Perhaps the most famous lake in China is the Weat Lake, and many people are attracted by its history and beauty and legends.
　　
The lake covers an area of 5.6 square kilometers. Seen from the sky, the West Lake is like a brilliant pearl embedded in the beautiful and fertile shores of the East China Sea near the mouth of the Hangzhou Bay. Here, nearly every scenic attractions have their own history.
　
Tiger-running Spring
The legend goes that two tights ran there and made a hole where a spring gushed out. The Longjing Tea and the Tiger-running Spring water are always reputed as the “Two Wonders of the West Lake”.
　
The Lingyin Monastery
The Lingyin Monastery, or the Monastery of Soul’s Retreat, is a famous historical site of the West Lake. Here exists the Lingyin Monastery, a famous ancient temple in China, in front of which there are Feilai Peak, Cold Spring, Longhong Cave and precious rock cave arts and queer and varied natural caves and gullies.
　
Spring Dawn at Su Causeway
It’s a 2.8 km. long boulevard cutting across the south-north scenic area, and lined with trees and flowering plants. When Spring comes with crimson peach blossoms and green willows; the scenery is all the more charming. Strolling along the boulevard, one feels as if the West Lake were wakening in dawn mist. Young willows were ethereal, spring breeze so caressing, and birds were chirping in unison.
　　
The Moon Reflected in Three Pools
“There are islands in the lake and three are lake on the islands.” The three stone towers were first built in Yuanyou 4th year (1089) of the Song Dynasty, with the wonderful scenery of “one moon in the sky having three reflection in the lake”, it is one of the wonderful scenes of the West Lake.

The Tale of the White Snake
In China’s history, one of the most moving and impressive love stories is the tale of the white snake. The white snake, names Bai Suzheng was a fairy and when she came into human’s society, she fell in love with a yong man called Xuxian. As their love developed, they loved each other. However, because Bai was a fairy, and for a snake to marry a man was not permitted by the God, their marriage was banned by the God. In order to meet each other and live a happy life, they struggeredd hard ragardless the hardship and the God. Eventually, the God surrendered and was moved.