It is said that the southern tour of Qianlong once lamented the spring scenery of Qiongdao, pointing out that the bridge was based on the scenery of Beijing Beihai. Indeed, this bridge is deeply influenced by the Wulong Pavilion in Beihai. The five pavilions of Wulong Pavilion are built by the water, and the Long Ze of China and Japan is round under the double eaves, symbolizing the circle; There are Cangrui and Fucui in the west, Cangrui is a square double eaves, and Fucui is a square single eaves; The east is fragrant, and the fragrance is a square double eaves. The five pavilions are covered with green glazed tiles and connected by A Liang stone, which makes them feel like Youlong. In addition, there is a single-hole stone bridge connecting the stone banks of Long Ze, Xiangzi and Futui Pavilion. The pearl columns are painted with buildings and glistening with ripples.
Yangzhou Wu Ting Bridge has no open water surface in Beihai, so it is certainly impossible to copy Wulong Pavilion. However, clever craftsmen found a new way to combine pavilions and bridges to form a pavilion bridge, which was divided into five pavilions and clustered on a bridge. These pavilions are connected by short corridors to form a complete roof. Bridge Pavilion Show and Bridge Xiong Ji, how to configure the harmony between them? The key here is how to make the bridge infrastructure slim, in proportion to the bridge pavilion and in harmony with the configuration. The bridge builder built the bridge body into an arch shape, which was connected by three different roll holes. There are fifteen bridge opening, with the largest in the central bridge opening, with a span of 7.13m, which is a big semicircle and runs through the east and west. The next twelve bridge opening are arranged on three sides of the bridge foundation, which can connect the north and the south, and are also small semicircles. The bridge step hole is fan-shaped and can connect things. From the front, with the reflection, five holes of different sizes and shapes are formed. Then, on the thick bridge foundation, an ethereal arch roll was set up, and a curved bridge opening was set at the flat corner, which was in natural harmony with the bridge pavilion. No wonder later generations compared the bridge base to a mighty warrior in the north and the bridge pavilion to a beautiful girl in the south. This is the combination of strength and beauty, and it is the harmony between strength and beauty. ?
Wu Ting Bridge was designed and built by salt transporters in Yangzhou and Huaihe River in Qing Dynasty to welcome Ganlong's southern tour. The shape of the bridge is beautiful, with yellow tiles, yellow columns, white railings and painted algae wells in the pavilion. There are fifteen round holes on the front of the four wings under the bridge, which are connected with each other. Whenever the bright moon is in the sky, the caves hold the moon, the golden light is rippling, and the bright moon is shining, hanging upside down in the lake, unpredictable. As Huang Xing 'an, a Korean, praised, "Yangzhou is good, crossing the bridge, the blue waves face the moon mirror, the head is over the clouds, and Yu Di is heard at night." Tang Du Mu's poem: "There is water in the green hills, plants and trees in the south of the Yangtze River are withered in autumn, and on the moonlit night of the Twenty-four Bridges, where can jade people teach flute playing?" There are fifteen winding holes in the front of Wu Ting Bridge in Mid-Autumn Festival, so Xu Ning's "Recalling Yangzhou" Wu Ting Bridge was called "lianhua bridge" in ancient times. It is built on the Slender West Lake and looks like a lake belt. Because the pavilion is built on a bridge, it is also called Wu Ting Bridge.
If the Slender West Lake is compared to a graceful girl, then the Wu Ting Bridge is a gorgeous belt on the girl's body. Wu Ting Bridge is not only a symbol of Slender West Lake, but also a symbol of Yangzhou city. ?
There are five wind pavilions with southern characteristics built on the Wu Ting Bridge. The tall and beautiful wind pavilion is like five lotus flowers from Ran Ran. There is a treasure top on the pavilion, ceiling is painted in the pavilion, and wind chimes are hung outside the pavilion. What are the piers of Wu Ting Bridge? 12? A large piece of bluestone was built, forming a thick and powerful I-shaped bridge foundation. Why can exquisite bridge body and heavy bridge foundation be so harmonious? The answer lies in opening a bridge. The bridge body of Wu Ting Bridge is composed of holes with different sizes and shapes. The ethereal dome rolling hole is matched with the solid bridge foundation, and the bridge foundation is matched with the curve of bridge opening in a straight line, with a natural and smooth proportion, so as to achieve a harmonious and unified visual effect. No wonder Mao Yisheng, a famous bridge expert in China, commented that the oldest bridge in China is Zhao Zhouqiao, the most magnificent bridge is Lugou Bridge, and the most artistically beautiful bridge is Yangzhou Wu Ting Bridge. ?
It is mentioned in "Looking at a Hundred Tunes in the South of the Yangtze River" that Yangzhou is good, crossing the Wu Ting Bridge, with clear waves on the surface and empty clouds, and listening to Yu Xiaoman at night. If you go under the bridge by boat, you can count Wuting Bridge. 15? The bridge is open. This? 15? A bridge opening, a hole, a hole, a hole. There is such a record in Yangzhou Painting Boat Record: "When the breeze is full, each hole has the right to January. The golden ripples are indescribable. " It is said that every full moon night, there is a moon in every cave of fifteen bridge opening under the Wu Ting Bridge. "Three points in the world, rogue Yangzhou." If you can come to Yangzhou on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, an American city in China. Maybe you can enjoy the wonderful wonderland of the moon on 15 and 16. ?
Standing on the Wu Ting Bridge and looking eastward, the lake in the distance is a typical southern Jiangsu landscape. On the east side of the bridge, this building surrounded by water is called Fuzhuang. When was this village built? 192 1? Its name is because it is shaped like a wild duck floating on the water. Its overall architecture is simple and generous, which effectively sets off the Wu Ting Bridge and the White Pagoda and becomes an indispensable ornament on the Slender West Lake.
Wu Ting Bridge is connected with the unique beauty of rigidity and softness in the East, which has unique historical significance and is one of the reasons why people remember it.