Su Causeway



Su Causeway became a tourist attraction as early as 1090. That year, Su Dongpo, a famous poet in
the Song Dynasty and the governor of Hangzhou, had the lake dredged. The silt and debris were
piled up and formed into a causeway. In order to honor the poet governor, local people named the
Causeway after him.

Today's causeway is the result of many refurbishing projects over centuries. Romanticized as
Spring Dawn by Su Causeway, the scenery has stayed on the top of the best ten resorts around the
West Lake since the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279).

Ranged with peach, willow, magnolia and hibiscus trees, the 2.8-kilometer-long Su Causeway
spans the West Lake from the Nanping Hill in the south to the Qixia Hill in the north. Along the Causeway stand six single-span stone arch bridges
by the name of Yingbo (reflecting the waves), Suolan (locking the waves), Wangshan (looking at distant hills), Yadi (causeway ballast), Dongpu
(eastern ford), Kuahong (spanning rainbow).

Su Causeway steals your heart with its different looks not only at different points of the year, but also in different weathers and at different points of
the day. The causeway dazzles with the rows of magnolia, hibiscus and cherry planted all along its length.

When Spring comes with crimson peach blossoms and green willows; the scenery is all the more charming. Strolling along the boulevard, one
feels as if the West Lake were wakening in dawn mist. Young willows were ethereal, spring breeze so caressing, and birds were chirping in
unison.

At dawn, the lake is so serene that only chirps of birds can be heard. The lake surface mirrors the sky and bridge reflections. Peach blossoms
resemble smiling faces. Walking on the causeway, one can look at the lake and the surrounding hills, absorbing all the visual and aural pleasures
created by the breathtaking panorama.

You can view Su Causeway from different angles from the six arch bridges spanning it from south to
north. Reflecting Ripples Bridge, Hill-View Bridge, Crossing-the-Rainbow Bridge and other bridges with
equally beautiful names add to the causeway’s beauty.