Guqiao culture
The characteristics of China Bridge culture are very distinct. This is a popular culture. Bridges are built and used by the public, and bridge culture is also created, appreciated and developed by the public. This is a practical culture. Bridge is a real objective building, so the culture with it as its carrier is also a culture that can be seen, touched and used. Bridge culture is a culture of continuous creation and development. The bridge is still, but people who use it, sing it and watch it are constantly. Some people use poetry and painting to describe it. Some people use movies to express it, others use stories to spread it, so with the passage of time, the accumulation of bridge culture is getting richer and richer, which is also the infinite vitality of bridge culture. Bridge culture is a multi-functional comprehensive culture. It is the product of the combination of material and abstract ideas. A certain cultural concept has emerged in the entity of the bridge, which enriches and improves the entity value of the bridge. China bridge culture has many functions and forms. It is not a single culture, but its richness and comprehensiveness are amazing.
The concept of Chinese bridge culture is very profound. Our ancestors recorded many information about bridges for us, and literati poets also wrote many poems and monuments praising bridges. In China, whether in mountainous areas or plains, there are still a large number of bridges with unique shapes, which is the cornerstone of bridge culture and the most favorable condition. The bridge in China shows the world not the simple meaning of transportation, but its connotation is profound and infinite.
"Crossing the bridge is as far away as Youlong, and the pearl shadow swings on the long river". China has a long history of bridge building, and the earliest bridge is the pontoon bridge. According to the Book of Songs, in BC 1 134, Zhou Wenwang got married and built a pontoon bridge on the Weihe River, which is the earliest recorded pontoon bridge. Among the existing ancient bridges in China, it is said that there are 6,543,800 stone bridges alone, of which more than a dozen are listed as key cultural relics by the state. Ancient bridges in China attached importance to the harmony and unity with the natural environment. Bridges are flying, dotted with natural environment, and the beautiful natural scenery sets off the majestic posture of the bridges. Beijing Lugou Bridge, Xi 'an Guba Bridge, Luoyang Tianjin Bridge, West Lake Bai Causeway Broken Bridge, etc. All of them are integrated with nature, forming "Lugou Xiaoyue", "Baqiao Folding Willow" and "Jinqiao Xiaoyue". The stone arch bridge in China is famous at home and abroad. Zhao Zhouqiao in Zhao County, Hebei Province, baodai bridge in the south of Suzhou City and Lugou Bridge on Yongding River in Fengtai District, Beijing are three famous ancient bridges in China. Zhao Zhouqiao, formerly known as Anji Bridge, was built in the Sui Dynasty. It was designed by Li Chun, an outstanding craftsman. This bridge has no piers on the river and is the first stone arch bridge with open shoulders in the world. In the past 65,438+0,000 years, it has withstood the test of countless floods and earthquakes and is still intact, making it a rare model of bridge-building skills in the world. Open-shouldered arch bridges like this appeared in Europe in the middle of19th century, later than China 1200 years.
The ancient bridge, witnessing the ups and downs of history, silently counts countless young and middle-aged people sliding across this back ... It sleeps in the mist in the morning, it is tired in the midday sun, and it is silent in the long projection of dusk. Old before you know it, a dream, a teenage dream. The ancient bridge is gradually forgotten by people, in the cracks between reinforced concrete, among people walking on their backs, and in the memory of historical sites. Should I forget? Don't! You are the proof of history, the crystallization of civilization and wisdom, a feeling called nostalgia and a spirit called dedication. You are a monument to history and will be a hero in the future. You were forgotten in the past, but now you should stay in people's hearts forever. Whether material or spiritual, you are a kind of wealth. You are carrying civilization and moving forward step by step. The ancient bridge should not be forgotten. This civilization should have a long history. Although the ancient bridge is ancient, it also has a future.
Today's bridges are based on profound culture and high technology, creating magnificent modern bridges, such as Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, Qiantang River Bridge and complex overpasses in prosperous cities, which all show the characteristics of modern cities. Bridge culture will continue to develop and enrich with human culture.
2. Datang Furong Garden is located next to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the ancient capital Xi. With the background of "going into history, feeling humanity and experiencing life", the splendid civilization of the prosperous Tang Dynasty is displayed. It is the first large-scale royal garden-style cultural theme park in China that fully displays the features of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
As early as in history, the lotus garden is a famous royal garden. In the third year of Emperor Wendi (AD 483), the Lotus Garden was built here. Today's Tang Furong Garden was built on the site of the original Tang Furong Garden, with a total construction area of nearly 654.38+10,000 square meters, including pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions, bridges and corridors. The whole garden landscape is divided into twelve cultural theme areas, from emperors, poems, folk customs, food, women, tea culture, religion, science and technology, diplomacy, imperial examinations, singing and dancing. There are pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings in the park, Ziyun Building, Maid-in-waiting Hall, Imperial Banquet Palace, Fanglin Garden, Feng Ming Jiutian Theatre, Xingyuan, Lu Yu Tea House, Tang Cheng and many other attractions.
The ancient buildings in Inner Tang Dynasty, with the largest scale in China, are the largest buildings in the world. It concentrates all the architectural forms of the Tang Dynasty, and it is simply a complete teaching material of Tang Dynasty architecture. The principle followed by Furong Garden in Tang Dynasty is that ancient buildings should prolong life, not rejuvenate. The design of building materials adopts the combination of brick concrete structure and wood structure, which not only retains the original appearance of the Tang Dynasty architecture, but also makes the ancient buildings not be destroyed for a long time.
Every day, all kinds of wonderful programs are staged in the scenic spots in Furong Garden, including praying for heaven and inspiring, the palace performance of "teaching and dancing", the costume performance of "beautiful shadows and beautiful clothes", the Shaolin martial arts performance, lion dance, stilts and acrobatics. The world's largest water curtain movie, which is staged every night, integrates musical fountains, lasers, flames, mines and water mist, giving visitors a shocking three-dimensional sense. The theme performance of the park is a large-scale fantasy poetry and dance drama "Dream Back to Datang", which is magnificent and dreamlike. Every holiday, there are various theme activities.
In addition, the Tang Furong Garden fully and naturally demonstrated the prosperous Tang culture through various forms of expression. Not only can you enjoy the sacred and magnificent royal culture, but you can also see the guards of honor in the prosperous Tang Dynasty such as "Hundred Emperors Visiting Qujiang", and there are also theme activities such as exploring flowers in the apricot garden, naming the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, drinking in Qujiang and being an official. Walking into the lotus garden, every building and landscape has fascinating allusions and legends. During the stroll, the tall classical buildings and sparkling waves are dazzling. It seems that from the moment I stepped into the gate, I reversed time and space and dreamed of returning to the Tang Dynasty.
The construction of Tang Furong Garden is a master of China gardens and architectural art, especially the royal gardens in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, which once attracted the attention of the world. The design and construction of the park imitates the architectural design and construction of the Tang Dynasty and the landscape design and construction of the park, and inherits and develops the construction of classical architecture and classical gardens in China. With its unique charm and unparalleled historical position, Datang Furong Garden has become a cultural ancestral home for Chinese descendants to seek roots and dreams and a spiritual home to relive the prosperous times. It is known as "the garden of China's history, the garden of spirit, the garden of nature, the garden of humanity and the garden of art", which symbolizes the great era of China's rise and is the totem of China's prosperity in the new century.