杭州过去是有城墙的,东西南北共有十座城门。关于这十座城门,在杭城百姓中,广为流传着一首生动的民谣:“候潮门外酒坛儿,望江门(草桥门)外菜担儿,庆春门(太平门)外粪担儿,清泰门(螺蛳门)外盐担儿,艮山门(坝子门)外丝篮儿,武林门(百官门)外鱼担儿,钱塘门外香篮儿,涌金门外划船儿,清波门外柴担儿,凤山门(正阳门)外跑马儿。” Hangzhou in the past is a wall, a total of ten north-south gate east and west. About these ten gates, among the people in Hangzhou, there is a vivid folk song widely circulated: "Waiting outside the chandelier altar, looking out Jiangmen (Caoliao Gate) ) Outside the dung children, Qingtaimen (snail door) outside the salt carrying children, Genshan door (Bazimen) outside the basket, Wulin (Baiguan) outside the fish bear children, Qiantang outside the basket, Chung Kin Men outside Rowing children, Qingbo outside the wood bear children, Fengshan Gate (Zhengyangmen) outside the race horse.