Where nature is shaped by hand

Jiangnan's classical gardens are portals to the past, in which the echoes of yesterday are alive and growing, Yang Yang reports.

By Yang Yang | China Daily | Updated: 2025-04-25 06:23
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The Xixi Wetland in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo by Chi Shiyong/Liu Jianhua/For China Daily]

In one of his odes to the West Lake, Su describes the different views during and after a spring rain:

"I'd like to compare West Lake to the Fair Lady West; Whether in light attire or heavily adorned, she shines her best."

It's better to visit the lake on a rainy day than on a sunny day, but it's even better to visit on a clear, moonlit night. Cloaked in winter's snow, however, West Lake reveals a grace no other season equals.

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