This time-honored park in Fuzhou is just perfect for a city walk

Fuzhou West Lake Park Located at the Wulong Mountain in the northwest of Fuzhou city center, it is the most completely preserved classical garden in Fuzhou, known as the 'Pearl of Fujian Gardens' West Lake Park was excavated by the prefect Yan Gao in the third year of Tai Kang of the Jin Dynasty (AD 282), and it has a history of more than 1700 years. By the end of the Tang Dynasty, it had already become a tourist attraction. During the Five Dynasties, Wang Shenzhi's second son, Wang Yandiao, succeeded to the throne and built pavilions, terraces, towers, and pavilions on the lake, setting up pleasure boats in the lake. West Lake became an imperial garden, and by the Song Dynasty, it was even more prosperous. In the eighth year of the Daoguang era of the Qing Dynasty (AD 1828), Lin Zexu built stone embankments along the lake, and it was newly renovated. In 1914, it was opened as West Lake Park. West Lake Park has a typical classical garden layout of 'one pond and three islands' consisting of Kaihua Isle, Xieping Isle, and Yaojiao Isle, connected by Willow Dike, Flying Rainbow Bridge, Jade Belt Bridge, and Stepping Cloud Bridge, like three pieces of jade set in the blue water, blending with the Great Dream Mountain to achieve a unified landscape of mountains and water When dusk falls and the setting sun The lake surface turns a warm golden color, The reflection of the buildings on the opposite shore in the water The ripples are tender, A sight too beautiful for words.