Enjoy a leisurely weekend with free admission to the 'Meilin Returning Cranes' exhibition!

Meilin Returning Cranes is listed among the 'Eighteen Scenes of West Lake' during the Qing Dynasty. West Lake is famous for its Solitary Hill, and Solitary Hill is renowned for its elegant plum blossoms and cranes. Lin Bu, who remained a bachelor all his life, lived in seclusion at the northern foot of Solitary Hill, accompanied by plum blossoms and cranes. He once wrote in a poem, 'My ink is often used to depict cranes, and the mountain is named for my love of the painted hut.' During the Yuan Dynasty, Chen Zi'an also followed the 'plum wife and crane children' lifestyle. In the Jiajing period, the county magistrate Wang Yi rebuilt the Crane Pavilion and inscribed it with the title 'Releasing Cranes'. Inside, there is a couplet: 'The water is clear and the stones emerge, fish can be counted; when people leave, the mountain is empty, and the cranes do not return.'