What is a Suspension Bridge?

There are six suspension bridges on the West Lake, Yingbo Bridge, Suolan Bridge, Wangshan Bridge, Embankment Bridge, Dongpu Bridge, and West Lake Sudi across the Hongqiao Bridge. These six bridges are collectively called "six suspension bridges".

Suti Six Suspension Bridge

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the famous poet Su Dongpo came to Hangzhou for the first time as a local official. He was very fascinated by the landscape of Hangzhou, and felt that the West Lake was more beautiful than the ancient beauty, Xi Shi, and he wrote a wonderful poem, "I want to compare the West Lake with Xizi, and light makeup is always suitable."

But after 15 years, when Su Dongpo came back to Hangzhou to be the eunuch, he found that the West Lake had been dead for a long time, the lake was silted, and the weeds were creeping. He wrote with emotion, thinking that Hangzhou has a West Lake, like a man with eyebrows. He decided to study the Tang Dynasty The poet Bai Juyi dredged the West Lake and did a good thing for the Hangzhou people.

Su Dongpo brought his followers and rode to Qixia Ridge, Beishan first. At first glance, it is clear that psychic and Tianzhu main points are piled with mud. So, I wanted to go to Jingci Temple in Nanping to have a look. Standing at the Xiling ferry, he was about to get on the ferry, and suddenly heard a fishing song from the depths of Liu Lin:
Nanshan female, Beishan male,
It is difficult to sue each other across the bank.
When does the sky bridge fall?
Thirty-three walks along the lake.
When Su Dongpo heard it, he felt happy for a while: Wasn't this a suggestion to me? Yes, there can be a "Bridge Bridge" in the sky. Can't we build a long embankment on the lake? In this way, it not only solves the problem of stacking mud on the lake, but also facilitates transportation between the north and the south.
Su Dongpo shouted with joy: "Okay! Let's go to the other side of the lake to see." At this moment, a small fisherman was standing out of the willow, with a bow standing on the bow of the fisherman's hand, and he said to Su Dongpo, "Little People are waiting for the eunuch for a long time, please get on board! "
Su Dongpo was surprised and delighted, and asked, "Why do you know that I am coming to the lake?" The young man replied: "I heard that Taishou is going to dredge the West Lake, and of course he has to come to the lake to see it for himself, so he waits." Su Dongpo said "Okay, then you must have sang the fishing song just now!" The young man smiled and said, "Yeah, this is the wish of our people in Beishan, West Hunan!"
Su Dongpo got on a fishing boat and came to Nanshan. A small boat sailed out of the willow forest, and a clear singing voice flew up:
Nanshan female, Beishan male,
Older than twenty-three.
The two loved each other and said,
"The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" put Dipan.
Su Dongpo listened, and laughed, "Sing well, sing well, Nanshan girl, Beishan man, let me build a long bank on the lake, and fulfill your good marriage!"
News spreading that the embankment was to be built on the West Lake, the fishermen, farmers and citizens of the north and south mountains all heard the news and volunteered to work. Su Dongpo said, "Thank you folks, you have been suffering from floods early in the past year, and you are having trouble living. I have declared to the court and decided to allocate a batch of rice to work for me." There are many people and great strength. From summer to autumn, seven sections of long embankments were finally built in Beishan to Nanshan, and six waterways were left between the sections. However, due to lack of money, the bridge was temporarily unavailable. A young coward on the shore of Hubei came up with a good idea, chopped down a group of trees, assembled them into planks, and built six suspension bridges. Usually, the suspension bridge is pulled up to allow the ships in and out of the lake to pass. Sooner or later, the suspension bridge is lowered to allow the folks on both sides of the strait to pass. Peach trees and willows were planted on both sides of the long embankment to protect the embankment and spring to pink willow and green to add a beautiful view to the West Lake.

Later generations remembered the achievements of Su Dongpo s construction of the embankment and called this embankment north and south. On the morning of spring day, Liuqiao smoke willow cage yarn, a few crying warbler, reported that Su Dichun early, a folk song sang: "West Lake scenery six suspension bridges, a willow and a peach." "The West Lake Ten Scenics" spring dawn Hence the name.

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