Abstract: Through investigation, topography and literature research, this paper puts forward that the West Lake in Huizhou city，Guangdong province has its typical feature of Ling Nan area in the south of China, and is a literati landscape with the Buddhist and Taoist cultures. The Buddhist landscape, Taoist landscape and literati scenic spots have different characteristics in space layout and cultural connotation in the West Lake. The way of creating landscape space with poetry and painting provides references for modern landscape designers.