006 sn tn yn yu do Three Pools Mirroring the Moon kui l xu hn yqng sng yu ho j Enjoy learning Chinese and it is carefree and

is carefree and easy. d ji hozh l sh kui l zhng gu Hello, everyone! Welcome to Happy China. w sh kui l de hn ji I am happy Han Jia. w sh kui l de d ni I am happy Daniel. i d nin kn Hey, Daniel, look. i hn ji n y jng qng w zu chun le Hey, Han Jia, you've invited me to a cruise. b yng qng w ch fn le You don't need to invite me to a meal any more. n ji xing zhe ch Food is the only thing on your mind. zh sh gng ch de xn bn rn mn b This is the newly issued renminbi. w kn knci y kui qin Well, let me take a look. It is one yuan bill. hi b gu mi y gn bng gn ne It is not enough to buy an ice cream.

iw sh yo rng n kn t bi min de fng jng Hey, look at the landscape on the back. yu shn me fng jng Well, what landscape? zh ji sh zh mng de sn tn yn yu This is the famous Three Pools Mirroring the Moon. zh g jng din du bi yn zi zh b shng le It is printed on the bill. y dng fi chng yu mng It must be very famous. n dng rnw men y hur ji nng kn jin le Of course, we will see it in a moment. ihn jiw xing q li le Hey, Han Jia, I recall something. n gn w shu gu You once told me that x h shng yu sn zu do there are three islets on the West Lake. q zhng zu d de y g ji sh sn tn yn yu ba The biggest one is the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon. n j xng hi zhn b cu Right. You have a good memory. zh sn tn yn yu yu jio xio yng zhu The Three Pools Mirroring the Moon is also called Lesser Yingzhou. zh g yng z k gu nn xi de ya Wow, the character Ying is so difficult to write.

du ya n k sh ho le Yes. Count the stroke. zh g z y gng yu 19 huk bi sho y b 19 This character has 19 strokes. n n xio yng zhu t yu shn me hn y ne Well, what does Lesser Yingzhou mean? xio yng zhu sh zhng gu g di shn hu zhng d xin shn Lesser Yingzhou is a magic mountain in ancient Chinese fairy tale. t sh rn men xing xing zhng shn q mi l de It is the magic, beautiful l xing sh ji and ideal world in people's imagination. t sh rn men xing xing zhng shn q mi l de l xing sh ji It is the magic, beautiful and ideal world in people's imagination. cng zh zu qio shng min From this bridge, mi zu y b du nng kn do b y yng de fng jng you can enjoy a different view for each step you take. n zh g zn men xu gujio y b hun jng Right. We learned this before. It is called Yi Bu Huan Jing. i hn jiw xing q li le Hey, Han Jia, I remember. w men zi q t d fng kn gu hn du We saw a lot of pavilions g zhng g yng b tng zo xng de tng z in different shapes in other places.

w f xin x h de tng z y b sho I found that there are many pavilions at the West Lake as well. x h shng min de tng z b jn zo xng q t The pavilions at the West Lake not only have unique forms, r qi t men de mng z y hn yu y s but also have interesting names. n kn shn hu zh y zu jio ki wng tng Look at the Kai Wang Pavilion behind you. w zh do lesh g dio y de ho d fng Well, I know it is a perfect place for fishing. s d wngdio d y Cast large net for big fish. n sh s wng b y You cast net to catch fish. rn ji k sh zi zh l s wng fng y People cast net here to let the fish go. d yu l qi le Well, I was wrong. zh l sh y g fng shng de d fng It is a place to free the captured fish. b y cng zh l fng hu h zhng Let the fish return to the lake. i n tng shu gu Hey, have you ever heard wng ki y minzh g chng y ma about the idiom "Wang Kai Yi Mian"?

wng ki y min tng gu Yes, I have. dn sh t de sh j hn y w b ti mng bi But I don't really know its meaning. wng ki y min ji sh shu Wang Kai Yi Mian literally means b b zhu qn shu de wng d ki y min leaving an opening on the net used for capturing animals. b y yng kun d de ti d q du di bi rn It implicates to treat others with magnanimous attitude. b r shun fn de cu w fi chng yn zhng For instance, you made a serious mistake, dn sh w wng ki y min ji b chng f n le but I gave you a way out and would not punish you. w jn tin yu mi fn cuwng ki y min z min y s sh I haven't made any mistakes.Wang Kai Yi Mian literally to wng ki y min z min y s sh b wng d ki y min open one side of the net, means to let somebody off the hook. wng ki y min To let some one off the hook. i tng tng tng Hey, Ting Ting Pavilion. zn me le What's the matter? mi zn me Nothing.

zu di ho hor de n gn ma rng w tng xi li ya Why did you ask to stop? n y dng sh w hu le You misunderstood me. zh zu tng zi ji jio tng tng tng This pavilion is called Ting Ting Pavilion. tng tng tng Ting Ting Pavilion zh sh shn me mng z Well, what a name! zu do zh l d qu yng gi tng xi li We really need to stop here kn kn zh zu tng tng y l de tng z and take a look at the gorgeous pavilion. zh me du g tng z So many duplicates of the character Ting. zh g mng z q d zhn yu y s It is an interesting name. n ho ba zn men ji tng xi li All right. Let's stop ho ho kn kn ba and take a good look at it. zh zu tng z de xng zhung yu din q gui The shape of the pavilion is odd. n kn n bin sh qing lng y bin sh zu lng Look, the wall is over there, and the corridor is on the opposite.

i zi x h de jng q l Hey, in the West Lake scenic area, kng p zi y zho b zhe you won't be able to find d r g zh yng de tng z le another pavilion like this. w kn t gn bn b sh tng z I don't think it is a pavilion at all. i d ni n kn n bin Hey, Daniel, look over there. n l ji sh sn tn yn yu de sn zu sh t le They are the three stone pagodas of the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon. y r sn Well, one, two, three. mi xing do zh sn zu sh t zh jin de j l I didn't expect that the distance between these three pagodas zh me yun is so long. n zh sn zu sh t gu chng le Right. The three pagodas form y g dng bin sn jio xng an equilateral triangle. t y t zh jin de j l ne sh 62 m 62 The distance between the pagodas is 62 meters. n k x zi n shng kn t Well, unfortunately, we are on the bank. kn d b qng ch We cannot see the pagodas clearly.

i hn ji zn men sh bu sh Hey, Han Jia, should we...? w ji zh do n yu xing zu chun le I know you want to take a boat again. zo ji zhn bi ho lezu ba I have made preparation already. Let's go. yu x h n nng b zu chun ne How can we take a tour to the West Lake without taking a boat? t n pi d k zhn zhu do She really made a careful arrangement. t n pi de k zhn zhu do She really made a careful arrangement. zn me yng d nizh hu kn qng ch le ba How is that? Daniel, can you see them clearly now? nyun yun de t shn Yes. The round pagoda shng min hi dng le g xio h l has a small gourd on the top. i hn ji Hey, Han Jia, wi shn me yo zi h de zhng jin l sn zu t ne why were the three pagodas built in the middle of the lake? sh yn wi ho kn ma Is it just for aesthetical effect? l zh sn zu t k b gung sh wi le ho kn No, it is not just for aesthetical effect.

s dng p zi h zhng jin zu shn de d fng Su Dongpo built three pagodas jin le sn zu t zu wi bio zh in the deepest place in the lake. gu dng zi sn zu t zh ni b x zhng lin u He required that no lotus should be planted between the three pagodas. zh sh wi shn me ne Why? fng zh x h y si It was for preventing the West Lake from silt. b gu zn men kn do de zh sn zu t But the three pagodas we see now sh qng cho de sh hu zhng jin de were rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. n xio yng zhu yu h Well, there are lakes, pagodas, yu t

yu qio yu tng d qu xing xin jng y yng bridges and pavilions at Lesser Yingzhou. It is really like a wonderland. n ji rng w men zi do shng xn yu m l min q Let's go to Pleasant View bo bo yn f ba to enjoy the beautiful scenery. Hobi wng le w men de ku ho OK. Don't forget our motto: xu shu zhng gu hupng yu bin tin xi Learn to speak Chinese and make friends everywhere. shng xn yu m

sn tn yn yu do yu mng xio yng zhu Three Pools Mirroring the Moon is also called Lesser Yingzhou. y h xn tng run gng dn h chng wi h shng sn do It is called the three islets in West Lake together with Mid-lake Pavilion and Ruan Gong Mound. qun do lin shu min zi ni min j yu q gng qng The islet covers an area of about 7 hectares including the lake surface on the island. nn bi yu q qio xing tng The south and the north of the islet are connested by a zigzag bridge. dng x y t d xing lin The east and the west of the islet are connected by an earth causeway. jing do shng shu min y fn wi s The lake on the islet is divided into four parts. cng kng zhng f kn do shng l d xng r y g t d de tin z Seen from the sky, the land on the islet looks like the character Tian . chng xin ch h zhng yu do do zhng yu h de t s It has the featue of islet within lake and lakes within islet. zi x h sh jng zhng d j y g, , It is a unique sight of the ten famous views of the West Lake wi w gu jing nn shu shng yun ln de jng din zh zu and the masterpiece of water gardens on the south of the Yangtze River.