The entrance to the Lien Heng Memorial Hall. [Photo/hangzhou.gov.cn]

On Beishan Street in Hangzhou — capital of East China's Zhejiang province — a physical doorway has gone viral, becoming an online sensation.

Nicknamed the Life Frame, when visitors look through it, it becomes a natural photo frame — with people able to contemplate such sites as the Town God's Temple atop the hills, the Bai Causeway draped in willows, West Lake's changing lotus scenes and leisurely strollers.

These sites are all framed against the sky and water, capturing the poetic beauty of West Lake.

If you follow the path uphill, it leads to Ma'nao Temple. Originally built in the year 946 and relocated in 1152, the temple has been destroyed and rebuilt many times before being restored in 2004.

Nestling among camphor, osmanthus, cherry and wintersweet trees, the temple offers tranquil views in every season.

Ma'nao Temple is also known as the Lien Heng Memorial Hall. Lien Heng, historian and author of The General History of Taiwan, lived there in 1926-27.

In 2008, the memorial hall opened to the public, showcasing Taiwan's natural environment, culture, history and craftsmanship while serving as a bridge for cross-Strait exchanges.

Since then, it has hosted youth entrepreneur salons, art exchanges and other cultural activities — earning plaudits as a national cross-Strait cultural exchange base and Zhejiang's first Taiwan education base. Today, the hall continues to inject vitality into cultural ties across the Strait.

The bust of Lien Heng is placed at the center of the memorial hall. [Photo/hangzhou.gov.cn]