History of the Jiuqu Bridge 10, the history of the Jiuqu Bridge

Jiuqu Bridge 1. Jiuqu Bridge is one of the 36 views of Huitong Scenic Garden. The nine-curved bridge, as the name suggests, refers to the fact that the bridge is divided into nine curves, with twists and turns. "Nine" is the largest singular number in the number, and there are ancient sayings of "ninety-nine to one" and "ninety-five respect", which are all summaries of "nine", which is full of auspiciousness and dignity.

The bridge is 18 meters long and 2 meters wide. The whole bridge is made of granite and grass white jade, under the bridge is the release pond, there are corridor pavilions on both sides of the bridge, and there are stone tables and stone benches on both sides of the corridor pavilion, where you can taste tea and play chess, or browse the scenery, so that you can feel the leisure and tranquility of the world. The bridge body is exquisitely carved, ingeniously conceived, ingenious, and ingenious.

Steady and firm, send the majestic wonder in the peerless, Yu Junxiu in the exquisite, every sunny day, clear and clear, the bridge leans on the blue water, the curved bridge is like a jade with floating water, the bridge water is empty, the water bridge is a color, the waves are rippling, the water waves are moving and the breeze rises, and a pool of lotus is full of garden fragrance. The lotus flower in the pond spits beads, the lotus leaf field, and the wind and moon are boundless. It has been proved that the Jiuqu Bridge has two uniques:

The Mid-Autumn Festival has the wonders of "Nine Songs Printing the Moon" and "Curved Bridge Pan Carp". The aquatic plants in the pond are like silk, the vines are knotted, the fish fly to the shallow bottom, the sand gulls are brocade scales, the scenery is wonderful, breathtaking! Famous scholar Zhu Yang praised:

Yaotai lost crested hairpin, nine curved lying water reflects the green moss; To see the Mid-Autumn Festival and the moonlit night, the nine-curved bridge hole is reflected. ”

Second, the nine-curved bridge leads to the embroidered snow hall, and it travels in the nine curves on the water surface, increasing the width of the water surface and adding the interest of the water surface. The stone railing is deliberately lowered, like a stone bench, sitting on the bridge railing seems to be sitting on the water, waiting for the lake to be full of lotus leaves, full of lotus flowers, sitting on the bridge railing, there is the fun of "scooping the water and the moon in hand, making fragrant flowers full of clothes". If the Mid-Autumn Festival, the three of them are confidants and friends, here to enjoy the moon and the lotus, there is a unique taste.

The Jiuqu Bridge is a scenic spot that belongs to Yu Garden.

Located in the Huangpu district of downtown Shanghai, Yu Garden is a private garden built in 1559 during the Ming Dynasty and showcases the architecture and design of classical Chinese gardens. You need to buy a ticket to visit Yu Garden, and more visitors just admire the Jiuqu Bridge in front of Yu Garden, as it is a free attraction not to be missed.

The Jiuqu Bridge, which was designated as an attraction outside the park, was originally a wooden bridge and was rebuilt into a concrete bridge in the 20s of the 20th century. It is not only a functional setting that connects the lake shore and can be used by pedestrians, but also an important landscape on the water. The bridge takes the name of "Nine Songs", which not only has the feeling of twists and turns, winding paths, but also full of auspicious and noble artistic conception.

As the name suggests, the nine-curved bridge refers to the fact that the bridge is divided into nine curves, with twists and turns. "Nine" is the largest singular number in the number, there are ancient "ninety-nine to one" and "ninety-five respect" said, nine-curved bridge contains the meaning of auspicious wishes.

Among the scenic spots all over the country, there are many nine-curved bridges, but in the eyes of Shanghainese, the most flavorful is the nine-curved bridge in Yuyuan Garden, which is 104 meters long. The Jiuqu Bridge was built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, originally a wooden bridge, and was changed to a cement bridge in the 20s of the last century due to a fire in the City God Temple.

During the reign of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, Pan Yunrui, a Shanghainese who served as a political envoy in Sichuan, spent 18 years (1559-1577) to build the "Yu Garden" with a lotus pond and a nine-curved bridge. In the 25th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1760), the Shanghai business community began to rebuild the Yu Garden, which was renamed the West Garden after completion, and became a part of the City God Temple. Reference.

The nine-curved bridge, because the liquid dust is the bridge, is divided into nine curves, twists and turns, so it is called the nine-curved bridge.

"Nine" is the largest singular number in the number, and there are ancient sayings of "ninety-nine to one" and "ninety-five respect", which are all summaries of the auspicious and noble auspicious number set of Sun Buryingpi's "nine". Jiuqu Bridge is one of the 36 views of Huitong Scenic Garden, above Huitong Moon Lake.

The nine-curved bridge has nine bends and eighteen bends, and the angle of each bend is different, there are more than 90 degrees of right angles, and some are less than 90 degrees of right angles. The current deck of the Jiuqu Bridge is made of granite slabs, and a seasonal flower is carved on a stone slab at each bend, such as daffodils in the first month, apricot blossoms in February, and peach blossoms in March? until December; Then he carved a lotus flower on each of the two stone slabs at the head and end of the nine-curved bridge.

On a section of the bridge deck in front of the Huxin Pavilion teahouse, a lotus flower is carved in the middle, and colorful clouds are carved at the four corners. The lotus fairy sculpture of white marble in the pond is slim and elegant, smiling and waiting for visitors.