- He was the most fashionable figure of the Southern Song Dynasty and served as Hangzhou's "honorary mayor"
- He dredged West Lake, leaving a world cultural heritage for Hangzhou, and established welfare houses to aid the people.
- Not just a foodie but also a culinary inventor
- "Dongpo Pork" has become a classic dish in Hangzhou cuisine
Itinerary Overview - The Su Causeway lying across the emerald waves was originally a backbone forged from silt and poetic hearts.
- In 1089, Hangzhou's West Lake was choked with weeds like the labored breath of an aging man,
- At that time, as the prefectural governor, Su Shi rolled up his official robe, using a bamboo basket as his brush and lake mud as his ink,
- Amidst the shimmering ripples, a long embankment was drawn with a stroke of the brush, as the dredged silt awakened upon the laborers' shoulders,
- Gradually forming the framework of the Six Bridges' romantic scenery, today's visitors only witness peach blossoms dipping in water and willows swaying with orioles' songs.
- Who would have thought that this picturesque scene of "Spring Dawn at Su Causeway" is actually an epic of survival for half the city's residents?
- The foremost of the ten scenic spots graced by Emperor Kangxi's imperial brush, where ancient flood control wisdom has long been distilled into the gentle charm of Jiangnan's landscape.
Su Shi visited Hangzhou twice in his lifetime. During his first visit, he served as a promotional ambassador for Hangzhou and wrote: - "The West Lake is like the fair lady at her best, whether richly adorned or plainly dressed."
- Second visit to Hangzhou:
- Dredging West Lake, building Su Causeway, and constructing new Anle Houses,
- Stabilize grain prices
- Clean water supply system
- Saving the world and benefiting the people, the heart of Confucianism.
- Step into the Su Dongpo Memorial Hall and engage in a dialogue with the master,
- Learn about the ups and downs of the master's life by visiting the Su Dongpo Memorial Hall,
- As if traveling back a thousand years to meet Mr. Su Dongpo
- Meet and learn about the life of Su Dongpo.
- Meet Mr. Xianghui, learn from him, and inherit his bold and open-minded character.
When Su Shi stepped through the mountain gate of Jingci Temple, he brought not only his poetry satchel and tea set, but also the scars of a lifetime's ups and downs in officialdom. - The chilling moonlight through prison bars during the Wutai Poetry Case still lingers before one's eyes, while the sigh of "dead ashes that cannot be rekindled" by the Huangzhou riverside still echoes in one's ears—and now,
- Yet amidst the chimes of Nanping Evening Bell, he lifted his teacup to join Master Nanping in practicing the "Samadhi Hand" tea ceremony—observing the dance of milk froth in the hare's fur glaze.
- He even chanted the pure and stirring verse: "The milk flowers of Tiantai are unseen in this world, where now can one find the jade-like breeze under the arms?"
- The tolling of the temple bell disperses not just the evening mist, but also the dust clogging the lake of the heart.
- This stone carving is not merely elegant,
- It is indeed a tradition among the people of Hangzhou to offer tea as a tribute.
- Infusing the blessings of water control into the millennium-old tea fragrance.
- Follow in the footsteps of sages, reminisce about the past, and admire the beauty of West Lake!
