The afternoon sun was shining, and Yunluo and Liu Xun were like fairies. They enjoyed a delicious meal by the West Lake, sat and watched the scenery of West Lake, chatting about the novel of the 237th Anniversary that Liu Xun liked. If Yunluo had not been the author of this book, the two might not have known each other. It would be interesting to think of the encounter that day.

Yunluo and Liu Xun had fun and ate happily. On the other hand, Yan Chenyu and An Chuyu were facing a table of simple cooking dishes such as boiled shrimps that Xiang Chuzuo had been fiddling with, but had no appetite. The little maid was full. Xiang Chuzuo also fed the husky, black cat, black charcoal, and red mouse candy, not caring whether Yan Chenyu An Chuyu had eaten or not.

After eating, Liu Xun and Yun Luo stepped onto the Baidi, with the full lake water and golden residual lotus on both sides.

The Baidi lies across the lake, with a total length of one thousand meters. It starts from the Broken Bridge in the east, and ends at the autumn moon of Pinghu through the Jindai Bridge. The West Lake is divided into outer lakes and inner lakes, and connects Gushan and northern mountains together. It is a link connecting the city of West Lake and the scenic area. The Baidi was called Baisha Dike in the Tang Dynasty. It was built to store lake water to irrigate farmland. It is famous for its beautiful scenery.

During the Song Dynasty, the road was the only road leading to Gushan, so it was called Gushan Road. After the construction of the Ming Dynasty, flowers and trees were planted with many peach and willows, and the scenery was gorgeous, and it was also called Ashen Hall.

When Bai Juyi, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, was appointed as the governor of Xihu City, he often went to Baidi to wander. He once wrote a poem "Spring Travel in Qiantang Lake": The west of Jiating in the north of Gushan Temple, the water surface is flat, the clouds are low. A few early orioles compete for warm trees, and whose new swallows peck at the spring mud. The flowers are gradually fascinating, and the shallow grass can lose horse hooves. I love the fact that the lake is not enough to travel east, and the white sand dike in the shade of green willows.

When Bai Juyi was managing Xihu City, he developed water conservancy, built Shihan, dredged six wells, and opened West Lake. His political achievements were obvious and he was virtuous to the people. Later generations were full of nostalgia for this wise local official, so he called Baisha Dike Baidi. In fact, when Bai Juyi was appointed as the governor of Xihu City, he built a dike near the Shihan Bridge outside Qiantang Gate in the past, called Baigong Dike, and now there is no trace to be found.

The white dike used to be paved with white sand, but now it has been changed to asphalt pavement, which is wide and spacious. Weeping willows are densely planted by the lakeside, and the outer layer is full of peach blossoms. Every March and April, the green narrow leaves of weeping willows are hanging full of soft willow branches in the lake breeze, and the willow branches float into the lake surface. The weeping willows and lake water make people feel the seamless harmony and affection of nature that day.

Yun Luo and Liu Xun walked casually, admiring the willows and peach trees on both sides, with pink and green intertwined, peach blossoms blooming, red and white, fragrant grasses, and the vertical lines of willows appear full of vitality. The reflections reflected in the West Lake are all vivid beauty. Walking on the white embankment road, it seems like walking through the dreams of gods in the painting.

There are two bridges on the Baidi, one on the east is the Broken Bridge, which is famous, and the other on the west is the Jindai Bridge. Few people know it. In fact, the scenery of Jindai Bridge is no less than that of Broken Bridge, because standing on the Jindai Bridge, you can see the Li Lake on the left and the Wai Lake on the right, and the terrace of the autumn moon in Pinghu Lake, while the lonely mountain is close to you, with green trees covering the towers and intoxicating the fragrance of lotus in summer.

The origin of the name of Jindai Bridge is that the bridge is in Shijintang, and the second is that the bridge behind the stone bridge is flat like a belt. Baijuyi said that Baishadi is "a green grass skirt with a slanting waist". This bridge is like a brocade belt tied around the waist of the skirt, which makes the West more glorious. In the past, Yun Luo and An met Yan Chenyu An Qingju riding a bicycle, so they often rest and take photos on Jindai Bridge.

Broken Bridge is a little far from Sudi Six Bridges, while Jindai Bridge is close to Xiling, so it is said that "Jinqiao connects to the six bridges in spring". Jindai Bridge was formerly known as Bihan Bridge. Although its reputation is not as loud as Broken Bridge, it has a touching interest. The best of Jindai Bridge is connected to the West Lake inside and outside, and the blue waves are connected, but there is a difference inside and outside.

Standing by the bridge, Yun Luo and Liu Xun watched the boat cross the bridge hole, and gradually entered the depths of the lotus flowers from the thousands of acres of blue waves. The water and sky turned into a red boat. The freshness and enthusiasm make people feel the vigorous vitality between the world.

If it happens to be drizzling, the raindrops like pearls will hit the awning of the cruise ship like "big beads and small beads falling on the jade plate", and there is also a kind of charm of "listening to the rain by the Jindai Bridge".

Jindai Bridge is only 100 feet high, but since it has penetrated deep into the center of the lake and has become a commanding height in the West Lake, Jindai Bridge is an excellent place to enjoy the scenery in the lake. Liu Xun and Yunluo stood on Jindai Bridge, and the beautiful scenery on all sides rushed over, giving a feeling of being both real and illusory, and the heart was shaken and shaking.

Here, Baochu Pagoda, Chenghuang Pavilion, and Leifeng Pagoda all collect Yun Luo's eyes. You can see the autumn moon in Pinghu, the Gushan Mountain is close to you, the three pools of moon sealing the moon, the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and Ruan Gongdun half-covered. Liu Xun led Yun Luo slowly walked up to the top of the bridge step by step, his vision suddenly opened, his mind was revived, and the blocks in his chest were gone.

Not far from Jindai Bridge, Yunluo and Liuxun arrived at Pinghu Qiuyue Scenic Area, the third among the ten scenic spots in West Lake. Pinghu Qiuyue is backed by Gushan and faces the outer lake of West Lake. The landscape is open along the lake, including the Imperial Monument Pavilion, the water surface platform, the four-sided hall, the octagonal pavilion, the lake Tianyi Bilou and other buildings.

By the lake water, climbing the tower to look at the autumn moon, feeling the vastness of West Lake in tranquility, and washing the irritable mood is the charm of the autumn moon in Pinghu. West Lake is a vast three-dimensional landscape with scenery standing in the city and the reputation of people traveling in paintings. No matter where the angle is, you can see a simple and elegant ink-washing Jiangnan picture scroll. Looking at the autumn moon in Pinghu is even more like a tower, a shore, and a water.

The scenic spot of Pinghu Autumn Moon was determined by Kangxi. At that time, the original Longwang Hall here was used as the Imperial Book Building. A stone platform that jumped out of the lake was laid in front of the building. A railing was surrounded by a water pavilion next to it. A plaque inscribed by Kangxi's imperial arch was hung. Later generations also built a stone pavilion on the left. Flowers and trees of all seasons were planted, and rockery was decorated with rockery and stones, and pavilions were scattered among them.

Ancient Chinese literati once made a wonderful comment on the view of the West Lake, proposing that the view of the West Lake is not as good as the rainy day, the rainy day is not as good as the moonlit night, and the moonlit night is not as good as the snowy day. Therefore, one of the ornamental characteristics of the West Lake landscape is that the viewing of the moonlit night is worse than the sun.

The landscape characteristic of the "Pinghu Autumn Moon" is the poetic and picturesque night of the autumn moon in West Lake: high pavilions, beautiful windows, wide platforms, and wide views; in the autumn night, everyone looks high and looking into the distance, but they see the bright moon in the sky, the sky is green, the golden wind brings joy, the water and the moon blend together, and they are surrounded by the moonlight, creating a illusion of being above the moon palace.

Yunluo feels that on the spiritual level, the calmest and clear autumn lake water and the cleanest and flawless autumn night moon landscape are represented by the aesthetic spirit of pursuing noble personality.

The autumn moon in Pinghu includes the water courtyard space, imperial book building, stele pavilion, viewing platform, curved bridge, stele carving and other buildings, as well as traditional plants such as lotus, weeping willows, and Xifu begonia. The scenery includes: the outer lake waters and three islands, the west of West Lake, the south lake mountain and the east coast of the lake, and the south foot of Gushan Mountain.

The water courtyard is built in the lake water as a whole, consisting of a rectangular pool in the middle and buildings surrounded by four sides. The northern boundary of the pool is the lake shore and a wall is built; the southern boundary is the Imperial Book Building; the eastern boundary is the East District Bridge and the Imperial Monument Pavilion; the western boundary is the Xiqu Bridge and the Yuebo Pavilion.

The Imperial Book Building is located in the middle of the southern edge of the Water Courtyard, facing south, with the north entrance facing south, facing water, south, west and east. The building form is a two-story wooden building with a double-eaved hip roof. The floor is three wide, with an outer eaves corridor and an open lake. The Imperial Book Building and the lake shore on the north are connected by a curved bridge in the middle entrance to the west and east. There is a rectangular viewing platform mounted on the lakeside in the south of the building.

Yuebo Pavilion is located at the west corner of the Imperial Book Building. It is a building with a wooden structure in the water courtyard. It is now a Qing Dynasty style hip-top wooden pavilion. The pavilion is located on the east side of the west and has three rooms wide. The pavilion is mounted on the lake surface. There are beautiful women sitting on the side railings between the pillars to watch the lake.

Since its construction, Pinghu Autumn Moon has been characterized by lotus flowers in the lake, Xifu begonia trees planted by the water, and weeping willows on the shore. In autumn, there is a vegetation landscape with flowers and green willows floating on the shore.

The moon on the autumn night in West Lake has been recognized as a beautiful scenery since ancient times, full of poetry and painting. The autumn moon in Pinghu is high and the waves are shining on the waves, the beautiful windows are overlooking the water, the platform is wide, and the view is wide. The autumn night is here, looking up at the distance, but you can see the bright moon in the sky, the sky is green, the golden wind brings joy, and the water and moon are mixed together, and I don’t know what tonight.

Although the actual area of ​​Pinghu Qiuyue Scenic Area is the smallest among the Ten West Lake Scenic Areas, its display area is the largest. The ups and downs of the mountains are surrounded by light mists, the colorful towers are hidden among the branches of peach willows, and the dark blue lake is the sky, and the bright moon is her eyes.

Yun Luo and Liu Xun searched and experienced the long history and the depth of culture here. As early as the Tang Dynasty, Wanghu Pavilion was built here. During the Southern Song Dynasty, with the construction of the Four Saints of Yanxiang Temple of Gushan Royal Taoism, Wangyue Pavilion was built here. "Looking at the Lake" and "Looking at the Moon", these two "Looking" laid the groundwork for the future location of Pinghu autumn moon here.

In ancient times, there was a Qin Tower in the area of ​​West Lake. The building was originally named Shuiming Tower, but later it was called the "Wanghu Tower". The Moruo Wanghu Tower pointed out its meaning, so it was called Wanghu Tower. This thousand-year-old camphor tree next to the autumn moon in Pinghu is a very representative masterpiece. There seems to be no camphor tree in Xihu City that can compare with it. Its canopy covers a range of dozens of meters.

What's even more amazing is that its branches reached the center of the lake from afar, and the branches hung in the air into the lake. They looked at the tourists coming down the trees and hugged the West Lake tightly, kissed intimately, and never left.

Now, this place is established as the Xiling Calligraphy and Painting Academy, adding a bookish atmosphere to the scenic scenery of the lake and mountains. The autumn moon on the Pinghu Lake faces water three times. Looking at the lake and mountains here, whether it is spring, summer, autumn and winter, sunny and dark, it will make people feel interesting. It can be said that "the water, water, mountains and mountains are bright and beautiful everywhere, and the sunny and rain are always curious."

Yunluo and Liu Xun walked casually, and they kept playing until evening before they chose a hotel by the West Lake to check in. When Liu Xun went to wash, Yunluo's phone rang out an ethereal wind chime. He glanced at him and there was no call number. Yunluo picked it up, which was Feng Wuyou's voice: "Aluo, at 7 o'clock tomorrow night, the three of us will go to see the third old friend at West Lake Airport."
Chapter completed!