Zǒubiàn dàjiāng nánběi, zuì yì shì Hángzhōu de Xīhú.
Having traveled all over China, what I miss most is West Lake in Hangzhou.
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history
From Bai Juyi's 《忆江南》 set of three ci poems (Tang dynasty). The second poem opens 江南忆，最忆是杭州 and recalls the moon over the Three Pools and tides at Qiantang. Bai Juyi served as prefect of Hangzhou (822-824) and built the Baidi causeway at West Lake, which still bears his name.
culture
Became the title and theme of the 2016 G20 Hangzhou evening gala show 《最忆是杭州》, directed by Zhang Yimou, watched by world leaders at West Lake — cementing the phrase as Hangzhou's unofficial tagline.
