Wuting Bridge Review

Slender West Lake is unique in the national gardens, Wuting Bridge is the symbol of Slender West Lake, and has a place in the national gardens. The biggest feature is the perfect combination of Yin, soft and masculine, and the organic blend of Nanxiu and Beixiong. The bridge was built on the Lotus embankment, which was built in Qing Qianlong 22 years (1757) to patrol the salt royal history, because it was built on the Lotus embankment, or because it was shaped like a blooming lotus flower, so it is called the Lotus Bridge. Yangzhou Wuting Bridge has no open water in the Beihai, and smart craftsmen do not go out of the way, combining the pavilion and bridge, forming a pavilion bridge, divided into five pavilions, clustered in a bridge, and the pavilion and pavilion are connected by a short corridor, forming a complete roof. Bridge Pavilion Xiu, Bridge Jixiong, bridge builder built the bridge body into arch coil, by three different coil holes contact, a total of 15 bridge holes, the largest central bridge hole, span is 7.13 meters, large semicircle, straight through the east and west, next to the twelve bridge holes arranged on the three sides of the bridge base, can pass north and south, but also in a small semicircle, The bridge-step hole is fan-shaped and can pass through things. Looking at the front, together with the reflection, forming five holes, different sizes, different shapes, so on the thick bridge base, arranged empty arch rolls, in the straight line of the seam corner of the bridge hole, and the bridge pavilion naturally configured harmoniously. Later generations compared the bridge to the mighty warriors of the north, and compared the bridge pavilion to the beautiful girl of the south, which is the combination of strength and beauty, and the harmony of strength and beauty.