PAGEPAGE4IntruductionoftheScenicspotsBriefintroductiontoXixiNationalWetlandParkLocatedinthewestofHangzhouCity,XixiNationalWetlandParkisonly6kmtotheWulinGateinthekeycentralareaofHangzhouandonly5kmtoWestLake.TheXixiareastartedinHanandJindynasties,developedinTangandSongdynasties,prosperedinMingandQingdynasties,declinedintheperiodofRepublicofChinaandre-prosperedinmoderntimes.AlongwithWestLakeandXilingSealSociety,Xixiiswell-knownasoneofthe“threeXi”.InthepastXixicoveredanareaof60squarekms.NowthetotalareaofXixiwetlandisabout11.5squarekmsthatdevelopedinsuccessivelythreestages.XixiisararewetlandinChinathatintegratesurbanwetland,cultivatingwetlandandculturalwetlandintoawhole.Alsoitisthefirstnationalwetlandparkinthecountry.ThescenicspotsoftheareahavebeendesignatedasSnow-likeReedsDancinginautumn,DragonBoatFestival,SearchingforPlumBlossomalongWindingWaters,PersimmonsMirroringintheWater,EgretsFlyingovertheLotusShallow,ReedsintheMoonlight,ListeningtoChineseOperainHezhuFishingVillageinMistyRain,ImperialMarkofGaozhuangLingeringCharmofHongyuan,aswellasthreecauseways---FuCauseway,LvCausewayandShouCausewaySnow-likeReedsDancinginAutumnIntheinnerpartofxixireeds,surroundedbycrisscrossedwater.Reedcatkinswhichlookkikewhiteandlightflowersswaywiththewind,flyinglikesnowinthesky.Duringclearandrefreshingautumndays,visitorscanintegrateintotheworldofreedsbyboat,ortheymaystandinahighplaceandoverlooktheendlessreedcatkins.QiuxuetempleintheareawasfirstknownasDashengtempleandoriginallybuiltinSongDynasty,Chenjirugotit’snameof“QiuxueTemple”(Qiuxuemeansthewhiteflowerfromthereeds)frompoemwhichdescribedthebeautifulsceneryaroundthetemple.2.FishingvillageinmistyrainYanshuiyuzhuang,locatedininteriorxixi,usedtobeanaturalvillageofxixiandwasrepairedin2005.Therearethreehallsexhibitingsilkworm,localweddingcustomsandfolkcustoms,andrestaurants.Thesurroundingcrisscrossedriversandponds,quietenvironmentandlushplantsmakethisplaceasawonderland.Touristsmayenjoybeautifulsceneryof“awindingstreamwithmist”.