关于西湖的谜团和故事，测一测你知道多少
很多人知道杭州，是从西湖开始的。G20峰会，杭州已成为世界的焦点。中外宾客都希望深入了解这座美丽的城市，那么，小编这次就当下“导游”，为您说说美西湖……
夜西湖
“晴湖不如雨湖，雨湖不如夜湖”，这是老辈杭州人说到西湖的一句话，其实今日也如此。春日夜雨，游人多半寥寥，撑一把不大的伞，从断桥沿白堤一路缓缓走去，看两边楼阁暖暖的灯在波光里闪烁，再回首望，不远处宝石山上的华灯衬着树梢俏影。或独自漫步，或约二三好友漫天闲话，都别有趣味。
The lake on a clear day isn’t as nice as on a rainy one, and the lake on a rainy day isn’t as nice as the lake at night – this is something that the older generation in Hangzhou all says, and it’s true. On a rainy spring night travellers decorate the lake, holding small umbrellas in hand, walking from the Broken Bridge to the White Cuaseway at a leisurely pace, light from the buildings on both sides reflecting in the ripples on the water, with the lamplight among the trees on Gem Mountain visible in the distance. Some walk alone, some a couple of friends, chatting idly. It rivals walking among the shade of the green poplars.
十里荷花
“三秋桂子，十里荷花”，柳永这句引金主投鞭南下的词是写实的。杭州荷花确乎多。夏日逛西湖，看荷是必须的。走在桐荫蔽日的北山路，放眼看去，成片的荷叶荷花随路直路转，一会儿浓密得翠盖压湖，一会儿又疏散错落，不似“无穷碧”那么单调。紫禁城的荷花养在缸里，不过再大再多的缸，也养不出这十里的风情。
“The osmanthus blooms in the autumn, and the lotus flowers extend for miles”– this is a description written of the area by Northern Song poet Liu Yong, and it remains true today. Hangzhou has many lotus blossoms. When visiting the West Lake in summer, you must admire the lotus blossoms. Walking in the shade of the paulownia trees along Beishan Road, you can see lotus plants and blossoms all along, sometimes in dense patches upon the lake, sometimes growing sparsely – more character than simple “endless green”. The lotus of the Forbidden City in the capital are raised in pots, but no matter how large of a pot you have, you can’t recreate such a scene as in Hangzhou.
桥未断，为何叫断桥？
西湖白堤东段有一座桥，叫断桥，很有名。桥未断，却叫断桥，为什么呢？或曰冬雪之时桥面无雪，形似断桥。窃以为，是晴日阳光照射水面，波光潋滟，反射到桥身，明暗晃动，桥似乎断裂了，因此呼其为“断桥”。加上传奇的爱情故事《白蛇传》的主人公白娘子和许仙在此缘断，增强了“断”的悲剧色彩。
There is a bridge on the White Causeway of the West Lake called the Broken Bridge which is quite famous. What is the reason for its name? On snowy winter days, no snow lies on the bridge, making it appear broken. In my humble opinion, it’s that on clear days sunlight reflects off the water and spills on to the bridge, and the light and dark contrast makes it look like a part broken. Added to this is the love story of Lady Bai, in which the two characters part at this bridge – the bridge may appear broken, but their feelings for each other are not.
孤山，孤还是不孤？
西湖西北部有一个孤岛，称为孤山。不知何时，人们在孤山的西边造了座西泠桥，与宝石山脚的北山路西段衔接；向着东边，造了条白堤，在断桥与北山路东段连接，于是，孤山也就不再孤了。从原本的孤独，到现在的不再孤单，寄托着世人不愿孤单的情怀，于是就有了“孤山不孤”的说法，成全了人们美好的愿望。
To the northwest of the West Lake lies an island, called Mount Gu (“Lonely Mountain”). At some time, the Xiling Bridge was built, connecting the foot of Gem Mountain to the western portion of Beishan Road. To the east, the White Causeway was constructed, connecting the Broken Bridge to the eastern portion of Beishan Road. Therefore, the Lonely Mountain was no longer lonely. The relief of the loneliness of the mountain reflects the human desire to not be alone, and the well-known phrase “the Lonely Mountain is not lonely” is a reminder of this sentiment.
长桥不长，为何叫长桥？
杭州西湖，有一座桥，叫长桥。为什么叫长桥？长桥有多长？无从考证了。传说梁山伯与祝英台在万松书院读书，分手时十八里相送，就在这桥上作别。你送我，我送你，缠缠绵绵，在桥上不知道走了多少个来回，一座小桥，走成了长桥，故此就叫“长桥”了。“长”就是情深意长的意思吧。
On the West Lake in Hangzhou there is a bridge called the “Long Bridge”, but why? How long is it? There is no textual evidence for this name. According to stories, when Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai studied at the Wansong Academy, they accompanied each other for 18 li when parting, and said their final farewells at this bridge. They walked the bridge many times back and forth, having a long journey upon a short structure, making the distance feel greater. Thus we can see “long” is to be taken to mean having deep feelings.
杨公堤
毕业时，和好友来了兴致，决定步行绕西湖走一圈，最后走到一处长堤边，累得丢盔卸甲的老友执意休息，借口是想让我知道这条长堤的来历。传说这条长堤是当年杭州一杨姓郡守，看西湖被围造田，几近毁灭，就开始疏浚，挖出的淤泥除了修补苏堤，都堆积起来，筑起一条与苏堤相对的长堤，便是今天的“杨公堤”。
When I graduated, my friends and I decided to take a walk around the West Lake. When we got to this long causeway, one of my very tired friends insisted we rest, saying that he wanted to tell me the origin of the causeway as an excuse. It’s said that an official surnamed Yang looked over the fields around the West Lake, and seeing their encroachment, started to dredge and deepen the waterways to repair the Su Causeway, and build a new causeway to pair with it. It is thus called Yang Gong Causeway.
白堤
当年白居易任杭州刺史时，在钱塘门外修了一条白公堤。“春桃夏柳，秋桂冬香”是白堤四季风景的写照。杭州的灵动秀丽，从一条长约两里的白堤便可得见一斑。每到三四月，白堤两侧垂柳枝条随风飘摇，柳色碧绿，映入清澄的湖面。环顾四周，山水清婉的气息恰似缕缕幽香袅袅飘来，让人有步入画中世界的感觉。
When Bai Juyi served as the feudal governor of Hangzhou, he constructed a causeway at the Qiantang Gate. “Spring sees peaches; summer, willows. Osmanthus bloom in the autumn, and winter is a time of fragrance” – this is a description of what the White Causeway has to offer in each season. The beauty and natural vitality of Hangzhou can be viewed along the approximately 1km-long causeway. Every year in March and April, the causeway is flanked on both sides by the swaying branches of willows, dark green, reflected in the clear water of the lake. The beautiful scenery will make you feel almost like stepping into a painting.
西湖的水，我的泪
白蛇传里的这句歌词如今都成了这个漫长雨季的吐槽必备了，几个同学打趣说道：“白素贞，许仙他不在这里，就别再下雨了。洗了一个星期的背心，现在还没晾干呢？”小师妹说：“杭州真是一座水做的城市，你说这雨会不会把杭州的水都下没了？”我笑道：“古有杞人忧天，今有你脑洞大开啊。”
My Tears Are the Water
of the West Lake
The words of the famous song attributed to Lady Bai have become a common phrase to complain about the long-lasting rainfalls in the area. Students jokingly compose verses: “Lady Bai Suzhen, Xu Xian is not here, so please do not cry. We’ve washed our vestments for a week, shall you not give them time to dry in the sun?” A female classmate of mine says: “Hangzhou is a city made of water, with this rain do you not fear drowning it?” I smile as I think of my classmate worrying about the weather just as the person in ancient times thought the sky might fall.
北山路秋梧桐的震撼
最爱北山街的秋，尤爱那湖边美得令人窒息的法国梧桐，它用满树的金黄与湖中残荷互相映照，然后在风起时恋恋不舍地飘落，拥抱大地。而眼前这一排密密交织在一起的梧桐叶子，就如火烧过一般，是半焦的黄褐色，如漫天云霞，又如飘荡的火苗，呈现出无与伦比的美丽，令人有生命辉煌之震撼而绝无秋日萧条之感！
Parasol Trees along
Beishan Road in Autumn
I love autumn of Beishan Road the most, and especially love the beautiful parasol trees along the road at the time. The lake reflects their golden leaves among the fading lotuses, and when the wind blows their leaves fall gracefully upon the ground. The trees before my eyes, branches intertwined, look like they are on fire, a mass of brown-yellow like a sky of fiery clouds. Their beauty isn’t one of desolation or wilting as one might normally think of the fall, but rather a vibrant, fiery life.
白娘子的雷峰塔
虽然现在的雷峰塔是那么摩登、现代，全然没有人们记忆中“雷峰夕照”应有的历史沉淀和岁月侵蚀的痕迹，但人们似乎并不在意。他们更多的是为了追忆白娘子而来到这里，并不在乎旧时的雷峰塔是怎样的，只要它在这里，只要它叫雷峰塔就可以了。有塔在，心中白娘子和许仙千年忠贞的爱情就在。
The Leifeng Pagoda is now quite modern; in current times nobody thinks of the “sun setting over Leifeng” and the historical significance or saga of the ravages of time. Instead, people come here to seek out Lady Bai, or the Lady of the White Snake. People don’t worry about how the Leifeng Pagoda looked in times past – as long as it is there, and it’s called Leifeng Pagoda, well, then Lady Bai and Xu Xian’s love a thousand years ago was real, as it is a famous site in the story.
西湖船娘
到西湖坐船，一定要叫船娘的手摇船。无论是水光潋滟的晴日，还是山色空蒙的雨天，坐着手摇船在西湖上慢慢欣赏美景。船尾，是身着水绿色的窄长袖、白底蓝花的前襟后背，头戴蓝色头巾的船娘。恍惚间，让人感觉像是穿越到了“西湖水滑多娇娘”的宋朝。西湖船娘与手摇船，构筑了柔美西湖的独特风景。
If you take a boat on the West Lake, you should definitely try a kind of paddleboat called the “Girl’s Boat”. Whether it’s during a bright, sunlight day or rainy day with the hills shrouded in mist, taking one of these boats on the lake is a great way to enjoy the beautiful scenery upon the West Lake. At the aft of the boat, there is a girl with narrow long green sleeves, a white blouse decorated with blue flowers, and a blue scarf upon her head. It reminds one of the descriptions of beautiful maidens upon the waters of the West Lake in the Song Dynasty. These “Girl’s Boats” and paddleboats are a part of the uniquely beautiful scenery upon the West Lake.
西湖的山
山有两大类：一是高峻险拔隐居于世外的，如闽西的高山，终年云雾缭绕，美则美矣，却只能惊鸿一瞥；一是像西湖周围的山，海拔从几十米到五百米不等，可远观，可近昵。我更喜欢后者。西湖周围比较有名的山有烟霞岭、凤凰山、吴山、灵隐山、北高峰、栖霞岭、宝石山等，它们在西湖水的滋养下，灵秀无比。
There are two main kinds of mountains: the first are high-peaked mountains that are far from our noisy modern world, such as those in western Fujian, surrounded by clouds and mist all year long. They are beautiful, but we only rarely get glimpses of them. The second is the kind of mountain that surrounds the West Lake, with heights of a few dozen to less than five hundred metres. They afford nice view and are approachable. I prefer the latter kind of mountain. The more famous of the peaks around the West Lake, such as the Yanxia Peak, Phoenix Mountain, Mount Wu, Lingyin Mountain, Beigao Peak, Qixia Peak, Gem Mountain and the like are nourished by the water of the lake, delicately beautiful and elegant.
西湖又叫什么湖？
湖在城的西部，人们习惯称它为西湖。杭州最早叫钱塘，也曾叫钱塘湖。郦道元的《水经注》记载，涌金门外湖中有金牛出现，于是又叫它金牛湖。苏轼写道“欲把西湖比西子，淡妆浓抹总相宜”，所以又叫西子湖，也叫情人湖。还有不少其他名称，可见人们爱西湖的程度。
The lake is situated in the west of the city, and is commonly known as the West Lake. Hangzhou was originally called Qiantang, and the lake was called the Qiantang Lake. Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty in his Commentary on the Waterways wrote that the lake outside of the Yongjin Gate had yellow cows appear, and thus it was called the Yellow Cow Lake. Su Shi compared the lake to famous classical beauty Xi Shi in his poem “The West Lake looks like the fair lady Xi Shi at her best. Whether she is richly adorned or plainly dressed.” It was then called Xi Zi Lake, or Lover’s Lake. It has also been known by a number of other names, which shows how popular it is.
音乐喷泉
见过很多音乐喷泉，都没杭州的好看。西湖边的音乐喷泉是多彩的，但各种颜色并不同时发出。它踏着舞步整齐、优雅地、一波一波地亮起，而这些彩色水柱宛如一个个身材曼妙、舞技高超的艺术家，随着音乐婉转起舞，或站起或后仰或踢腿或弯腰或缓或急，让人恍若置身一座大舞台。难怪每天都有那么多人围观呢！
I’ve seen a number of musical fountains, but none rivals that of Hangzhou. The one on the West Lake is multi-coloured, but not all the colours appear at once. The action of the fountain is synchronised with the music, elegant and enticing as wave after wave of bright water burst forth. The pillars of illuminated water resemble the lithe and graceful body of a skilled dancer, moving with the music, standing, reclining, kicking or bending, slowly or rapidly, making the lake scene look like a stage of its own. It’s no wonder so many people turn up to watch each day!
满陇桂雨
说到杭州的市花——桂花，想必每个杭州人都为它的花香所沉醉。杭州最能感受桂花香的地方，要数满陇桂雨了。满觉陇因五代所建的圆兴院得名，北宋时改名满觉院，寓意“圆满的觉悟”。陇道上种满了七千多株桂花，每遇露水重时，花随风洒落，陇道中如逢桂花雨，沐“雨”飘香，各类品种的桂花味瞬间浸透你的肌肤。
Sweet Osmanthus Rain
at Manjuelong Village
Hangzhou’s city flower – the osmanthus – is one whose fragrance any local person of Hangzhou will become intoxicated with. The best place to see and feel this is at Manjuelong village. Its name is from the Yuanxing Temple built during the Five Dynasties period, which was renamed Manjuelong (meaning “consummate consciousness”) during the Northern Song Dynasty. The ridges there are flanked with more than seven thousand osmanthus, and when there is plenty of dew, osmanthus flowers will fall off in great numbers, creating a “rain” of blooms. You will find your surroundings permeated by the scent of all kinds of osmanthus.
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