West Lake, located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, has a total area of 60.04 square kilometers as of March 2023. It starts from Songmuchang and Baolu in Hangzhou City in the east and turns to the north of Children's Palace Square. In the south, it starts from Gulou along the eastern foothills of Wu Shan, Ziyang Mountain and Yunju Mountain. In the west, it stays at Fangling, Zhugan Mountain, Jiuquling and Mingren Mountain to Meiren Peak. In the north, it turns to the north side of Qingzhiwu Road from the foothills of Laoheshan Mountain for 30 meters. The West Lake used to be called Wulin Water and Qiantang Lake, also known as Mingsheng Lake and Jinniu Lake.
Qiantang River, known as Zhejiang in ancient times, is also known as Zhejiang River, Zhijiang River and Luoshajiang River. Generally, Fuyang section of Zhejiang Province is called Fuchun River, and Hangzhou section in the lower reaches of Zhejiang Province is called Qiantang River. Qiantang River, named after the Classic of Mountains and Seas, is one of the main cradles of Wu and Yue culture. Qiantang River is the largest river in Zhejiang Province. From its source, it flows through southern Anhui Province and Zhejiang Province, with a basin area of 55,058 square kilometers and flows into the East China Sea via Hangzhou Bay. Known as the "first tide in the world", Qiantang River Tide is a natural wonder in the world, which is caused by the centrifugal effect of celestial gravity and the earth's rotation, and the special topography of the bell mouth of Hangzhou Bay.
Xixi National Wetland Park is located in the west of Hangzhou, only 5 kilometers away from West Lake. It is the first national wetland park integrating urban wetland, agricultural wetland and cultural wetland in China. The total area of Xixi Wetland is about 11.7 square kilometers, of which the east area of Wuchang Port is 8.35 square kilometers, and the west area of Wuchang Port is 3.35 square kilometers. Wetland park is divided into eastern wetland ecological protection and cultivation area, central wetland ecological tourism and leisure area and western wetland ecological landscape enclosure area.
Impression West Lake is another series of "Impression" live performances of "Iron Triangle" after Impression Sanjie and Impression Lijiang. The music is led by Japanese musician Kitaro and Jane Zhang is the lead singer. Impression West Lake is a large-scale landscape performance created by "Impression West Lake Culture Development Co., Ltd." jointly established by Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, Zhejiang Radio and Television Group and Zhejiang Kane Group. A landscape performance created by the famous directors Zhang Yimou, Wang Chaoge and Fan Yue's "Iron Triangle" team. On March 30th, 2007, Impression West Lake was released as scheduled. Similarly, there was a performance on April 22nd, 2010.
Romance of the song dynasty is a three-dimensional panoramic large-scale song and dance created by Hangzhou Song Cheng Performing Arts Development Co., Ltd.. Romance of the song dynasty is divided into five plots: Light of Liangzhu, Banquet and Dance in Song Palace, Jinge Tiema, Legend of Xizi and Charming Hangzhou. Based on the historical allusions, myths and legends of Hangzhou, the play integrates the world's song and dance and acrobatic art, and uses modern high-tech means to create a dreamlike artistic conception. It performs the hardships of the ancient Liangzhu people, the glory of the Song Palace, the tragic Yue Jiajun, the eternal swan song of Liang Zhu and the white snake Xu Xian in an unexpected way, showing silk, tea and misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River vividly, giving people a strong visual shock.