Shiyan Mountain(in Chinese:石岩山), located in the southeast of XianghuLake in XiaoshanDistrict, Hangzhou, is the highest mountain among the surrounding mountains of Xianghu Lake, whose main peak reaches 213 meters above sea level. Xianghu Lake, known as the sister of West Lake, is well known for its picturesquesceneryandage-oldhistory. Located on the top of Shiyan Mountain, the Xianzhao Temple(in Chinese: 先照禅寺) was first built in the Song Dynasty and got its name from the meaning of "the light of the rising sun shines on this temple first." This place, facing the river and the lakewith high air humidity, iseasy to appear advection fog, forming a beautiful sea of clouds. The sea of clouds in Shiyan Mountaingenerally appear after rain in autumn and winter. |