Hangzhou’s Best-Kept Watercolor Painting

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🌿 A Hidden Chapter of West Lake
Tucked between Yanggong Causeway and Hupao Road, this secluded wetland is where Song Dynasty poets launched boats to compose verses. Today, its willow-draped stone bridges and floating tea houses remain unchanged—a living museum of Jiangnan water town charm.

🦢 Why Few Tourists Find It
✔ "Three Mysterious Waters": Interconnected ponds named after herons, mandarin ducks, and egrets
✔ Song-Era Infrastructure: Intact fish-scale stone banks and 12th-century sluice gates

Post by Winnie21 | Jul 25, 2025