Ten places.
One living scroll.

Western Hills

A Buddhist sanctuary held between forested peaks, where incense, stone and running water have met for seventeen centuries.

Western Hills

Limestone, grottoes and Buddhist carvings gather in the shaded valley opposite Lingyin Temple.

Tea Mountains

Terraced rows follow the folds of the western hills, carrying the craft and taste of Dragon Well tea.

West Lake

Six bridges carry a long, quiet path across the lake—an engineering work transformed into poetry.

West Lake

Three small stone pagodas hold candlelight above the lake, multiplying the moon across dark water.

Southern Shore

A pagoda on the southern hill, inseparable from sunset, lake views and the Legend of the White Snake.

Northern Shore

A lakeside memorial where Southern Song history is carried through courtyards, cypresses and stone.

Southern Valleys

Tea hills release a web of clear streams into a cool ravine on their way toward the Qiantang River.

Qiantang River

A tall Song pagoda watches the Qiantang, marking where the intimate lake landscape opens to the river.

West Lake

A willow-lined threshold between city and lake, remembered through the poetry and public works of Bai Juyi.