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Introduction
Capital of Zhejiang
Province, Hangzhou is a well-known tourist city at home and abroad. It
lies on the lower reaches of the Qiantang River and is the southern end of
the l,794-kllometre-long Grand Canal (Beijing-Hangzhou Canal). With an
area of 16,596 square kilometres inhabited by a population of 5.2 million,
it embraces six urban districts and seven suburban counties, namely,
Yuhang, Xiaoshan, Fuyang, Tonglu, Lin'an, Jiande and Chun'an. Hangzhou is
found at a point of Lat. |
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Temple of Yue Fei
Built more than 770 years
ago, the temple is dedicated to Yue Fei, a Southern Song general and
national hero who was put to death as a result of a political frame - up
engineered by a treacherous court official. "Recovering the land of my
motherland" from enemy hands was the fallen general's cherished goal. |
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West Lake
Hangzhou's fame rests
mainly with the picturesque West Lake, The lake is located on its western
fringe. Covering about four square miles, West Lake is surrounded on three
sides by rolling wooded hills. At the center are three isles - Lesser
Yingzhou, Mid-lake pavilion and Ruanggong Isle. Solitary Hill stands by
itself on the northern lake shore. It can be reached from the city by Bai
Causeway, While Su Causeway bisects the lake from north to south. The
blue, often rippling, water way is dotted with elegant stone bridges and
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