The pavilions and temples from various eras were well maintained and numerous, as these lines attest: "By West Lake, where the green slopes are studded with pagodas, when will the singing and dancing stop? Drunk on the warm winds, the visitors forget that this is Hangzhou not Bianjing, forget that they have fled the north."
歷代來亭台樓閣、寺廟精舍不斷修飾、充實，而有「山外青山樓外樓，西湖歌舞幾時休，暖風吹的遊人醉，卻把杭州做汴州」的風景佈局。