Su Causeway - Su Shi

The Su Causeway in Hangzhou was created by dredging the West Lake when the poet Su Shi (Dongpo) was the magistrate of Hangzhou in the fifth year of Yuanyou (1090) in the Northern Song Dynasty. Built of silt and evolved through later generations, the people of Hangzhou named it "Su Causeway" in memory of Su Dongpo's contribution to the governance of the West Lake.

Bai Causeway - Bai Juyi

Bai Causeway The original name is "Baisha Embankment", which is the link connecting Hangzhou urban area and scenic spots. It starts from "Broken Bridge Remaining Snow" in the east, passes through Jintai Bridge to the west, and ends at "Pinghu Qiuyue", which is 2 miles long. It was called Baisha in the Tang Dynasty. The embankment and the sand embankment were later also called Gushan Road and Shijin Pond in the Song and Ming Dynasties. When Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, was appointed governor of Hangzhou, he wrote a poem: "The lake I love most is not enough to go eastward, and the white sand embankment is in the shade of green poplars." This refers to this embankment. .In order to commemorate the poet, later generations called it Bai Causeway.

Baidi was originally called "White Sand Causeway". As early as the Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, Bai Causeway was famous for its beautiful scenery. Although it is not in the same location as the Bai Causeway built by Bai Juyi, the people of Hangzhou still named it Bai Causeway in memory of this "old mayor" who made outstanding contributions to Hangzhou. Su Causeway in Hangzhou was created in the fifth year of Yuanyou in the Northern Song Dynasty (1090) when the poet Su Shi was appointed as the magistrate of Hangzhou. He dredged the West Lake and used the dredged silt to construct it and it was formed after the evolution of Hangzhou West Lake. In order to commemorate Su Dongpo's achievements in managing the West Lake, the people of Hangzhou built the Su Causeway. It is named "Sudi".

Su Causeway starts from the foothills of Nanping Mountain in the south and ends at the foot of Qixialing Mountain in the north, with a total length of nearly three kilometers. It was built by dredging the West Lake when the great poet Su Dongpo of the Northern Song Dynasty was the governor of Hangzhou. . Later generations named her Su Causeway in memory of Su Dongpo's achievements in managing the West Lake. The long embankment lies on the waves, connecting the southern and northern mountains, adding a charming scenery to the West Lake. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the spring dawn on Su Di was listed as the first of the ten scenic spots in West Lake. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was also called "Six Bridges of Smoked Willows" and included in the ten scenic spots in Qiantang. This shows that it has been deeply loved by people since ancient times.

The six arch bridges on Su Causeway are named Yingbo, Suolan, Wangshan, Yadi, Dongpu and Kuahong from south to north. Bai Causeway was originally called "White Sand Causeway". It stretches across the east-west surface of West Lake, starting from Broken Bridge, crossing Jintai Bridge, and ending at Pinghu Qiuyue, with a length of 1 kilometer. When Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, was the governor of Hangzhou, he wrote in a poem: "I love the lake I love most when it goes eastward, and the white sand embankment in the shade of green poplars." This is the embankment he was talking about. Later generations named it Bai Causeway in memory of Bai Juyi. Bai Causeway is characterized by a willow tree and a peach tree, so every spring when the peach trees are red, willows are green, and the grass is green, visitors walking on Bai Causeway seem to be walking in a painting.