Thousands of years ago, the West Lake in Hangzhou was connected to the sea. The Qiantang River, not far away from the West Lake, (enter) the sea in the eastern part of this area. The solid material such as sand, stones and mud carried by the river (eventual) settled at the bottom and blocked the connection between the West Lake and the sea, (make) it an inland water.
Since the ninth century AD, the breathtaking scenery of the West Lake in all seasons (appear) time and again in poems, stories and legends. impresses people most is that there are about 630 legends of the West Lake alone. Su Dongpo wrote a poem to praise the West Lake compare it to Xizi, a Chinese legendary (beautiful). From then on, the West Lake got another elegant name — Xizi Lake.
In 2011, West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou was included the World Heritage List. It is now visited by an endless stream of (visitor) from home and abroad. Perhaps some of them will add (they) own stories to West Lake's wealth of literature.
