Day school at West Lake

Author: Wang Xufeng
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: It is only natural for elegance to begin from the West Lake. I remember that folk song facing the lake, telling of a lotus picker who saw fish swimming in the pond, moving east, then west, then north, then south. Their liveliness and curiosity were truly vivid. I am also a fish in the West Lake. I have swum to the north, to the south, to the east, and I am missing only a true westward journey. "West" is a captivating direction, a romantic place. To the west of the West Lake lies the of "West," the emphasis on "West," and the ultimate of "West." To the west of the West Lake, I sensed that mysterious beauty that makes the heart skip. Seeking history in the elusive; visiting traces in the thatched lanes; polishing the rusty; awakening together with the long-slept human culture, history, and nature; breathing the green air with this urban wetland; and getting lost in it—what a feeling is that? The renowned author Wang Xufeng, who considers the West Lake a academy, guides us on a journey of reading while walking, revealing the spirit of the West Lake and embracing the transformation of the South Mountain. We breathe her in the air, feel her in the drizzle. As the author says, "The West Lake is such a place that you will be lost in a happy dilemma because you cannot find the right words to describe it." When the West Lake emerges from Yang Gong Dike, a panoramic view of the West Lake 300 years ago ised, this book will undoubtedly give readers a brand-new experience.