WEST LAKE THE WEST LAKE EVOLVED FROM A SHALLOW BAY THROUGH WHICH THE QIANTANG RIVER FLOWED INTO THE EAST CHINA SEA. IT COVERS AN AREA OF 6.78 SQUARE KILOMETERS. THE AVERAGE DEPTH IS 2.27 METERS. THREE SIDES OF THE LAKE ARE SURROUNDED BY VERDANT MOUNTAINS AND ONE SIDE OF IT PROSPEROUS CITY. THE BEAUTY OF THE WEST LAKE LIES IN THE HARMONIOUS COMBINATION OF HUMANISTIC AND NATURAL SCENERY. AFTER A LARGE SCALE RECONSTRUCTION, THE CURRENT WEST LAKE HAS RECOVERED THE PANORAMA OVER 300 YEARS BEFORE WHEN IT REACHED THE MOST PROSPEROUS PERIOD IN HISTORY, COMBINING DELICACY, ELEGANCE AND WILD NATURAL INTEREST IN HARMONY. QIANTANG RIVER TIDE QIANTANG RIVER TIDE IS WELL KNOWN IN THE WORLD FOR ITS HIGH, CHANGING, BILLOWY AND BREATHTAKING WAVES. EACH DAY, THERE ARE TWO SMALL DIES IN THE DAYTIME TIDE AND IN THE EVENING RESPECTIVELY. FROM THE FIRST TO THE FIFTH AND FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH OF THE LUNAR MONTH, YOU MAY SEE LARGE TIDES. ESPECIALLY, THE TIDES AROUND THE EIGHTEENTH OF AUGUST OF THE LUNAR CALENDAR ARE THE LARGEST. TIDE OF QIANTANG RIVER VIEWING VILLAGE IS THE BEST PLACE TO VIEW QIANTANG RIVER TIDE , WHERE CHINA INTERNATIONAL VIEWING TIDE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN HELD SUCCESSFULLY FOR SEVERAL TIMES.