West Lake

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West Lake is a famous freshwater lake and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Hangzhou, China, celebrated for its scenic beauty, historic temples, and classical Chinese garden landscapes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
West Lake canonical 9
West Lake in Hangzhou 1
西湖 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
freshwater lake
tourist attraction
adjacentTo Lingyin Temple
Longjing tea plantations
country China
governingBody Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government
surface form: Hangzhou municipal government
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Chinese civilization
surface form: Chinese culture
hasPart Autumn Moon over the Calm Lake
Bai Causeway
Baochu Pagoda
Broken Bridge
Evening Bell Ringing at Nanping Hill
Gushan Island
Leifeng Pagoda
Leifeng Pagoda
surface form: Leifeng Pagoda in the Sunset

Lingyin Temple
surface form: Lingyin Temple scenic area

Lotus in the Breeze at Crooked Courtyard
Melting Snow on Broken Bridge
Orioles Singing in the Willows
Solitary Hill
Su Causeway
Three Pools Mirroring the Moon
Twin Peaks
surface form: Twin Peaks Piercing the Clouds

Viewing Fish at Flower Pond
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
inspired Chinese garden design treatises
classical Chinese painting
classical Chinese poetry
knownFor Ten Scenes of West Lake
classical Chinese garden landscapes
historic temples
influence on garden design in China
influence on garden design in Japan
influence on garden design in Korea
scenic beauty
traditional Chinese landscape aesthetics
locatedIn eastern China
surface form: East China

Hangzhou
Zhejiang Province
locatedInTimeZone China Standard Time
locatedOn lower reaches of the Qiantang River
partOf West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou
touristDestinationFor domestic tourists in China
international tourists
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria Cultural
UNESCOWorldHeritageID 1334
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2011
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Asia-Pacific
waterType freshwater

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Zhejiang Province hasScenicArea West Lake
Hangzhou hasFamousSite West Lake
Kunming Lake designedToResemble West Lake
this entity surface form: West Lake in Hangzhou
West Lake Water Park adjacentTo West Lake
Lake Sai hasJapaneseName West Lake
this entity surface form: 西湖
Lingyin Temple locatedNear West Lake
Leifeng Pagoda locatedNear West Lake