The Chinese, as a culture, love to rank, number and list things at least as much as a bunch of American sports fans or music geeks. Hence, one doesn't merely visit a famed attraction and see it, as it were, for oneself; rather one follows in the footsteps of millions who went before, and one heeds the collective touristic wisdom that has arisen from many centuries of group tours, list-making, phrase-coining and guide book writing. (If one doesn't, one just may be a barbarian.)
Hence, when you visit Hangzhou's West Lake (Xi Hu), you should know that there are a semi-official Ten Views of West Lake (actually, they're rather official, each being marked by a stele inscribed with four characters written in the calligraphy of the Qianlong Emperor, who ruled Qing China from 1735-1796 and kept a holiday palace on the lake). The Su Causeway is at the very top of the list. If you're there i...
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