Published: March 8th, 2022,
Last updated: March 8th, 2022

Even Emperor Qianlong 乾隆帝 was only too happy to travel to the Slender West Lake (瘦西湖) in Yangzhou. Sitting on the shore, he delighted in his fishing luck. In the meantime, the lake has become one of China’s AAAAA tourist attractions. You can’t get more A than that. A quick glance is enough to understand why.