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Chinese social networks like Xiaohongshu and Douyin, and a variety of Internet influencers have actually been including distinct landscapes which mix timeless and contemporary architecture with their natural environments. They’ve ended up being popular places for photo-ops and city walkings.
Among them is a raised path shuttling through the woods in the West Lake. The path, which is called White Snake Flying Bridge, is motivated by the legend of the White Snake.
Set in the Song Dynasty (960-1127) the story informs of a young scholar who falls for a 1,000-year-old white snake that has actually changed into a stunning female. However, a monk says it protests nature’s laws for human beings and spirits to fall in love. The snake is locked up for eternity in a pagoda.
The legend has actually motivated numerous films and television series, amongst which “The Legend of White Snake” debuted more than thirty years earlier and is still relayed from time to time.
Designed like winding vines, the path flawlessly incorporates into the natural surroundings. To echo the romantic legend, love-themed poems have actually been etched on the pieces, including a poetic feel to the environments.
The path belongs of the Love Poem Park, which covers a location of 3.6 hectares. Other than the legend of White Snake, the park is likewise linked to the timeless story “The Butterfly Lovers,” which happened in Wansong Academy in the park.
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In the story “The Butterfly Lovers,” which is frequently referred to as China’s Romeo and Juliet, the 2 primary characters, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, fulfill at the Wansong Academy as schoolmates and fall in love.
But Zhu’s moms and dads schedule her to wed an abundant guy and the sad Liang passes away right after. However, mystical whirlwinds avoid Zhu’s wedding event procession and lead her to Liang’s tomb where the couple’s spirits become a set of gorgeous butterflies.
A cultural exchange center was likewise developed at the academy under the cooperation of Hangzhou and Verona, where Shakespeare’s like story “Romeo and Juliet” happened. It’s a bridge connecting Italy and China and increasing future exchanges.
The Wansong Academy on the Wansong Ridge takes pleasure in an amazing view of the West Lake in the north, Qiantang River in the south, and the rich evergreen on the mountain.
With its romantic history and its own tranquil environment identified by the hill, trees, bamboo, flowers and rockery, today the academy has actually ended up being a location for individuals to go on arranged dates.
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The school utilized to be the Bao’en Temple and was integrated in the Tang Dynasty (ADVERTISEMENT 618-907). It became a school in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and later on turned into one of the most distinguished schools in Zhejiang Province.
The academy has actually assisted spread Confucianism and is understood for its classes by noteworthy scholars, consisting of Wang Yangming, an idealist neo-Confucian thinker of the Ming Dynasty, and Qi Zhaonan, a popular geographer of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
Like other equivalents in ancient times, Wansong had 3 significant functions – mentor, routines and gathering books. Every September when a brand-new term begins, a standard routine is hosted in the academy. In ancient times, Chinese schools hosted a series of rules classes to begin the brand-new term. Wansong Academy has actually continued the routine for centuries to promote Chinese culture and custom amongst youth.
At the entryway of the academy, 3 stone archways show the 3 historic stages of the school. Wansong (万松), Fuwen (敷文) and Taihe(太和), the 3 various names of the school from various times are composed on the archways.
The 3 archways are positioned in a pattern comparable to the Chinese character 品 (pin), which actually implies character and morality, to show the academy’s expectations.
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