Paris listed "Hangzhou West Lake Cultural Landscape" on the World Heritage List. The West Lake, which was successfully applied for World Heritage, is also the 4th1World Heritage Site in China.

Su Shi (1037 ~11year) was born in Meishan, Meizhou (now Sichuan) in the Northern Song Dynasty. He is a famous writer, one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties.

He is knowledgeable and versatile, and has high attainments in calligraphy, painting, poetry and prose. His calligraphy is called "Song Sijia" with Cai Xiang, Huang Tingjian and Mi Fei; He is good at painting bamboo and strange stones, and also has outstanding opinions on painting theory and calligraphy theory. He is a literary leader after Ouyang Xiu in the Northern Song Dynasty, and his prose is as famous as Ouyang Xiu. Poetry is like the name of Huang Tingjian; His words are magnificent and bold, and his words are graceful and restrained. Known as "Su Xin" with Xin Qiji in the Southern Song Dynasty, * * * is an uninhibited poet.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Su Causeway