The description of the scenery of Pinghu Autumn Moon is excerpted as follows:
1. Description of the origin of the scenery
"Pinghu Autumn Moon" is one of the "Ten Scenes of West Lake" in the Southern Song Dynasty. The lakeside area in the southeast corner of Gushan Mountain and the south side of the west end of Baidi is one of the best places to enjoy the panoramic view of the West Lake from the north shore of the lake. The theme of this landscape is to watch the moonlight on the lake when the moon is bright in the autumn night.
At the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was popular to go boating on the West Lake and watch the moonscape on an autumn night. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi visited the West Lake and admired the landscape of "Autumn Moon over the Flat Lake". The Linhu Water Courtyard at the southeast corner of Dinggu Mountain was the scene of the inscription. The location of the landscape is still used today.
2. Poetry description of the scenery
The moon is cold and the cold springs are not flowing, where can I return to the boat with songs.
In the west wind, the white apples and red polygonum are reflected in the vast acreage of autumn light.
3. Short description of the scenery
On the autumn moon night of the West Lake, the high pavilion is full of waves, leaning against the window and overlooking the water. The platform is wide and the field of vision is broad; on the autumn night, you can look up and into the distance. But seeing the bright moon in the sky, the lake and sky turning blue, the golden wind blowing coolly, the water and moon blending together, being enveloped in the moonlight creates the illusion of being on the moon palace.
4. Description of the composition of the scenery
The landscape of "Pinghu Autumn Moon" includes the water courtyard space, imperial library, stele pavilion, and viewing area built during the Kangxi and Qianlong years of the Qing Dynasty. There are the remains of buildings and structures such as platforms, curved bridges, and inscriptions, traditional plants such as lotus, weeping willow, and Xifu crabapple, and natural landscapes such as the waters of the outer lake and the three islands, the mountains surrounding the West Lake, and the southern foot of Gushan.