West Lake

         Come to the city of Hangzhou. Stand by the West Lake in spring; see how poetic and beautiful it is, like a Chinese brush painting, like an ancient beauty, as Su Shi, a great poet, said in a poem hundreds years ago. Walk along the lake with visitors all over the world. Feel puffs of soft wind blowing the skinny branches of willows with jade green leaves growing on it. Listen to grasshoppers singing. They tell you how lost they are in such a beautiful place. Travel through gardens near it. Enjoy the bamboos around you, growing up with power of life that seems infinite. Climb up hills with joy. See clouds reflected on the lake moving with waves. See the blackish green hills appearing indistinctly in the distance, overlapping each other and expanding to the very far away. Roam in the ancient wooden temples on the hill. Admire how holy the Da Xiong Bao Dian in Linyin temple is. Smell the sweet incense and pray with your heart. Go to the downtown. You will find the whole city is downtown. See the skyscrapers in different shapes with shiny windows. See the busy Yan’an AVE where urban malls and hotels are built along. See how prosperous the city is, the city of Hangzhou.