Hangzhou in Northern Song Dynasty:Metropolitan Landscape and Literature Expression

Hangzhou in the early Song Dynasty showed a comparatively prosperous picture,which won the concern and eulogy from poets.The picture reflected the constant-growing and prosperous beauty of Hangzhou,a metropolitan cultural city.In Hangzhou of the Northern Song Dynasty,the natural landscape and urban cultural landscape became interdependent scenery,which existed in the culture of the city and was experienced in the beauty of landscapes,the two of which was no longer contradictory,but one of harmony.That was undoubtedly the start of a concept revolution and predicted a great transition of the way of survival.From the literary writings about the metropolitan culture of Hangzhou,we can clearly feel the pulse of change and development