The West Lake has a history of more than 2,000 years and is still a part of Qiantang River. Due to sediment deposition, sand mouths are gradually formed in the foothills of Wu Shan and Baoshishan in the north and south of the West Lake. After that, the two sand mouths gradually moved closer and finally became a sandbar, and an inner lake, the West Lake, was formed on the west side of the sandbar. This time is probably the Qin and Han Dynasties.

Zhang Dai's Dream of the West Lake records: "Qin Shihuang swam eastward into the sea and sailed on this stone." The Great Stone Buddha Temple mentioned here, that is, under the Baoshi Mountain on the north side of the West Lake, still has the scenery of "the boat stone of Qin Shihuang".

Since the 6th year of the Great Cause of Sui Dynasty (6 10), the Jiangnan Canal has been dug, which is connected with the North Canal and connected with the five major water systems in the north and south. Convenient transportation has also promoted Hangzhou's economic development and tourism activities.

Extended Information 2011At the 35th World Heritage Conference held in Paris, France on June 24th, "Hangzhou West Lake Cultural Landscape" was officially listed in the World Cultural Heritage List. The landscape scope listed in the catalogue is 3322.88 hectares, and the buffer area is 7270.3438+0 hectares. The criteria for inclusion in the list include:

That is to say, it has a great influence on the development of architecture, technology, memorial art, town planning and landscape design in a certain period or cultural circle, and promotes the exchange of human values. In other words, it provides unique or rare evidence about existing or extinct cultural traditions and civilizations, that is, events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs, arts and literary works with remarkable universal value, which are directly or substantively related.

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