The three embankments of West Lake are related to those historical celebrities

Bai Juyi. In 822 AD, Bai Juyi, who was more than half a hundred years old, came to the beautiful Hangzhou to serve as a assassin, and when he saw the landscape of the West Lake, he was in high spirits. On the day he arrived in Hangzhou, he couldn't wait to write "Hangzhou Thorn History Xie Shangbiao", and since then he has begun the eternal love between the great poet and the beautiful mountains and rivers.

Bai Juyi's achievements in Hangzhou are numerous, but the most prominent of them are the dredging of the six wells and the construction of the West Lake embankment. The first thing he dredged was the six wells dug by Li Qin 40 years ago, and the second was to renovate the West Lake and build the white embankment.

Su Dongpo. During Su Dongpo's stay in Hangzhou, he provided disaster relief and reassuring the people and managing the river. In 1090 A.D., he personally asked for the West Lake, wrote to Song Zhezong, and wrote the historical document "Begging to open the West Lake of Hangzhou", the famous assertion:

Hangzhou has the West Lake, such as people have eyebrows, and the cover can not be wasted". After that, an unprecedented West Lake remediation operation began. From summer to autumn, Su Dongpo mobilized the whole city to raise donations, mobilized 200,000 migrant workers, and used silt and grass to build today's world-famous Su Causeway.

During Su Dongpo's stay in Hangzhou, he built an embankment and chanted thousands of poems, and from this time on, it really became a scenic spot for people to linger.

Yang Mengying. In March 1508, Yang Mengying, the virtuous Taishou of the Ming Dynasty, mobilized 8,000 people, which lasted 152 days, demolished 3,481 acres of fields, and restored the old view of the West Lake. The mud dug up, part of the Su Causeway of the Township Party Sage Su Dongpo, filled it up two zhang, widened five zhang and three feet, planted willows all over the two banks, and the Su Causeway restored the inherent scenery of "six bridges of smoke willows".

Another part of the silt, then build another embankment, go hand in hand with the Su embankment, from Qixia Ridge, around Dingjia Mountain until Nanshan, Hangzhou people are grateful to the county guard for the West Lake landscape people a piece of love, then call it "Yanggong Embankment".

Su Causeway: Hangzhou Su Causeway is the Northern Song Dynasty Yuanyou five years (1090), the poet Su Shi (Dongpo) when he served as the governor of Hangzhou, dredging the West Lake, using the dredging of the silt to construct and after the formation of the change of the later generations, the people of Hangzhou Qiaobo to commemorate the achievements of Su Dongpo in governing the West Lake, named it "Su Causeway".

Later, people thought that this embankment was built by Bai Juyi and presided over Min Huxiang, so they called it "White Causeway".

In fact, when Bai Juyi was the assassin of Hangzhou, he built an embankment near the stone culvert bridge outside the Qiantang Gate in the old days, called "Baigong Dike", which is now nowhere to be found.

The three embankments of West Lake refer to the three embankments in the West Lake Scenic Area of West Lake District, Hangzhou, which are the Su Causeway, the White Causeway and the Yanggong Causeway.

These three dikes were built by ancient celebrities and have gradually become important attractions in the area around West Lake through construction and widening.

Each of these three has its own unique scenery and characteristics:

1.Su Causeway. Located in the south of West Lake, Su Causeway is one of the famous tourist attractions in Hangzhou, named after the Tang Dynasty poet Su Shi who built the embankment here.

Su Causeway is famous for its beautiful natural scenery and long history and culture. Walking along the Su Causeway, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, such as the rippling blue waves, the weeping willows on the lakeside, the bridges and pavilions, etc., and at the same time, you can also see the poems and ancient ruins inscribed by Su Shi.

2.White Causeway. Located in West Lake**, the White Causeway is one of the four major scenic spots in China, with a total length of kilometers, and is named because it is as white as jade.

It is also an important tourist attraction in Hangzhou. A large number of plum blossoms, apricot blossoms, peach blossoms and other flowers are planted on the white causeway, which attracts a large number of tourists every spring. In addition, you can also see historical buildings such as Bai Causeway Park, Yue Temple, and Manlong Guiyu Pavilion built during the Southern Song Dynasty.

3.Yanggong Causeway.

Yanggong Causeway is located in the southwest corner of West Lake, is one of the famous tourist attractions in Hangzhou, with a total length of 1,000 meters, and is named after Yang Shen built by Yang Shen in the Ming Dynasty. On the Yanggong Embankment, you can enjoy the quiet natural scenery of the West Lake, such as the willows and flowers, the water birds playing, and the smoke and waves are vast. In addition, you can also see some ancient cultural relics and buildings on Yanggong Embankment, such as Mao'an, Linjiang Tower, Diaoyutai and so on.

Su Di: Su Shi.

Bai Dike: Bai Juyi.

Yang Gongdi: Yang Mengying.

Su Causeway: "If you swim to the West Lake once, you will be an ordinary man and an immortal", this is Su Dongpo's praise of the West Lake. It runs through the west of West Lake and has a total length of kilometers.

Because Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty presided over the repair when he was the prefect of Hangzhou, there are 6 bridges such as reflecting waves and crossing bridges on the embankment, which are simple and beautiful. Flowers and trees are planted on both sides of the embankment, and the scenery is particularly touching in spring. There is "Spring Dawn at Su Causeway" in the embankment, which ranks first among the "Ten Views of West Lake".

At that time, Su Dongpo once praised the six bridges in a poem: "The six bridges cross the heavens and the Han, and the north mountain is connected to the south mountain; Suddenly, 250,000 zhang was shocked, and the old leaf swept through the sky. ”

White Causeway: The original name of the White Causeway was Baisha Causeway, which was repaired by Bai Juyi in Hangzhou in the Tang Dynasty. Located in the northern part of West Lake, the White Causeway connects the shore of the lake with Gushan and is about 1 km long. Bai Juyi once praised in a poem: "My favorite lake is not enough to go east, and the white sand embankment is in the shade of green poplars." ”

Yanggong Causeway: Yanggong Causeway is located on the west bank of the West Lake, now known as Huanhu West Road, which was repaired by Yang Mengying, the county guard of Hangzhou in the Ming Dynasty. The embankment is 2 kilometers long, and there are 6 bridges such as Huanbi and Liujin, which are opposite to the 6 bridges of Su Causeway, and are collectively called "12 bridges of West Lake".

Su Causeway: Hangzhou Su Causeway is the Northern Song Dynasty Yuanyou five years (1090), the poet Su Shi (Dongpo) served as Hangzhou Zhizhou, dredging the West Lake, using the dredging of the silt to construct and after the evolution of later generations and formed, the people of Hangzhou to commemorate the achievements of Su Dongpo to govern the West Lake, named it "Su Causeway".

Resources. White Causeway: As early as more than 1,000 years ago in the Tang Dynasty, it was built to store lake water for irrigation of farmland, and is famous for its beautiful scenery. Later, people thought that this embankment was built under the auspices of Bai Juyi, so they called it "White Causeway".

In fact, when Bai Juyi was the assassin of Hangzhou, he built an embankment near the stone culvert bridge outside the Qiantang Gate in the old days, called "Baigong Dike", which is now nowhere to be found.

Yanggong Causeway is one of the "Three Embankments of West Lake" with the same name as Bai Causeway and Su Causeway, and it is named Yanggong Causeway because it was excavated by Yang Mengying. Yanggong Causeway is located in the west of West Lake, there are six bridges on the embankment, from north to south named: Huanbi, Liujin, Wolong, Yinxiu, Jingxing, Junyuan.

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White Causeway. Su Causeway and Yanggong Causeway are listed as Hangzhou Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Units.

The white embankment was called the white sand embankment in the Tang Dynasty.

Bai Juyi served as the assassin of Hangzhou, and later generations felt sorry for this wise magistrate and renamed Baisha Causeway as Baidike. Su shi.

When he was in Hangzhou Ren Zhizhou, he built water conservancy, dredged the West Lake, and used the mud dug out of the bottom of the lake to build a long embankment, which was named Su Causeway by later generations. Yanggong Causeway was named after Yang Mengying, the prefect of Hangzhou in the Ming Dynasty, and was once annihilated by the siltation of the West Lake, and the scenic spot was restored in 2003.

They are Su Causeway, Bai Causeway, and Yanggong Causeway.

1: Su Causeway, now 2797 meters long, when Su Shi (Su Dongpo) of the Northern Song Dynasty was an official, it was built in 1089.

2. The white embankment, now about 2 kilometers long, the broken bridge is located at the northeast end of the embankment, because Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty had organized the construction of the white embankment outside the Qiantang Gate (now there is no existence), in order to commemorate Bai Juyi's contribution, the embankment was named the white embankment. Originally known as Baisha Embankment, it was built to store lake water to irrigate fields, and the person who presided over the construction could not verify it.

3. Yanggong Embankment, presided over by Yang Mengyuan, with a total length of kilometers, started on February 2, 1508 and took 152 days.