Love Crosswalk

Love Crosswalk

Love zebra crossing is a pedestrian crossing at Hejiangting, tianxianqiao South Road, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. "Love needs a zebra crossing to be safe." In the eyes of many people in Chengdu, this saying circulating on the Internet is the "love zebra crossing" in Hejiangting. The whole zebra crossing has a big red bottom with two hearts, one big and one small, and the words "I love you" are written in the heart. This special zebra crossing was completed on January 29, 2009.

origin

Hejiang Pavilion, located on tianxianqiao South Road in Chengdu, has a beautiful scenery. It is the intersection of Fuhe River and Nanhe River in Chengdu. The ancients built the pavilion earlier and named it "Hejiang Pavilion". The confluence of the two rivers is like the combination of two people, implying the blending of love. For many years, it has been a tradition for Chengdu people to get married here. When the bridegroom takes the bride out of his mother's home, most of the wedding cars take a detour and go to the Hejiang pavilion to take photos and videos. During the holidays, new people come here to shoot location scenes, and hundreds of new people often gather together. From time to time, new people cross the road together.

On May 1, 2008, a pedestrian crossing was built about 100 meters away from the entrance of Binjiang East Road, South Tianqiao road. It has a beautiful name: love zebra crossing. It was built for the new people by Hejiangting group of Chengdu traffic police No.3 Branch Bureau, but it is no different from other zebra crossings in appearance. At the end of 2008, Chengdu traffic police decided to transform it into a characteristic zebra crossing. On January 29, 2009, the new zebra crossing was completed: big red background, two hearts and one I love you, forming a city red carpet. This red zebra crossing is the first in China.

characteristic

The whole zebra crossing has a big red bottom, about 4 meters wide. It is paved with a white sidewalk. There are two hearts in the middle, one big and the other small. The words "I love you" are written in the heart. On the other side of the sidewalk, "I love you" is also written.

Police of the third branch of Chengdu traffic police said that Chinese and English signs of "love zebra crossing" will be built on both sides of the zebra crossing to make it a permanent landscape. In order to make the newlyweds satisfied, happy and happy, Chengdu traffic police will create a national unique wedding traffic security service mode.

"Love needs a zebra crossing to be safe." In the eyes of many people in Chengdu, this sentence circulating on the Internet is about the "love zebra crossing" in Chengdu Hejiangting.

"Love needs a zebra crossing to be safe." What does this sentence mean for love?

In fact, the biggest enemy of marriage is not others, but ourselves. When two people are too familiar and too close to each other, and even the two faces are more and more alike, the human instinct of liking the new and hating the old can no longer dig out a trace of freshness to stimulate the tired nerves.

It's just like the road in front of our house. Every day we pass by, we are too familiar with it. Our numb nerves have turned a blind eye to the cars rushing around, so we close our eyes and walk blindly on this road called happiness We need to stop at this dangerous time.

Past and present

The "past and present life" of love zebra crossing

"Hejiang Pavilion" is less than one square kilometer in area, but it has always been a love Memorial shrine for Chengdu's new people. Many couples will take photos and make wishes at Hejiang Pavilion on the wedding day. Every good day, the traffic pressure here increases so much that even new people have problems crossing the street.

On the eve of May Day, traffic police added a pedestrian crossing here, named "love zebra crossing". Although it was named "love zebra crossing" at that time, it drew several white lines on the gray Road, which was no different from other zebra crossing in appearance and function. "At that time, it was a concept, mainly to grasp the psychology of new people and guide them to walk on the sidewalk to ensure safety." The traffic police said. But the zebra crossing has not attracted much attention.

On the Chinese New Year's Eve, the traffic police set up a special red vertical cone beside the zebra crossing, which was printed with red roses and the blessing of "a hundred years of harmony". This has added a lot of festive flavor to Hejiang Pavilion and won the praise of new people and ordinary citizens. But I always feel that something is missing.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, traffic police began to think about how to make it more warm. The red road of the bus lane inspired the traffic police. After searching for information on the Internet, the traffic police decided to build a real "love zebra crossing". The design scheme has been modified several times, so it has the present appearance. Traffic police did not expect that the move not only set a precedent in the country, but also caused international repercussions. Many media at home and abroad reported and commented on the "love zebra crossing" in Chengdu. In their opinion, Chengdu, which has experienced the pain of the earthquake, is more romantic and beautiful because of a "love zebra crossing".

Bold creativity makes the serious and cold white zebra crossing -- traffic legal system, put on a new warm red dress! To make the citizens more friendly to the laws and regulations.

moral

The idea of this "love zebra crossing" comes from the online spread of "love needs a zebra crossing to be safe". Its original meaning is that after the reform and opening up, people's ideology will be opened up immediately, and the divorce rate, extramarital affairs, ons and other statistical data will increase year by year, endangering love and family. That is to say, "love needs a zebra crossing to be safe", which means to protect love and avoid falling in love There was a "traffic accident" on the road.

The first brigade of the third branch of Chengdu traffic police paid attention to the real objects of traffic roads, which expanded the meaning of love zebra crossing and enriched its connotation: one is the awareness of love safety, the other is the awareness of life safety.

Through this unique red zebra crossing in China, we express two levels of blessing: first, we wish the new couple a lifetime hand in hand; at the same time, we warmly remind everyone to abide by the traffic rules and give each other a safe and happy agreement.

The love zebra crossing is the foundation of the laws and regulations. The successful approval and revision of the zebra crossing indicates that the law is going to be people-friendly, fashionable and humorous. It is a great progress in the long march of law popularization!

Construction process

Although it is named "love zebra crossing", it is no different from other zebra crossing in appearance and function. "At that time, it was also a concept, mainly focusing on the psychology of new people and guiding them to walk on the sidewalk." The third branch of Chengdu traffic police said that the effect was very good on the seventh day and national day of 2008, when the sidewalk was added with vertical cone. "We just wonder if we can use the red road of Chengdu Bus lane to make some changes to the zebra crossing and sublimate the meaning of Hejiang Pavilion, which is less than one square kilometer."

At the end of 2008, they looked up some unique zebra crossings at home and abroad on the Internet for reference. Finally, the design style is set as red, white sidewalk on the bottom, two hearts painted in the middle to represent the hearts of the new people, and then the English word "I love you" is written to symbolize "love zebra crossing". The design samples were approved by the higher authorities, and the construction started before 2009, and completed on January 29, 2009.

Address: near Hejiangting, Chengdu

Longitude: 104.08368676901

Latitude: 30.642910563831

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