关于西湖生成的原因，古代有关书籍记载都较简略。明朝《西湖游览志》卷一载：“西湖三面环山，溪谷缕注，下有渊泉百道，潴而为湖。”近代学者从地形、地质、沉积及水动力学等方面进行了考证，其中较为普遍的观点认为
Deartourists,goodmorning.MynameisZhuMinjia.YoucancallmeZhuDao.Welcometothe"paradiseonearth"WestLake.WeareabouttostartatouroftheWestLake.WearegoingtovisitGushan,Duanqiaoandthreepoolsreflectingthemoon.Iwishyouahappytrip!Pleasedon'tlitterandscribble.
TheWestLakeissobeautiful,ofcourse,therearemanywonderfullegends.Itissaidthatmanyyearsago,therewerejadedragonsandgoldenphoenixesinthesky.TheyfoundapieceofjadeonthefairyislandnexttotheMilkyway.Aftertheypeckedtogetherformanyyears,thejadeturnedintoashiningpearl.WherethelightofthePearlshines,thetreeswillbeevergreenandtheflowerswillbloom.Later,thenewsspreadtotheheavenlypalace,andthequeenmothersentheavenlysoldierstotakethejewelsaway.YulongandJinfengrushtoSuozhu.Whenthequeenmotherrefuses,theyfight.Whenthequeenmotherwasknockeddownandherhandswereloosened,thejadefellintotheworldandbecametheGoldenWestLake,whilethejadedragonandtheGoldenPhoenixbecameFenghuangMountainandYuhuangmountaintoguardtheWestLake.
LookEast,it'sabrokenbridge!ItisthemostfamousbridgeintheWestLake.It'sveryinteresting:thebrokenbridgeisthedividingpointbetweenBeililakeandWaihulake.Whenthesnowisclear,thesunnysideofthebridgehasbeenfrozen,whiletheshadysideofthebridgeisstillcoveredwithsnow.Fromadistance,thebridgeseemstobebroken,so"brokenbridge"getsitsname.
Nowpleaselookahead.Thisis"threepoolsreflectingthemoon",alsoknownas"Xiaoyingstate".Thisisalakegardenwith"islandinthelake,Lakeintheisland".Theislandisintheshapeof"Tian",connectingLiutiintheEastandWest,andacurvedbridgeisbuiltinthenorthandsouth.Onbothsidesofthecurvedbridge,largeareasofred,whiteandcolorfulwaterliliesareplanted.
Next,pleasevisittheisland.Pleasesee:thethreetowersstandonthelake,withaheightof2meters.Thebodyofthetowerisspherical,with5smallroundholesarranged.Thetopofthetowerisgourdshaped,withbeautifulshape.DuringtheMidAutumnFestival,whenthebrightmoonisinthesky,peoplelightcandlesinthetowerandcovertheirmouthswithtissuepapertomakethecandlelighttransparent.Atthistime,"towershadow,moonshadow,cloudshadow"dissolvedintoapiece.Candlelight,moonlightandlakelightcomplementeachother.Intherefractionoflight,thelightsofthethreetowersareprojectedonthewaterthrough15circularholes.Thereareatotalof30smallmoons.Plusoneintheskyandoneinthelake,thereare32smallmoons.Itpresentsthebeautifulsceneryof"onemooninthesky,threeshadowsinthelake".It'sreally:"alakeofgoldenwaterwantstodissolveautumn"!
Goahead,thereisafamousmountainbytheWestLake!Whyisitcalled"Gushan"?Thisisbecausethemountainisverybeautifulinhistoryandhasbeenoccupiedbytheemperor,soitiscalled"Gushan".
TheWestLakeisapoem,apainting,acharminggirl."RecallingJiangnan,Hangzhouisthemostbeautiful.LookingforGuiziinthemountaintempleinthemiddleofthemonth,lookingatthetideonthepillowoftheCountyPavilion.Whenisitmorelikelytorevisit?"ThisisBaiJuyi'seternalmasterpieceofpraisingtheWestLakeandleavingendlessaftertasteforfuturegenerations!
Dearfriends,wearecomingtotheendofthistriptotheWestLake.IhopethatthemountainsandwatersoftheWestLakewillstayinyourgoodmemoriesforever!