This enclosed bridge connecting the court in the Governor's Palace and the stone gate of the prison across the river is the only place where the convicted can see the blue sky and the blue sea before they enter the prison, so when the criminals are escorted from the courtroom to this place, they can't help but sigh when they see the outside world through the tiny window, which is the origin of the name of this bridge. Blue Bridge is said to be the Spring and Autumn period of the State of Lu's young man named Tail Sheng, moved to Liang after meeting a beautiful local woman, the two fell in love at first sight, private engagement for life, agreed to meet under the Blue Bridge outside the city, far away from home. Who knows, when the night Tail Sheng rushed to the bridge, a sudden downpour, flash floods, and soon did not over the bridge abutment. The girl was confined to her home by her parents because the idea of elopement had leaked out, and she was not allowed to get away. As a result, Tail Sheng was drowned alive because he was unwilling to renege on his oath. The girl later waited for an opportunity to escape from home at night, braving the rain to the bridge outside the city, when the flood has receded. When the girl saw Tail Sheng, who had died by hugging the bridge pillar, she mourned y and threw herself into the river with each other. Therefore, later generations have used "Blue Bridge" as a metaphor for the place where lovers meet, and "Oisheng hugging the pillar" is also regarded as a symbol of keeping one's promise and fidelity. Broken Bridge (a)
A long time ago, the West Lake White Sand Causeway, from the Lone Mountain winding to here, there is only a small wooden bridge, and the lakeshore tightly connected. Tourists to go to the Lone Mountain to play, have to go through this small wooden bridge, sun and rain, the bridge often to rot broken, tourists" very inconvenient.
Next to the bridge, there is a simple cottage, living - a couple surnamed Duan. The two are kind-hearted, hard-working, male fishing in the lake for a living, the woman set up a wine stall in front of the door, selling home brewed local wine. Because of the poor taste of the wine, customers rarely come to the door, business is slow.
One day, at sunset, the couple was about to close their business, when a ragged white-haired old man came, saying he had traveled a long way and was penniless, and asked to stay the night. Duan family couple see him old and poor, warmly stay with him, but also burned a carp caught from the West Lake, playing a bowl of home brewed wine, hospitality to the old man. The old man is not polite, a series of three bowls of drink, they fell on the bed, whistling to sleep.
The next morning when the white-haired old man said goodbye, said: "Thank you for your hospitality, I have three wine medicine here, can help you brew a good wine." He said, took out three red wine pills, said goodbye and left. The Duan family put the old man's three wine pills in the brewing tank, and the wine that came out was scarlet in color, sweet and mellow, with an overwhelming aroma. From then on, every day customers, Duan family scarlet wine famous Hangzhou, business is more and more prosperous day by day. Mr. and Mrs. Duan's family tore down their cottage and built a restaurant. In order to thank the white-haired old man, they saved up a sum of money, ready to thank him properly.
The years passed, and three years passed. This winter, the West Lake snow, white-haired old man braved the snow to come to the Duan family restaurant. The couple was overjoyed to see their benefactor arrive and kept the old man in their home for a long time. However, the old man had to say goodbye the next day. At the time of farewell, the Duan family couple took out 300 taels of silver and gave it to the old man. The old man smiled and declined, saying: "Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Duan for your kindness, but I am a lonely old man, why do I need so much money? You'd better use it in the most important place!" Said, will step on the snow to the small bridge to go. Mr. and Mrs. Duan family stood in the doorway to see off, only to see the old man just stepped on the small wooden bridge, a slip, the bridge board broken, the old man also fell into the lake. The couple rushed to the rescue, and suddenly saw the white-haired old man stood on the lake, as if walking on a flat surface, smiling and waving to them, drifting away.
The Duan family realized that the white-haired old man was not a mortal. Thinking of the old man's parting words, they used that silver money to build a tall green stone arch bridge at the original small wooden bridge, and also built a pavilion at the end of the bridge. From now on, the tour of the West Lake people, no longer afraid of slippery bridge breaks it. Folks nostalgia for the good deeds of the Duan family couple to build bridges, the bridge is called the Duan family bridge. Later, because of the "section", "broken" homophonic, so known as the Broken Bridge. Broken Bridge (2) The Legend of the White Snake says that the White Snake and Xu Xian met here in the rain and borrowed an umbrella to settle their love. Because of this legendary love, the Broken Bridge is famous all over the world, and this bridge is also the first lover's bridge on the lake. The Broken Bridge is one of the famous ten scenic spots of West Lake. Due to the location of the Broken Bridge with the back of the city facing the mountains, it is at the watershed point of the North Lake and the Outer Lake, with an open view, it is the best place to enjoy the snowy scenery of the West Lake in winter. Whenever the snow first clear, the sunny side of the bridge has been ice snow, while the bridge is still snowy on the negative side, far away, the bridge seems to be broken non-broken, "Broken Bridge snow" is thus named. Also, the Broken Bridge is the end of the White Causeway, the White Causeway from the Pinghu Autumn Moon to this interruption. Speaking of this, perhaps you have already understood that the original is "the embankment is broken, the bridge is not broken". Naihe Bridge "Naihe" is the name of the river in hell according to Buddhism. Legend has it that after death, the souls of the dead have to cross the Naihe Bridge, and the good ones are blessed by God and Buddha to cross the bridge smoothly, while the evil ones are sent to the Blood River Pool to suffer. "...... The bridge is divided into three levels (or three seats), the ghosts of the good can safely pass through the upper bridge, the good and evil half of the bridge over the middle, the ghosts of the evil over the lower bridge, more than ghosts stopped toward the bridge under the filthy waves, by the copper snakes and iron dogs biting wildly. Every year, when the incense fair, the incense burners compete to throw paper money or copper plates into the pool, and to sprinkle fried rice into the pool, thinking that it can be given to the hungry ghosts. Many elderly incense burners, like to walk over it, thinking that by walking over this bridge, they can be spared the pain of crossing the bridge over the Naihe River after death." Long Bridge During the Song Dynasty, a young woman, Tao Shi'er, fell in love with a scholar, Wang Xuanjiao, but the good thing is that her stepmother sowed discord and obstructed the marriage. Seeing that a good marriage is difficult to fulfill, one day Shi'er and Wang Xuanjiao took a boat trip to the West Lake at night, to the depths of the lotus under the Long Bridge, they threw themselves into the water, to die against each other. There is the legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai butterfly, so there are always many pairs of beautiful butterflies here. Today, looking for long bridge but only a pavilion on the roadside of long bridge park, look, a lake of autumn water rippling. Long Bridge in vain, it is regrettable.