Abstract:Interpretation of the cultural connotation of the West Lake in the historical perspective of the development of the “West Lake Ten Landscapes”is a new perspective of the current West Lake research. Through the research methods of graphic materials, historical reduction and comparison, this paper sorts out the formation process of the ten scenic spots of the West Lake and concludes that “the ten scenic spots of the West Lake” is not a combination of the human landscape and the natural landscape, but a kind of The cultural landscapes which will update with development of the economic, cultural and other eras:from the original “beauty of nature" to the pursuit of "beautiful life", it finally becomes a cultural landscape with a "beauty of emotions". It has the function of educating and persuading.