Spring Dawn on the Su Causeway: The History and Landscape Culture of West Lake

Introduction: Brief History of West Lake
Antonio Mezcua López (University of Granada, Spain) Duan Xiaolin (North Carolina State University, USA)

PART 1: CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF WEST LAKE

 - Poetry of West Lake

Benjamin Ridgway (Swarthmore College, USA)

- Rock Culture of West Lake

Gu Kai (Southeast University, China)

- Tea Culture of West Lake

Duan Xiaolin (NC State University)

- Water Control of West Lake

Silvia Freiin Ebner von Eschenbach (University of Würzburg, Germany)

PART 2: WEST LAKE AND THE FEMININE

- From Su Xiaoxiao to Xizi

Julian Siyuan Wu (Western Washington University, USA)

- Courtesans of West Lake in the Late Ming

Antonio José Mezcua López

- The White Snake Legend

Roland Altenburger (University of Würzburg, Germany)

PART 3: WEST LAKE AND OVERSEAS CONCEPTIONS

- Overseas Travel Account to Hangzhou

Antonio Mezcua López

- West Lake in Japanese Paintings

Mengyuan Chai (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

-West Lake in Korean Painting and Literature

Dongjun Kim (Ewha Womans University) and Youenhee Kho (Sungkyunkwan

University)

-West Lake in Vietnam

Cristina Nualart (IE University, Spain)

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PART 4: WEST LAKE IN MODERN TIMES

- Contemporary Transformation of West Lake, 

 Thomas H. Hahn (Berkeley, CA, USA)

- Garden Culture of West Lake 

Danxiu Chen (Southeast University, China)