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Well-known as one of Eight Most Famous Writers in Tang and Song dynasties, Su Dongpo (1036-1101) is  famous for his verse, calligraphy and painting. What’s more, Su also has a cook hand. When he was degraded to Hangzhou for having offended the emperor at that time, he always cooked by himself and feasted his friend. Su's expert was cooking bouilli. However, the reason of calling this bouilli Dongpo meat was that an interesting thing happened during his second time staying in Hangzhou as a local official.

At that time, West Lake was mostly covered by wild grass. When he took the post, he called for the people there to weed. To dredge the lake, they dug the mud on the bottom of the lake, which was made use of and piled up to a long causeway. The causeway improved the environment and provided convenience to people. Not only people got benefit from this long causeway, but also West Lake became more beautiful. Later, it was listed as the first of "West Lake Ten Scenes": Spring on Su Causeway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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