[ West Lake]

West Lake

What is West Lake like in spring?

Xu Xian knew that the spring rain was like wine,

The white lady knows Liu Ruyan.

Every time a good friend comes to Hangzhou to play, I would suggest soaking in Longjing before the Ming Dynasty and taking a trip to the West Lake with me as a child.

Clear West Lake is not as good as rainy West Lake, and rainy West Lake is not as good as foggy West Lake. There are very few friends from other places who swim through the West Lake in the eyes of literati and literati in the cold wind. Anyone who has played will shout that they have earned it.

When the West Lake is compared to the West, it should be in bud, half covering its cheeks, and quietly waiting to open.

I looked out from the ship's side, and the misty and misty West Lake looked like a little bit of green and garcinia cambogia added to ink, and behind it were dotted with rouge, which was the blooming crabapple flowers. Fortunately, the crabapple has no fragrance, otherwise Su Shi couldn't sing the crabapple: "Smiling smiles between the bamboo fences, the peaches and plums are always vulgar in the mountains."

I personally don't like the West Lake where the birds sing and dancing. The West Lake, which has light and dark, density, and natural and simple space, is the West Lake in my impression. In autumn and winter, the West Lake has the texture of Song paintings and is of high-grade yellow everywhere. I am not worried, but even in spring and summer, it must be unsaturated to be beautiful.

In spring, West Lake can really be like Lin Fengmian's "West Lake Scenery". In summer, I feel like Guan Zilan's "West Lake" in the Republic of China. If I pack a pleasure boat, I really feel that people are swimming in the painting. After getting off the boat, it would be great if you could find a delicious restaurant or teahouse to soothe your body and mind!

My mother-in-law, I have carefully selected three "beautiful" and "edible" Hangzhou exquisite routes, all of which can be reached by boating.

Beishan Road-Lingyin Scenic Area

Warm reminder: By boat on the shore, you can capture Gushan, Xiling Yinshe and Huxin Pavilion in one go.

Beishan Road is a place worth walking in the drizzle. It borders Baisha Road in the east and Lingyin Road in the west. Baoshi Mountain, Geling and Yuefei Temple are all along Beishan Road. There are many Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, and there are countless former residences of famous people. Lin Fengmian and Guan Zilan's paintings can be found here.

By taking a boat at Shangri-La Pier on Beishan Road, you can visit almost the entire famous scenic spot of the West Lake. There are many stories of literati and literati circulating along the West Lake. Some melons are eaten, such as Wang Shizhen and "Jin Ping Mei", and some idols, such as Gao Shi Yan Ziling.

Xinxin Hotel

During the season when winter bamboo shoots cannot be eaten by the soil, the menu of Xinxin Hotel is eye-catching, and you can taste the Chinese and Western essence of two famous chefs, Chen Jianjun and He Xiao, at one time. The Xiaojiang Perch comes out so that the water is tender and tender, the "Napoleon" stuffed with king crab meat is full of satisfaction, and the combination of nine-section shrimp and chopped green onion potherb snow is also a stroke of genius. I originally wanted to quit carbon in an incomprehensible way, but my belt was fragrant and fragrant. Even if I loosened my belt, I couldn't make the new finishing dessert delicious in vain. How could the berries get fat when it comes to Fafuna Chocolate Lava Cake and Shanti Cream? Not to mention that I'm here, I can probably lose weight back to a bamboo pole with a bowl of bamboo clothes and orange cups!

By the way, you can also drink the co-branded coffee that Goddess X likes to eat in the "wife's living room" here. Each cup contains stories of literati and literati of the Republic of China who once stayed in the mountains and rivers of the West Lake. Once I met Ms. Zhu Yufang, founder of Xiaofeng Bookstore, in "Mr.'s Study". It turned out that all the out-of-print books from the Republic of China here were her collections!

Hangzhou Xinxin Hotel was founded in 1913 and is the only century-old modern hotel in Zhejiang Province to this day. In the old days, countless celebrities and scholars once looked at the West Lake here, including Hu Shi and Cao Chengying, Shi Liangcai and Shen Qiushui, Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman, Lu Xun and Xu Guangping, as well as Feng Zikai, Li Shutong, Chen Yinke, Wu Changshuo, Yu Dafu, Zhang Ailing, Lin Huiyin, Ba Jin, Ai Qing, Mei Lanfang, Dewey, Akutagawa Ryuzhikuo, etc.

At that time, Xinxin Hotel had a Western restaurant, a library room, a billiard room, a dance hall, an open-air movie theater, etc., and the top floor was a dance hall bar. The furniture is made of classic styles that combine Chinese and Western cultures of the Republic of China, with paintings and carvings by skilled craftsmen. The retro and modern temperament makes people feel like traveling through time and space.

Who would have thought that the first West Lake Western Expo in Chinese history would be held next to the West Lake on Beishan Road downstairs?

santan yinyue

On the south side of Xiaoying Island, where flowers and trees are sparse, it is like a huge censer hanging upside down in the lake, exposing three feet. This is the world-famous "Three Tanks Seal the Moon", and it is also the most iconic scene among the "Ten Scenes of West Lake"."The sex scene" The moon in the sky turns in one circle, and the shadows in the lake turn into three ". This "three ponds sealing the moon" was actually a "warning sign for prohibiting planting of water chestnut sauce" when Su Dongpo dredged the West Lake in the fifth year of Yuanyou of the Northern Song Dynasty (1090).

Source: Public Account @ Hangzhou West Lake Xixi Scenic Area

What is even more legendary is that from ancient times to the present, someone has counted 33 moons around the "Santan". Do you know that "Yayukami"?!

mid-Lake Pavilion

Zhang Dai's "Watching the Snow at the Pavilion in the Heart of the Lake" made "appreciating the snow in the heart of the lake" an elegant event, and the island became famous all over the world. "The fog hangs in the sky, the clouds, the mountains, and the water, the top and bottom are white, and the shadows on the lake are only a trace of the long embankment, a pavilion in the center of the lake, a mustard on the boat, and two or three people in the boat." Few people know that in the rain and fog, there is also a touching artistic conception.

Source: Public Account @ Hangzhou West Lake Xixi Scenic Area

The island is exquisite and exquisite. On the south side of the island, there is also a stone tablet of "Bug Two" in Taihu Lake. It is said that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited the West Lake at night to the Pavilion in the center of the lake and wrote "Bug Two" with a stroke of his head, taking the meaning of "Wind (Wind) Moon is boundless."

Gushan

Legend has it that Gushan was a Buddhist site far from the city in the Tang Dynasty. Yuan Zhen's "The Sutra of Fa Hua on the Stone Wall of Yongfu Temple":"Yongfu Temple is a Gushan Temple on the Gushan Mountain of Qiantang Lake in Hangzhou."

Source: Public Account @ Hangzhou West Lake Xixi Scenic Area

The story of Lin Hejing's seclusion in the Song Dynasty as a "beautiful wife and a crane son" and his own self-evaluation of "still happy that there was no book of Fengshan" before his death are tantamount to establishing a Confucian benchmark for literati in Gushan that is indifferent to their aspirations. However, Lin Hejing's bitter poem reveals that "plum wife" is just a way to escape emotional pain.

The "Gushan" inscription is located on the stone wall directly opposite the door to Zhongshan Park. It is vermilion, regular script, and has no signature. It is said that it was written by the Song Dynasty. The word "lonely" is a little less, and it is said that the reason is: "The lonely mountain is not lonely, the bridge is constantly broken, and the long bridge is not long."

Xiling yinshe

Source: Public Account @ Hangzhou West Lake Xixi Scenic Area

Xiling Seal Society is located at the southern foot of Gushan Mountain in West Lake, Hangzhou. It was founded in the 30th year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1904). It is the first art group at home and abroad to study gold, stone and seal cutting. Wu Changshuo, one of the four masters of "poetry, calligraphy, printing and painting", was the first president. Master Hong Yi entered the Xiling Seal Society at the age of 35. Before becoming a monk at Hupao Dinghui Temple at the age of 39, he donated his life's seal cutting works and Tibetan seals to the "Xiling Seal Society". The community also held a "Yin Tomb" commemoration.

Lingyin Temple-Yongfu Temple-Shangtianzhu·Faxijian Temple

Lingyin was called "Wulin" in ancient times. For me, the temples in Hangzhou are the sustenance of beauty beyond faith.

Source: Public Account @ Lingyin Temple

Lingyin Temple, Yongfu Temple, and Shangtianzhu·Faxi Temple all have a history of more than a thousand years. Kangxi and Qianlong are all fans. Looking at the towering ancient trees in Lingyin Temple, looking at Dong Qichang's calligraphy treasures and Sha Menghai's plaque, you can purify your heart and soul.

Going to the Wenjing Pavilion, the "Art Museum" in Yongfu Temple,"the first blessed land of Qiantang" during the Song Dynasty, I discovered its profound connection with Japanese Zen. Donggao Xinyue Zen master traveled eastward to Fusang and was regarded by Japan as the "father of seal carving". When you are hungry, Yongfu Temple's vegetarian house "Da Yin Qing Xin" is worth a try. Every year, I have the destiny to eat vegetarian mooncakes from Shangtian Faxi Temple. However, it is not autumn now, and the queue should not be for food, but for marriage. A piece of imperial energy attracted national Internet celebrities to check in. I can only say sheepishly that this is a temple full of beautiful women.

Jiangnan Inn, a popular restaurant in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, is not far from there. Since I am near Lingyin, I can go to the "He Tea House" to find Teacher Pang Ying, a tea maker, and go to her place to drink Kangxi's Longjing tea, which is a blessing in vain.

Sister Rabbit of "Jiangnan Posthouse" ate until her lips trembled, and then went to Teacher Pang Ying's house to drink until she tasted sweet. It was delicious and delicious, and there was no need to say anything. The key chat content was really eloquent. Teacher Chen Xiaoqing said that the three top female men in Shangtianzhu in Hangzhou are Rabbit, Pang Ying, and Qiu Jin... That's right.

Teacher Pang uses sharp words, but in fact he has a gentle temperament and makes dumplings well. Listening to Teacher Pang talk about tea, I feel that there is no need to worry about life. Having a hobby is enough to love it for a lifetime. Tea alone, plus utensils, water, food, and methods, makes the mountains and rivers in the four seasons too big.

Anman Fayun-Lanxuan Village Restaurant

Customers living in Fayun Anman basically fall in love with the feeling of enjoying the jungle Zen beside the ancient temple. I especially like to practice calligraphy with the calligrapher Teacher Yong Hui there.

If you want to eat black pearls nearby, nine times out of ten people will go to Lanxuan Village Food Shop. Lanxuan and He Teahouse are actually neighbors. The owner, Chen Zhenhao, is a sake maker, so you can drink a variety of high-end private sake in the store. Eating pomfret steamed with vegetables or mandarin fish and bamboo and lemongrass soup will be moist. The signature tea here, Xuelan White Tea, is wonderfully fragrant. Spoiler alert, the "Huyue" restaurant above the Friendship Hotel with a first-line lake view is also owned by Boss Chen, and it is not far from Beishan Road.

Jinsha Hall of Four Seasons Hotel Xizihu

My high-end foodie friends will ask me for the same favor when they arrive in Hangzhou: Can you book a Jinsha restaurant? Just recently, the 2021 Asia's Top 50 Restaurants announced for the first time the list of 51-120 Asian Restaurants, and the Jinsha Hall of Four Seasons Hotel in Hangzhou Xizihu ranked 89th.

Master Wang Yong of Jinsha Hall has long been famous for his "abalone braised pork". He is the star chef of "Forget the Restaurant" and he is also a master of pork cuisine with extraordinary skills. At the beginning of spring, Master Wang Yong's circle of fat friends gathered for a small gathering. It seemed that the flowers were blooming in the warm spring, and they were starting to eat. They included bacon and old chicken leaf buns, steamed pork neck and yellow croaker in shrimp sauce, and pork buns with crab powder (the most expensive steamed buns in China)... I am not afraid of the feeling of eating New Year's Eve dinner. After all, the Jinsha Hall is difficult to determine, and every meal will make me happy.

Master Wang is also very famous for his snacks and small dishes. Horseshoe cake, crab shell yellow, drunk flower snails, and cooked drunk razor clams are basically ordered at every table. The Jinsha version of classic Hangbang dishes: West Lake vinegar fish, Song Sao fish soup and Longjing shrimp... are also destined to make the trip worthwhile for tourists.

I live in the Four Seasons Hotel and find the pavilions, courtyards and gardens to be delicious all day long.

When you have free time during the day, you can enjoy afternoon tea on a West Lake secret cruise ship and take a heart-to-heart cruise ship on the private West Lake waterway. It is also very beautiful.

Source: @ Xizihu Four Seasons Hotel

Qingzhu

Many people say that Hangzhou is like Kyoto. If you really want to pretend to have tea in Kyoto, you can go to Qingzhu.

In the tea field outside the window, Hongyi calligraphy inside the window. It is good to drink Longjing or bantam beef.

Yanggong Dike-Santai Mountain

Warm tip: By taking a taxi, you can visit Yuhu Bay and Turtle Pond in one go.

When you come to Hangzhou, you will miss visiting the popular Taiziwan Park and Huagang Fish Watching Ten years ago, but visiting Yanggongdi-Santai Mountain must be close to the market.

Source: Public Account @ Hangzhou Huagang

Yuhuwan

Yuhu Bay is not large, bordering Yanggong Dike in the east, Santai Mountain Road in the west, Santai Mengji in the north, and Chishan Port in the south. This year's crabapple flowers are in full bloom, and Huang Gongwang's former residence, Xianxian Hall, Huangmi Tower Water Pavilion, Wuzhuangyuan Square, and Hongqiao Bridge have also been restored.

Source: Public Account @ Hangzhou West Lake Xixi Scenic Area

Source: Public Account @ Hangzhou West Lake Xixi Scenic Area

Turtle Lake

Except for those who are interested in Yu Qian Temple and Yongfu Bridge, and those who have an obsession with thatched houses in the water, I am afraid they can only come to Turtle Pond. A hill in the pond looks like a turtle when viewed from a high place (such as Santai Pavilion). The Muqu Bridge is connected to the water bank and is connected to Xili Lake through the restored Jingxing Bridge, with an open water surface. Boat boats from Zixuan Resort next door always pass by here.

Photo source: Public account @ Overthrown Life

Photo source: Public account @ Overthrown Life

Photo source: Public account @ Zhizhi and Shendu

Zixuan Resort

Zixuan Grass is called Wangyou Grass by the Chinese. "The Book of Songs·Wei Feng·Bo Xi":"How can you get Zixuan? It's the back of the tree." "Selected Works" in Ji Shuye's "On Health Preservation" of the Wei Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms states: "Zixuan forgets her worries, and it is known by all fools and wisdom." This is why Zixuan got her name.

Luo Lai Chado Zixuan Resort currently operates projects including Jiexianglou (Chinese food), Sanyangge (French food), Manshu (Japanese food), Xiaoqing (spa), Jingshe and villas (guest rooms), surrounded by famous scenic spots such as Quyuan Fenghe, Jinsha Port, Hangzhou Huapu, Turtle Pond, Yuhu Bay and Huagang Fish Watching.

As a representative of creative and exquisite Jiangnan cuisine, Master Yu Bin can not only eat the famous "Slow Fire Veal", but also the endless seasons in Jiangnan, as well as the eight thousand miles of clouds and moons in his Jiexianglou menu.

In front of Manshu's board is the flag of Hangzhou's daily food circle.

Bajiabei·Liyuan

As one of the most difficult restaurants in Hangzhou to book, if you want to eat Shangliyuan, you must confirm the time in advance. Otherwise, you can only have afternoon tea in the downstairs cafe. I still remember the last time I ate old Hangzhou's "Yellow Croaker and Water Sauce" rice dumplings there. In case you have the opportunity to order the ancient Hangbang dishes,"pot paste fish slices","honey sauce fire recipe" and "butterfly eel slices", please order them!

qinglan

There is no heavy seasoning, such as the breeze in the mountains and forests, which is the "green haze". Regarding the expression of food, Qinglan is committed to the research of two waves with one stone, exploring low-temperature slow cooking and oil immersion, constant temperature cooking and Terine water bath, served with potherb mustard or dried plum vegetables... In short, you can be surprised.

View of wind chimes Lakebell

This is an art restaurant in Hangzhou by the West Lake. Exhibitions are held from time to time. I made Italian Spagetti classic noodles with top artist Chang Qing there. Xinyada's boss cast a view of the wind chime Lakebell. Anyway, go there to eat. On the Yanggong embankment, the United States will rest.

Xixi

Experience the true natural scenery of the Southern Song Dynasty

If you want to see the "cold, wild, light and elegant" natural scenery of Hangzhou a thousand years ago, Xixi is the only choice. When Zhao Gou, the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, had just fled to Hangzhou, he was fascinated by the beautiful scenery of the Xixi River, which was "a stream and a smoke". He wanted to build an imperial city here; later, he found Fenghuang Mountain, so he said,"Stay here."

The beginning of my "Haicuotu Love Notes" is the Baotou fish pot eaten on a rowing boat here, with original wetland ingredients. If you want to eat and drink elegantly, it is best to go to Fangxi to eat, go to Mushou, and go to Mushou persimmon room to listen to vinyl and drink tea at night. For peace and quiet, it is best to go to Xixi Manor and stay near the water for one night. The private room for eating is almost a single-family villa. If the old gluttons want to eat more advanced, the new Rongji cannot be missed!

Xixi Wetland Saddle Boat Fish Pot

Traveling Xixi in the rain, you can see the high-level bleak yellow in Song paintings. I remember that the last time we came was rainy, and we were the only wooden boat. The patrol electric boat next to it ran by with the surging water, and our master was still trying his best to clear the waves. The cockpit opposite had a Star Trek look on its face, thinking it had encountered four lunatics who had not blown through the cold wind.

The trees are old, there are few wild ducks, and the fish pot is fragrant. Such a meal will never come again in the future, but it will definitely not leave easily.

As the general food consultant, I held an event in the Xixi Wetland, where egrets flew across the water and the water, the third event of the 2019 China International Food Expo-the rare food banquet on the paddle. This place is so beautiful!

The wild Baotou fish are moist and the hand-beaten fish are round and tender. The natural beauty and taste of Hangzhou are in one place.

Mu Shou-Fangxishang

Living in Mushou, I felt that the beginning of the sun and the sunset were so beautiful, and I finally understood that "Xixi will stay."

Xixi Wood Shou is delicious. When it was cold and still warm, Teacher Chen Li, the general consultant of "A Bite of China", went to the banquet. He talked about the origin of persimmon and the production area of sheep, just like a video version of "Night Talks around the Furnace".

When the weather gets hotter, take a sip of Mu Shou's dried vegetable and preserved head soup, take a bite of smoked blood duck, and make a bite of dry white. It is too comfortable.

In case you want to change your taste, you can have a chat with friends at the restaurant in Fangxishang next door. Wuhan's friendship with glutinous lotus roots is accompanied by fried pepper with river mussels and dried mushrooms. That Inner Mongolia sheep clear soup is sweet, with only salt and no additives.

Boss Bin Ge and Ji Lai joked about culture, while the other put Bach aside, and then said that the green plum wine on the table was brewed from plums picked by 50 monks, which ordinary people couldn't withstand.

An ancient lamp was lit in the persimmon room. Under the lamp, one could taste the three-year-old narcissus in the core production area of Wuyi Mountain in Jilai. The tea soup was mellow and fragrant more than the orchids. He and Xiaojun were both pot makers. Every time they went to drink tea, the tea utensils were beautifully pressed.

When you have been there, you will understand that you will come back before you end up, and you will meet for a long time later.

Xixiluzhuang

This place is like a "residential" museum. Basically, the high-rise buildings of Ali are booked up every day. It's good to spend an afternoon drinking tea and taking photos.

Xixizhuang Park

If you have a group of friends or colleagues, Xixi Manor is the only choice for peace and warmth! The floating private rooms are separated in turn, and each independent balcony can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Xixi River, which is comfortable and private.

By the Xixi Wetland, from the golden glow, you can eat the afterglow and the dusk. The spring is so beautiful, so I can brew steamed shad with wine.

I once participated in the 30-year taste bureau of Xixi Manor chief chef Hu Hongfu here. He brought unique dishes to Xixi Manor. His famous chef friends seem to have entered the weapon catalog, and the spoons and chopsticks in their hands seem to be in the weapon catalog. The only martial arts in the world is fast and never hungry. My hands were weak and I didn't have time to shoot. In front of me, chicken loin, bullwhip, sea cucumber, and turtle are boiled with shrimp brain. The bowl shines brightly. The chicken loin is thin and crispy on the outside and plump on the inside. Add a mouthful of fresh soup and enter the soul. Master Yu Bin named it "Xiongqi". I don't know what it is.

new rongji

Master Zhang Yong changed the world's perception of Chinese catering by himself. It is an indisputable fact that Xinrong Ji is the masterpiece of Taizhou cuisine in the Chinese catering industry. Every meal in Xinrongji is unforgettable. Stewed with yellow croaker and lion's head with fresh fish glue, stir-fried Jiangxi blood wild duck, pomfret and fried bean noodles, red rice and white shrimp, butter crab, Yong Kee raw rice and pickled cabbage fried rice... The master's style is that you feel at home.

When you arrive in Hangzhou, you choose water to live, and you will have a good taste for your eyes and stomach!

The goddess asked

What do you like most about Hangzhou?

"Taste makes people come out,

It's tasteless and makes it enter."

--"Suiyuan Food List"

Food Bless You!

Consultant for China International Food Expo

Producer of "God's Table"