Hangzhou has a civilization history of 8,000 years and a city-building history of 5,000 years

Hangzhou is a land of fish and rice, a house of silk, and one of the seven ancient capitals. The teeth of the Jiande people 50,000 years ago, the carbonized rice grains of the Kua Lake Bridge 8,000 years ago, the crystal cup of the Warring States Period, the frog-shaped water bowl of the Yue Kiln, the grain silo of the celadon, and the Jing brick of the Leifeng Tower in the Five Dynasties. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Huaxin built a pond, and West Lake gradually became an inner lake. During the Sui Dynasty, Yang Su built a city based on Phoenix Mountain. During the Tang Dynasty, Li Bi opened six wells and introduced West Lake water into the city. The Wu-Yue Kingdom prospered and repaired water conservancy, respected Confucianism and promoted literature, promoted Buddhism and emphasized Taoism, giving birth to the paradise of Suzhou and Hangzhou. It was friendly with its neighbors, later protected its territory and its people, and returned its land to the Song Dynasty. Buddhism in Hangzhou began in the Two Jin Dynasties, prospered in Wu-Yue, and was known as the Buddhist country of the southeast. During the Song Dynasty, they respected the scriptures and ran schools, respected literature and scholars, and were known as the Renaissance period in the East. Bi Sheng invented movable type printing, and Shen Kuo wrote the scientific monument 'Dream Creek Notes'. The Song people loved to wear flowers, and several emperors and empresses of the Southern Song Dynasty personally participated in the affairs of the painting academy, and the official kiln reached its peak with its lustrous color. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Hangzhou was the capital, establishing the pattern of 'Southern Palace and Northern Market, Garden City'. During the Yuan Dynasty, it was praised by Marco Polo as 'the most beautiful and noble heaven city', and the area around the Qingtaimen Inner Recommendation Bridge was a residential area for Muslims. During the Ming Dynasty, Feng Mengzhen retired from office and lived in Xixi, built 'Xixi Thatched Cottage', and enjoyed plum and bamboo. Xianyu Shu, a calligrapher of the Yuan Dynasty, built the Kunxuezhai in the Tiger Forest of West Lake, and had a mutual appreciation with Zhao Mengfu, a giant of the calligraphy world, and became the center of the Xixi Elegant Gathering. During the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi came to Hangzhou five times, and Qianlong visited Hangzhou six times. Hangzhou in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was famous for its night market, and the Wulin School of Painting was praised in the history of painting.