A Study On The Travel Notes Of The West Lake In Ming Dynasty

Chinese travel literature has a long history,from the Eastern Han Dynasty Ma Dibo created "A record of worshiping heaven and earth ",During Tang and Song dynasties,There were lots of excellent travel writers,such as Liu Zongyuan,Ou yangxiu and so on,each of them created " eight records of Yongzhou "," A record of drunkard Pavilion" and other popular works.During the Ming and Qing Dynasties,especially in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty,the creation of Chinese travel literature reached its peak,resulting in a series of excellent works such as Xu Xiake's Travels,Wang Taichu's sightseeing of Five Sacred Mountains,and Seeking Xihu in dreams.At the same time,West Lake has been loved by the literati since ancient times,which has become a chant object.Since the Tang and Song dynasties,the poetry,prose and Ci of West Lake has formed an independent literary phenomenon,poems especially flourish.As to the creation of the West Lake prose,the emergence of Bai Juyi's "Ten records of Qiantang Lake ",Ou yangxiu's "A record of the beauty hall",Su Shi's " loyalty temple Inscription" and many other good articles.During the Ming and Qing Dynasties,a large number of West Lake literature emerged,forming a parable trend with the West Lake poetry,there were a lot of masterpieces,such as Zhang Dai's "West Lake dream","Tao An Dream recall” and so on.The emergence of a large number of West Lake travel notes in Ming Dynasty,made the West Lake prose become as bright as the West Lake scenery,so it is necessary to research the Ming Dynasty Travels of the West systematically.