The imperial court of the Song Dynasty as well as a large number of people from the north had to move across the Yangtze River and settle down in the Jiang' nan area, which boosted the economic growth in Hangzhou and facilitated the cultural interchange between the north and the south. The city of Hangzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty, with unprecedented economic prosperity, flourishing culture and elegant landscape, vaulted into world leadership as a metropolis where domestic merchants and tourists converged, leaving many precious historical remains behind for later generations.%宋室南渡，北方大量移民的南下，促进了杭州经济和南北文化的大交流、大发展。南宋时期的杭州。以其空前繁荣的经济文化和远近闻名的秀美风光，成为国内商贾、游客云集的世界第一大都会，也为我们后人留下许多弥足珍贵的历史遗存。
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