The West Lake is not only the gift of the Nature, but also the cultural outcome of an epoch. The bogginess of the lagoon is an inevitable process.

西湖不仅是大自然的礼物，同样也是一个个时代的文化结晶。

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When they died, they were preserved in the acidic bogginess, so we can tell exactly when they were alive with carbon dating.

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