http://yang.smugmug.com/gallery/180328_Mqfbb/ Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, and with the renowned Xi Hu (West Lake), has long been considered one of the most beautiful cities in China. However, in recent years the city seems to be perpetually covered in smog , like most cities in China today, as a result of pollution. The Xi Hu I saw was far from the prestine and beautiful lake I had read in books. I guess much of the old beauties of Xi Hu was ravaged by the Cultural Revolution, the new industrialization and mis-management by the city leaders. http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Travel Wed, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 -0800 Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:57:43 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-004-n/6807901_T2FZa-Ti.jpg http://yang.smugmug.com/gallery/180328_Mqfbb/ http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807901_T2FZa <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Budda in Ling-Yin Temple. Unlike the budda you find in many other places in China, which were made somewhere and brought into the temple, this one was carved on a rocky hill.</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807901_T2FZa" title="Budda in Ling-Yin Temple. Unlike the budda you find in many other places in China, which were made somewhere and brought into the temple, this one was carved on a rocky hill."><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-004-n/6807901_T2FZa-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Budda in Ling-Yin Temple. Unlike the budda you find in many other places in China, which were made somewhere and brought into the temple, this one was carved on a rocky hill." title="Budda in Ling-Yin Temple. Unlike the budda you find in many other places in China, which were made somewhere and brought into the temple, this one was carved on a rocky hill." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:20:25 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Yang Wang) http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-004-n/6807901_T2FZa-Th.jpg 2004-06-10 21:49:01 821fc67300b627169e1fd31b84188a5a 4e582b70ba3fddb6cd468b67870324f6 3f712191dc031a43e723d08e3ddec1b2 20ebf6e4d5e390c152fa94b8cbe9aa1b cf85670ed7fefdfc1a08c88fa1eb7720 990b88cd296943457ad0006bce8a2293 Budda in Ling-Yin Temple. Unlike the budda you find in many other places in China, which were made somewhere and brought into the temple, this one was carved on a rocky hill. <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Budda in Ling-Yin Temple. Unlike the budda you find in many other places in China, which were made somewhere and brought into the temple, this one was carved on a rocky hill.</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807901_T2FZa" title="Budda in Ling-Yin Temple. Unlike the budda you find in many other places in China, which were made somewhere and brought into the temple, this one was carved on a rocky hill."><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-004-n/6807901_T2FZa-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Budda in Ling-Yin Temple. Unlike the budda you find in many other places in China, which were made somewhere and brought into the temple, this one was carved on a rocky hill." title="Budda in Ling-Yin Temple. Unlike the budda you find in many other places in China, which were made somewhere and brought into the temple, this one was carved on a rocky hill." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel china, june Yang Wang Yang Wang http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807902_gqNdJ <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Ling-Yin Temple</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807902_gqNdJ" title="Ling-Yin Temple"><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-009-n/6807902_gqNdJ-Th.jpg" width="134" height="150" alt="Ling-Yin Temple" title="Ling-Yin Temple" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:20:26 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Yang Wang) http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-009-n/6807902_gqNdJ-Th.jpg 2004-06-10 22:02:04 6fc1256b9090be6e90692bcfe30d0c17 057592cd2a0b53bb3b18c527bc0a306f 741abc3679ad3e51220656e9de5622ab 2dd4e783b448e6e8b3dff744fda617dc 462c6a38b2e0003ebda4f78667ef3171 4e2c1461f6afd5905e94193215707930 Ling-Yin Temple <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Ling-Yin Temple</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807902_gqNdJ" title="Ling-Yin Temple"><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-009-n/6807902_gqNdJ-Th.jpg" width="134" height="150" alt="Ling-Yin Temple" title="Ling-Yin Temple" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel china, june Yang Wang Yang Wang http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807903_GhaQJ <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Inside the Ling-Yin Temple</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807903_GhaQJ" title="Inside the Ling-Yin Temple"><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-015-n/6807903_GhaQJ-Th.jpg" width="98" height="150" alt="Inside the Ling-Yin Temple" title="Inside the Ling-Yin Temple" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:20:26 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Yang Wang) http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-015-n/6807903_GhaQJ-Th.jpg 2004-06-10 22:25:43 b6743a89e7cf5a4bb4106598edeb76bb 87f4e0d5157cc2310ded4149bade8d1f 34550c10167633d352e88b7aac67495e 8fb65ecd42f7dc5d06e90bc1521fda82 c12546690940c1b19930d2f24923a3bc Inside the Ling-Yin Temple <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Inside the Ling-Yin Temple</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807903_GhaQJ" title="Inside the Ling-Yin Temple"><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-015-n/6807903_GhaQJ-Th.jpg" width="98" height="150" alt="Inside the Ling-Yin Temple" title="Inside the Ling-Yin Temple" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel china, june Yang Wang Yang Wang http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807904_RMK4b <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Ling-Yin Temple</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807904_RMK4b" title="Ling-Yin Temple"><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-017-n/6807904_RMK4b-Th.jpg" width="143" height="150" alt="Ling-Yin Temple" title="Ling-Yin Temple" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:20:28 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Yang Wang) http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-017-n/6807904_RMK4b-Th.jpg 2004-06-10 22:27:53 9d3a68aba39526747df2ad651a1913e2 01e4f0f17d4ff023b76ca7196c5dd61c 2f1b4d91286fced91e278cce19f2531f 7ca6030793264902df843642c4842c55 3408bf8f2ffd20716538a2d1b57b2e89 Ling-Yin Temple <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Ling-Yin Temple</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807904_RMK4b" title="Ling-Yin Temple"><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-017-n/6807904_RMK4b-Th.jpg" width="143" height="150" alt="Ling-Yin Temple" title="Ling-Yin Temple" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel china, june Yang Wang Yang Wang http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807905_cGrxP <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Xi Hu (West Lake)</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807905_cGrxP" title="Xi Hu (West Lake)"><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-027-n/6807905_cGrxP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Xi Hu (West Lake)" title="Xi Hu (West Lake)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:20:29 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Yang Wang) http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-027-n/6807905_cGrxP-Th.jpg 2004-06-11 00:01:51 5f1578048578e9aea7e9fdc29e2f05fd 8797c801d31b1bc4bd9a39bae0802f9c 6c4dca62427c6df8332e92b7f121fcf8 914f920c4d63151e5fa31ec5799e6a78 dcd86a519f32756a47f0fc072a930266 Xi Hu (West Lake) <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Xi Hu (West Lake)</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807905_cGrxP" title="Xi Hu (West Lake)"><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-027-n/6807905_cGrxP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Xi Hu (West Lake)" title="Xi Hu (West Lake)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel china, june Yang Wang Yang Wang http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807906_MfL5M <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Xi Hu. It was a foggy day. The visibility was very low on the lake.</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807906_MfL5M" title="Xi Hu. It was a foggy day. The visibility was very low on the lake."><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-041-n/6807906_MfL5M-Th.jpg" width="150" height="92" alt="Xi Hu. It was a foggy day. The visibility was very low on the lake." title="Xi Hu. It was a foggy day. The visibility was very low on the lake." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:20:30 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Yang Wang) http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-041-n/6807906_MfL5M-Th.jpg 2004-06-13 21:58:35 d8d56d2756fe79c9fc913c3abeaa874d 1b38e55933f2111e46e7fa1ce97b0cb1 63969bc7c8336dee5398dc47606c96a9 6a3a9e8d28e18334e6fa154d4a5267e6 0b5c673f1a895c0130b161a64312f213 Xi Hu. It was a foggy day. The visibility was very low on the lake. <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Xi Hu. It was a foggy day. The visibility was very low on the lake.</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807906_MfL5M" title="Xi Hu. It was a foggy day. The visibility was very low on the lake."><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-041-n/6807906_MfL5M-Th.jpg" width="150" height="92" alt="Xi Hu. It was a foggy day. The visibility was very low on the lake." title="Xi Hu. It was a foggy day. The visibility was very low on the lake." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel china, june Yang Wang Yang Wang http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807907_v6Nij <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Fog and Xi Hu.</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807907_v6Nij" title="Fog and Xi Hu."><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-051-n/6807907_v6Nij-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Fog and Xi Hu." title="Fog and Xi Hu." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:20:31 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Yang Wang) http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-051-n/6807907_v6Nij-Th.jpg 2004-06-13 22:07:13 6ee7a4c4fb78913a19e650583f3916f0 f252ea4f18f51c5a488d93727899500d 97a41ee3024fccffffbfbcd5b5b6b09c 97df7084afd10b84706a0aaa45a629f9 cc5fa793847bd3996678be0827e709d6 dc895db4d5b63a302bd5cac5103abc08 Fog and Xi Hu. <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Fog and Xi Hu.</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807907_v6Nij" title="Fog and Xi Hu."><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-051-n/6807907_v6Nij-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Fog and Xi Hu." title="Fog and Xi Hu." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel china, june Yang Wang Yang Wang http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807908_8MqcW <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Willow grove on the bank of Xi Hu.</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807908_8MqcW" title="Willow grove on the bank of Xi Hu."><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-054-n/6807908_8MqcW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Willow grove on the bank of Xi Hu." title="Willow grove on the bank of Xi Hu." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:20:33 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Yang Wang) http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-054-n/6807908_8MqcW-Th.jpg 2004-06-13 22:33:41 4ac1dbebf2005c8036657e8c3f32a404 5aa7a8cee531a421db69ec0125a395b6 abcffde485557062a8188fdbf549724e d0ce69ebccbbc00593f932508d324a15 16e3048e1679cf3c38b6ecc554695a3d 44d408a4f8078de22a8ef383c88228f2 Willow grove on the bank of Xi Hu. <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Willow grove on the bank of Xi Hu.</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807908_8MqcW" title="Willow grove on the bank of Xi Hu."><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-054-n/6807908_8MqcW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Willow grove on the bank of Xi Hu." title="Willow grove on the bank of Xi Hu." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel china, june Yang Wang Yang Wang http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807909_fqSb7 <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Foggy day in Hangzhou.</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807909_fqSb7" title="Foggy day in Hangzhou."><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-055-n/6807909_fqSb7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="Foggy day in Hangzhou." title="Foggy day in Hangzhou." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:20:35 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Yang Wang) http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-055-n/6807909_fqSb7-Th.jpg 2004-06-14 00:01:11 254e03a88fb2d3412eaf0f1f2815b79f fc24b8baf1818351b29271cb4e3c0c0a aa53475efed9216bb0d9d83446335278 7022913ca4fe824d3371266af6fdd47c 5b36700a3eecd13d55791f0e3b8e0a83 8343036838aba8e3ae926e3df1ec08b2 Foggy day in Hangzhou. <p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com">Yang Wang</a><br />Foggy day in Hangzhou.</p><p><a href="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/180328_Mqfbb#6807909_fqSb7" title="Foggy day in Hangzhou."><img src="http://yang.smugmug.com/Travel/China-June-2004/Hangzhou-June-2004/china-june-055-n/6807909_fqSb7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="Foggy day in Hangzhou." title="Foggy day in Hangzhou." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel china, june Yang Wang Yang Wang