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Judging from Song Sushi's poem "Two Rains on the Lake Drink Chu Qing", the West Lake is always more appropriate than the West Lake.
It means that if the beautiful West Lake is compared to a beauty, whether it is light makeup or heavy makeup, it can always set off her natural beauty and charming charm. Hence the name. This name is the most common.
2. Qiantang Lake
Hangzhou was called Qiantang in ancient times, and the West Lake is the symbol of Hangzhou, so it is called Qiantang Lake. Because at the earliest, the West Lake was just an inner lake reclaimed from Qiantang River.
To put it bluntly, the east of Hangzhou is a flat avenue washed by Qiantang River before, and the earliest Hangzhou is only a mountain in the west.
3. Jinniu Lake
According to legend, in the Han Dynasty, there was a kind and spiritual Taurus lurking under the West Lake. Whenever the lake is dry and dry, Taurus comes to the surface and spits water to fill the lake for the benefit of the people.
When local officials heard about it, they forced the people to drain the lake with water in order to please the emperor. As soon as the water was drained, Taurus was exposed, and these insatiable officials were all red-eyed.
Rushing down the lake to catch Taurus, Taurus let out a cry and spat. In an instant, all the officials were fed to the tortoise. Since then, the water in the West Lake has never dried up, and the Taurus has never appeared again. Therefore, people call this lake "Jinniu Lake".
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After the Southern Song Dynasty made Hangzhou its capital, Hangzhou became the political, economic and cultural center at that time, and the name of West Lake spread rapidly. However, the rulers of the Southern Song Dynasty were content with half of the country, addicted to the scenery of the West Lake and unwilling to recover lost ground.
At that time, the people called the West Lake a "golden pot" (a place where a lot of money was spent) to show their dissatisfaction.
5. Xiling Lake
There is a ferry at the western end of Gushan called Xilin or Xicun, which is the only passage connecting Beishan and Qixia Mountain. The traffic location is very important, so the West Lake was also called "Xilin Lake" for a while.
Su Xiaoxiao, a famous geisha in Tang Dynasty, lived in Xiling when she had money. There is a poem by Su Xiaoxiao in Gu Yue Fu: "Where shall we meet? Under the pine and cypress in Xiling. "
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