Why is West Lake called Xizi Lake?

Calling Hangzhou West Lake "Xizi Lake" originated from two lines in Su Shi's poem "Drinking on the Lake after Rain" in Song Dynasty: "If you want to compare the West Lake to Xizi, light makeup and heavy makeup are always appropriate".

"Xi Zi" means "Xi Shi", the first of the four beauties in ancient China. The meaning of these two poems is: If we want to compare the West Lake to a beauty, then the sunny West Lake is like a beauty with heavy makeup, while the rainy West Lake is like a beauty with light makeup, both of which are equally beautiful.

Su Shi's poem "Drinking Rain on Lake Chuqing" is as follows:

Drinking in the lake is clear after the rain.

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The water is bright and sunny, and the mountains are cloudy and rainy.

If there are more dead beauties in the West Lake, C+ is so appropriate.

Tip: Lake refers to the West Lake in Hangzhou. The lakes and mountains set each other off and the scenery is beautiful. The whole poem writes "sunny" first, then "rain", and the last two sentences are summed up together, while praising the charming scenery of the West Lake with novel quips. Comparing the West Lake to a beauty is an eternal conclusion. It can be proved that the West Lake is named "Xizi Lake" because of its poetry.

Shi, formerly known as Shi Yiguang, was born in Zhuluo Village, Zhuji, Zhejiang at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. Born beautiful. The first of the four beauties in ancient China is the embodiment and pronoun of beauty. The "sinking fish" in "the posture of closing the moon and feeling ashamed of flowers, sinking fish and falling geese" tells the classic legend of sand. Xi, together with the stories of Wang Zhaojun, Diophantine and Yang Yuhuan, is called the four beauties in ancient China, and ranks first among them. The four beauties enjoy the appearance of "closing the moon and feeling ashamed of flowers, sinking fish and falling geese".