What is the relationship between Su Dongpo and Huizhou West Lake?

Su Shi likes to visit the West Lake. Soon after Dongpo arrived in Huizhou, he was dumped by the deep, winding and beautiful West Lake. He often visits not only during the day, but also at night, even all night. He said: "At night, you can climb the Hejiang Tower, or take the guests to visit Hufeng Lake (here is the West Lake in Huizhou), enter the Seven Zen Temple, knock on the Luofu Taoist Temple, climb the Xiaoyao Hall, and go home at dawn." Even though he was demoted to Hainan, he still remembered the West Lake. He once said, "When you get old, enjoy a leisurely trip with Ye Zi. At dusk, it was already the second drum because of the knocking at the Luofu Daoyuan in Xishan. I stayed in Xitang. "

Su Shi's earliest title was Huizhou West Lake. Dongpo wrote five poems about Jiang Yue in September (1095). This poem not only describes the beautiful scenery of the West Lake under the cool weather and bright moon, but also has a famous sentence: "When the moon rises on the hill, the Jade Pagoda lies in the faint blue". Therefore, some people say, "This is the beginning of Hu Hui landscape."

Su Shi once built a dike bridge for Huizhou. In order to solve the traffic on both sides of the West Lake, Dongpo proposed to build a dike bridge between the West Village and the West Mountain. He took the lead in "supporting the rhinoceros belt" and mobilized his brother-in-law to donate "thousands of money to help". This project is presided over by the monk Xigu of the Seven Zen Temple. First, it was built on both sides of the river, and then a bridge was built on the river bank with rock-solid stone salt wood, named Xixinqiao. Born three years less (1096), the dike bridge was completed in June. Dongpo wrote a poem describing the construction process, which also celebrated with the people: "The father is happy and the pot is empty." If you can't drink for three days, kill all the chickens in the west village. "In order to commemorate Dongpo's achievements, later generations named it Su Gongdi, or Su Causeway for short. As a result, one of the eight scenic spots in the West Lake, "Su Causeway Plays the Moon", was created. It can be said that Su Shi helped to build the dike bridge, which added a lot of charm to the West Lake.

Su Shi first called Hu Feng the West Lake. In September of Shao Sheng's second year (1095), Dongpo called Hu Feng the West Lake for the first time in his poem "A Gift to Tan Xiu". After the Southern Song Dynasty, people gradually called Hu Feng the West Lake. Therefore, Zhang Xuan, a great scholar who edited Dongpo Yu Hui Collection in the early Ming Dynasty, wrote in Huizhou West Lake Song: "The east of Huizhou West Lake Ridge is also called Dongpo Gong".

The West Lake is more famous for Su Shi. According to records of the west lake in Huizhou, there are more than 400 cultural celebrities who have close relations with Huizhou in past dynasties. Among them, politicians who have served as prime ministers include Chen Yaozuo, Liu Zheng and Wen Tianxiang, and famous artists include Li Shangyin, Yang Wanli, Liu Kezhuang, Huang Zunxian and Qiu. But their influence on Huizhou West Lake can't be compared with Su Dongpo's. Huang Anlan, a scholar who returned to goodness in the Qing Dynasty, put it well in the book "Su Ji of West Lake": "The beauty of the landscape of the West Lake, with the title of Dongpo, is more prosperous."