In the fifth year of Yuan You in the Northern Song Dynasty (1090), when Su Shi (Dongpo) was the magistrate of Hangzhou, he dredged the West Lake and built a long embankment with lake mud, later called Su Causeway, with a total length of 2.8 kilometers. Six bridges were built on the dike, from south to north, namely Yingbo Bridge, Suolan Bridge, Wangshan Bridge, Dike Bridge, Dongpu Bridge and Hongqiao. There are more than 40 varieties such as willow, hibiscus, peach and begonia planted along the embankment. Su Causeway has beautiful scenery, with different flavors of sunny, rainy, cloudy and snowy, and the beautiful scenery of the four seasons is also different. Especially in the early morning of spring, poplars blow ashore, colorful peaches burn, the sun shines on the embankment, and the spring scenery is picturesque, so it has the reputation of "Xiao Chun, Su Causeway".
The story of Feilaifeng:
Legend has it that there is a strong and handsome stonemason named Shi Wa and a beautiful and beautiful village girl named Huamei outside Zhuji. Shi Wa and Huamei are childhood friends and love each other. Everyone in the village said they were made for each other. As long as you hear the song of the flower girl below the mountain, the stone baby on the mountain will have infinite power; As long as Shi Wa chisels stones on the mountain, the gorgeous singing at the foot of the mountain is especially sweet.
One day, Shi Wa and Huamei came to the stream together. Sister Hua scattered her braids on her head and washed them in the stream. Shi Wa climbed to the peach tree and picked a red peach blossom for Sister Hua to wear. Floret washed her long hair and put on a red peach blossom. It's beautiful, just like a goddess. They went up the mountain happily, singing as they walked, and the song passed through the clouds and was heard by Lei Gong who was visiting here. Lei powder looked down and saw gorgeous, stunned. He thought that there was such a beautiful girl in the world, and suddenly he wanted to be gorgeous. So tripterygium wilfordii turned over and became a big black man. He came to them, grabbed Huamei with a playful smile and said, "Beauty, come with me to heaven!" " Sister Hua saw that the black-faced man was so rude, anxious and angry, and reached out and slapped him twice.
Lei Gong was beaten and his face changed with hate. He opened his mouth and was furious. Shiva said, hurriedly catch up, tripterygium wilfordii split in the middle of them with his hand, a flash of green light, "click" a loud noise, split the mountain in half, Raytheon breathed a sigh of relief again, and the half mountain immediately flew with beautiful flowers. Seeing that Huamei was blown away by the wind, Shi Wa jumped up and climbed a vine that was about to take off on the mountain.
This half of the mountain flew and flew. I don't know how long it took, but I flew over Lingyin, Hangzhou. Lei Gong took a fancy to Lingyin, so there was a loud noise and the mountain fell down. Shi Wa was shocked. When Shi Wa woke up, she found herself a long-billed bird. She was very sad. Suddenly, he heard the beautiful song and immediately flapped his wings and flew. He looked around and immediately recognized that this was the half of the mountain that flew from his hometown. Listen carefully again, the song came from under the rock, thinking: Huamei must have been crushed under this mountain! So he pecked at the stone with his mouth.
Besides, Huamei was locked in a cave by Raytheon, and there was no light in the surrounding darkness. She told Shiva to cry no and began to sing. At this time, Huamei heard the sound of "Benedict" on the ceiling, which became louder and louder. Huamei knew that Shi Wa must have saved herself after hearing her singing, so she tore off the silver hairpin from her head and dug it in the hole. Shi Wa pecked on it, Huamei dug in the cave, Shi Wa's beak was pecked, and Huamei's silver hairpin was shortened. I don't know how long it took. Shi Wa pecked open a silver hairpin, and the stone mountain finally pecked through it! A ray of sunshine shot into the cave. Shi Wa flew into the cave and circled Huamei three times. Huamei also became a beautiful bird, and both rushed out of the cracks and flew away!
Up to now, there is a "half mountain" outside Zhuji, and the half that flies away is Feilai Peak in front of Lingyin Temple. When Shi Wa rescued Huamei, it was a scene.
The story of the West Lake:
Speaking of the origin of the West Lake, there are many beautiful myths and legends and folk stories. Legend has it that a long time ago, Yulong and Jinfeng in the sky found a piece of white jade on Xiandao near the Milky Way. They pondered together for many years, and white jade became a bright pearl. Wherever this orb goes, trees are evergreen and flowers are in full bloom. However, when the orb was discovered by the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother sent heavenly soldiers to take it away. Yulong and Jinfeng hurried to get the orb, but the Queen Mother refused, so there was a fight. As soon as the Queen Mother's hand was released, the pearl fell to the ground and became a sparkling West Lake. Jade Dragon and Jinfeng also came to earth, becoming Jade Dragon Mountain (Jade Emperor Mountain) and Phoenix Mountain, guarding the West Lake forever.
The story of broken bridge and broken snow:
West Lake is a broken bridge, originally called Duanjia Bridge.
A long time ago, the white sand embankment of the West Lake meandered from the lonely mountain to here, and there was only a small wooden bridge with no name, which was closely connected with the shore of the lake. Visitors must pass this small wooden bridge to visit the lonely mountain. Due to the sun and rain, the wooden bridge often breaks, which brings great inconvenience to tourists.
There is a humble hut by the bridge, where a couple named Duan lived. Both of them are kind and hard-working. Men fish in the lake for a living, and women set up wine stalls at the door to sell local wine. Because the wine tastes bad, customers seldom come to the door and business is light.
One day, when the sun was setting and the couple were about to close the door, an old man with white hair and rags came, saying that he had come all the way and was penniless and asked to stay overnight. Seeing that he was old and poor, Duan Jia and his wife warmly asked him to stay. They also burned a carp just caught from the West Lake and played a bowl of locally brewed wine to entertain the elderly. You're welcome. The old man drank three bowls in a row and then fell asleep on the bed.
When the white-haired old man left the next morning, he said, "Thank you for your hospitality. I have three kinds of wine medicines here, which can help you make good wine. " Say, take out three red wine medicines and say goodbye.
Duan Jia and his wife put the old man's three kinds of wine medicines in a wine-making jar, and the wine brewed was bright red and extremely sweet. Since then, every day, customers are crowded, and Duan Jia scarlet wine is famous in Hang Cheng, and its business is booming day by day. Duan Jia and his wife tore down the hut and built a restaurant. In order to thank the white-haired old man, they saved a sum of money and prepared to thank him well.
Years passed, and three years passed. This winter, it was snowing heavily in the West Lake, and the white-haired old man braved the heavy snow to come to Duanjia Hotel. When the couple saw the benefactor coming, they were overjoyed and asked the old man to stay in his house for a long time. However, the old man will say goodbye the next day. When they left, Duan Jia and his wife took out 320 pieces of silver and gave it to the old man. The old man declined with a smile and said, "Thank you for your kindness. I am a lonely old man. What's the use of asking so much money? " You still use it in the most important place. "Say, then walked through the snow to the bridge. Duan Jia and his wife stood at the door to see each other off. They saw that the old man had just stepped onto the small wooden bridge, his foot slipped, the bridge broke and the old man fell into the lake. The couple rushed to the rescue, and suddenly saw the white-haired old man standing on the lake, walking on the ground, smiling and waving to them, drifting away.
Duan Jia and his wife realized that the white-haired old man was not a mortal. Remembering what the old man said when he left, he used the money to build a tall Qingshi arch bridge and a pavilion at the bridge head. Since then, people who visit the West Lake are no longer afraid of the road slipping and breaking the bridge. People miss Duan Jia's kindness in building a bridge, so they call this bridge Duanjia Bridge. Later, because "Duan" and "Duan" are homophonic, it was called broken bridge.