Mid-Lake Pavilion of West Lake

Posted by Patrick Leong (Suzhou, China) on 9 June 2008 in Art & Design.

In the lake there are two islets - one of them, the Mid Lake Pavilion was the first of the islets built. On this island, there is a Chinese inscription on the Qing Dynasty era stone arch where the Qing Emperor in 1552 wrote "Chong Er" meaning "Endless Love".