2025 March West Lake Mine-avoidance Guide | A guide to avoid pitfalls that even locals will laugh at

(Before the main text begins, let’s have a rap) The broken bridge of Baidi was crowded with people, and Taiziwan was crowded with people. Lingyin restricted traffic by lottery, Leifeng Pagoda turned into a zombie village Don't panic! After reading this article, you will be able to - 【Hangzhou Traffic Police's Lottery Metaphysics】 ⚠️Odd-even license plate restriction: from March to May, weekends and holidays from 8 to 17:00, vehicles with odd license plate numbers can enter on odd days, and vehicles with even license plate numbers can enter on even days (new energy vehicles are not exempted) ⚠️Limited access to Lingyin Temple: Search for "西湖通" on Alipay 1 day in advance to grab a number! Limited to 1 time per month (harder to get than Jay Chou tickets) ⚠️Taxi users please note: To go to Lingyin, you need to transfer to the shuttle bus at No. 608 Xixi Road, and to go to Taiziwan, you need to transfer at Litaizuwan (the driver will perform Sichuan opera face-changing performance of "Traffic police 500 meters ahead") [Two days and one night of bad itinerary] Day 1 People follow the crowd and leave ▫️7:00 Rush to Turtle Pond (Secret Cherry Blossom Land! A pink enchantment known only to locals) ▫️9:30 Take a hand-rowed boat at Guozhuang Pier (tell the driver to take the "Jinsha Port Route" to unlock the same waterway as "Dream of Hualu") ▫️12:00 Eat at a farmhouse in Maojiabu (strongly recommend the fried stream fish! 10086 times fresher than West Lake vinegar fish) ▫️14:00 China Tea Museum (free! You can drink Longjing tea as much as you want and cosplay as a tea picker) ▫️17:00 Watch the sunset at Baoshishan (Toad Peak camera position, take a panoramic view of West Lake without having to squeeze into Leifeng Pagoda) Day 2 Classic Beating Version ▫️6:30 Yanggong Dike Cycling (contracting the unmanned "roller coaster" arch bridge) ▫️8:00 Grab the first incense stick at Lingyin Temple (don’t buy the “opening” candles at the entrance for 28 yuan per stick! Get them for free inside the temple) ▫️11:00 Touch the Chinese characters at Faxi Temple (you need to queue up for the popular Chinese character "喜", it is recommended to touch "发") ▫️14:00 Take a boat tour of West Lake (8 yuan/station for the Snake route, much better than the 150 yuan/hour boat) ▫️16:00 Street sweeping on Nanshan Road (don’t drink the 35-yuan bamboo tube milk tea! Go to Liuyingli to drink Southern Song Dynasty tea) 【Life-saving Guide】 🚲Car rental routine: A deposit of 300 is required to apply for a Z card on Longxiang Road, remember to bring cash! Look for the red poles when returning your car (blue poles are for citizens only) 📸Photography metaphysics: Take a photo against the light at 4pm on Su Causeway. You need a 200mm focal length to capture the kiss of Leifeng Pagoda on Changqiao. 👗Dressing philosophy: Never wear Hanfu when riding a shared bike! Don’t ask me how I know (the bloody story is in the comments section) 🍜Food Assassin: The Dingsheng cake in Hefang Street is a waste of money! The right solution is to go to Malaysia and eat Chef Chiang's fried fish 【Locals’ Secret Menu】 ✔️Breakfast: Youbu soy milk (salty soy milk + scallion oil noodles) ✔️Snacks: Grandma Sun’s Scallion Buns with Cypress (find a stall in an alley without a house number) ✔️Main meal: Si Zaoer’s private dishes (drunken shrimps should be cooked with 52° marinade) ✔️Souvenir: Zhiweiguan freshly made tiaotou cake (don’t buy the packaged version!) Easter Egg Game 🎉 Shout "1 million RMB in Alipay" under the third bridge of Su Causeway, and a group of mandarin ducks will come to thank you (tested and effective) The final soul-searching question: Are you here to see the people or the lake?