Xiling Bridge

Xiling bridge, Changqiao bridge and Duanqiao bridge are known as the three major lover bridges of West Lake. Located between the foot of xixialing mountain and Gushan Mountain, it is an antique ring stone arch bridge, also known as Xilin bridge. In ancient times, it used to be a picturesque ferry. The so-called "ferry call in the West Village" and "boat searching for the best place in Xiling" in ancient poems and paintings all refer to it.

Standing on the Xiling bridge of the West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, you can not only overlook the inner lake, but also the outer Lake; you can not only look to the west of the isolated mountain, but also lead to the north mountain. The white dike is close at hand, and the Su dike is faintly in sight. It is not only a good geographical location, but also a place of historic interest.

Xiling Bridge

Xiling bridge is an antique ring stone arch bridge. Xiling bridge, Changqiao bridge and Duanqiao bridge are known as the three major lover bridges of West Lake. It is located between xixialing mountain and Gushan Mountain, also known as Xilin bridge. In ancient times, it used to be a picturesque ferry. The so-called "ferry call in the West Village" and "boat searching for the best place in Xiling" in ancient poems and paintings all refer to it.

Landscape features

Standing on the Xiling bridge of the West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, you can not only overlook the inner lake, but also the outer Lake; you can not only look to the west of the isolated mountain, but also lead to the north mountain. The white dike is close at hand, and the Su dike is faintly in sight. It is not only a good geographical location, but also a place of historic interest. Because in the past (before the Song Dynasty), it was not called "Xiling" but "Xilin" or "Xicun". In ancient times, there was a place called the ferry in Xicun, probably because the bridge had not been built. Guo Xiangzheng of the Song Dynasty wrote a poem in the West Village: "there are eight or nine monks in the West Village. There is no place to sell fish, but to sell wine into the reed flower. " It can be seen that there were only a few villagers here at that time, and the lake was not planted with lotus, but with snow covered reed flowers. Later, the bridge was built. Chen Zhi of the Ming Dynasty wrote a poem: "every time Dongfeng visitors pass by with a pot, do sunset people still call for crossing?"? There are thousands of peach blossoms and willows in spring. (Xilin bridge) however, at this time, the bridge was a little old-fashioned, simple and lovely, but by the end of Ming Dynasty, when Li Liufang, the bridge had been rebuilt, and people used to call it "Xiling bridge".

Love story

"For thousands of years, it is famous for historical sites, and the romance of the Six Dynasties is about Xiling.". The story of Su Xiaoxiao, an ancient legend, takes place here. Su Xiaoxiao is a gifted prostitute in the Southern Qi Dynasty. She is from Qiantang (now Hangzhou). She lives near the West Village. She is intelligent, beautiful, talented and self loving. yes

Once, when she was travelling by car, she met a young man named Ruan Yu (son of Ruan Dao, Prime Minister of the Southern Qi Dynasty) in Baidi. He rode slowly from the broken bridge. They fell in love at first sight. Su Xiaoxiao chanted a poem, "I ride on the oil wall car, and I cross the green horse; where can I get together? Under the pines and cypresses of Xiling. The Xiling in the poem is now the Xiling bridge. After su Xiaoxiao died, he was buried beside the Xiling bridge. Because of Su Xiaoxiao's and Ruan Yu's love poem on the Xiling bridge, it is also called "Su Xiaojie's heart". Later generations built a pavilion for admiring talents on her tomb, and people would come to her tomb to hang on every time they crossed the bridge. Now, the tomb has been destroyed, leaving only the hexagonal pavilion with vermilion railings.

Appreciation of poetry

There are a lot of poems about Xiling bridge in ancient times. Some people think of Lin Hejing because it is close to a lonely mountain, and chant "the hurdle music is only for tourists, but there are no hermits in the forest now? The partition wall is not a fairy house. There are five hundred red and white plum blossoms. (the Xilin bridge by Dong Sigao in Song Dynasty) because it is close to the broken bridge and the isolated mountain, there is a poem saying: "Xiling song blows, the evening wind is weak, and the smoke waves are rippling and setting. When the boat crossed the broken bridge, the birds flew to the lonely island. The fragrance of the flowers in the forest floats, and the pines on the shore are green and wet. Looking at the lights of Guomen from afar, the guests in the restaurant did not open their doors. " (the Xiling bridge by Fang Jiuxu in Ming Dynasty)

In the Southern Song Dynasty, when the capital was exploring, the boats on the water were like scales. They were all from the south to the north. At noon, they all entered the Xiling bridge. Bianyang old man said: "see the painting boat into Xiling, leisure but half lake spring." It's realistic. On the Xiling bridge, you can enjoy the scenery. It's suitable for four seasons. In spring, it's peach blossom and willow green. In summer, it's full of lotus. In autumn, it's full of red leaves. In winter, it's full of snow. When you step on the snow to search for plum blossoms, you have to turn over from the bridge to the isolated mountain, or come down from the isolated mountain, and then cross the bridge to the north mountain. This is "the bridge at the end of the green mountain", and this bridge is a link between the isolated mountain and the Qixia mountain. Xu Chengzu chanted "Xiling bridge" in "West Lake Fishing Song" and said: flowers and grass are beautiful, rain and wind are blowing, and the water of Xiling bridge is half filled with Autumn Thoughts and half filled with spring. It can be seen that Xiling bridge is particularly noisy in spring and autumn, and Sheng song and Xiao drum do not stop in the wind and rain. In the Song Dynasty, Ge Tianmin especially enjoyed the scenery of the West Village at night. He said that "when you go back and forth for half a lifetime, you can remember the place, and the lights of the West Village go back at night.".

Yuan Hongdao, a public security poet of the Ming Dynasty, wrote a love story between Su Xiaoxiao and Ruan Yu: Xiling bridge, water forever. The pine leaves are as thin as needles, and they don't want to tie ribbons. Yingru shirt, Yan such as hairpin, oil wall car, for firewood. Green horse, from the West. Yesterday's tree head flower, today's stranger earth. Hate blood and cry soul, half by wind and rain.

Related sites

Wu Song tomb

Wusong tomb was originally located at the side of Xiling bridge. Today's Wusong tomb was rebuilt in 2004 on the basis of the old photos of the old tomb (built in 1924 and destroyed in 1964). It is composed of tomb circle, tombstone, stone archway and passage. The four character seal script of "Qin Qi GUI Wei" is engraved on the archway, and a couplet written by Feng Jicai, the famous writer and vice chairman of the Chinese Federation of literary and art circles, is engraved on the stone pillars on both sides.

Traffic information

Bus: take bus Y10 to xilingqiao station.

Address: West Section of Gushan, Xihu District, Hangzhou (near autumn moon of Pinghu)

Longitude: 120.14103417462

Latitude: 30.251672046768

Tel: 0571-87996663

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