Chapter 16 Tracing the Seventeen-Hole Bridge
Bai Xue and three girls who visited the plateau, Fang Shengmei, Guo Ruping, and Qi Fangfang, left his men's dormitory and left Building 8 of the men's dormitory with Gao Yuan.
Together they happily went to revisit the Summer Palace. At the moment of waiting for the bus, several beautiful students also joined the ranks of this garden, forming a small beauty tour group. Gao Yuan, the only handsome male man, naturally became the leader and head of this tour group.
For the Summer Palace, everyone is no stranger. Everyone also has a considerable understanding of the overall style. Today, we all have a common feeling: that is, we should start to pay attention to details, start to pay attention to depth and breadth, and conduct in-depth and meticulous study and research, just like students review their homework. Therefore, every time you set foot in an attraction, no one is in a hurry to leave, but wants to know more about its ins and outs.
As soon as they stepped on the 17-hole bridge, the girls began to look left and right, looking far and near, wanting to discover new beauty.
Takahara stood on the highest point of the 17-hole bridge, and Bai Xue was by his side. The two of them raised their eyes and looked into the distance, and the scenery was in full view. Since it was still early, there were almost no pleasure boats on the lake, and the breeze swept across the lake, blowing ripples. The current Kunming Lake is like a large basin full of water, due to the action of external forces, the water swings in the basin as if it is about to overflow. The Wanshou Mountain is like a paper boat floating on the water, and it seems to move violently with the water waves. Standing on the 17-hole bridge, you seem to feel that the mountains are moving, the water is moving, and the whole bridge is also swinging...... It's a wonderful sight.
The plateau pointed out this scenery to everyone and told it to everyone. These beautiful students, holding the jade railing on the bridge, listened to the explanation of the plateau, swept their eyes from afar, and carefully observed and appreciated. It was the first time they had discovered beauty, and everyone was in a state of self-absorption, which was even more exciting than their first visit to the garden.
People don't know beauty in beautiful scenery because they don't understand beauty, they don't understand beauty, so they don't really appreciate beauty. Appreciating is a state of mind that transcends reality. The beauties are immersed in the illusion of beauty.
The seventeen-hole bridge in front of you is like a long jade belt across the water, and like a long pearl necklace, lying on the blue sky and white clouds. Shapes and shadows are intertwined, and they are beautiful.
Gao Yuan smiled and asked everyone:
"Who can say that this bridge has not been built with 16 holes, nor with 18 holes, why should 17 holes be built?"
These beautiful classmates were really asked. A female classmate once counted that this bridge is indeed 17 holes. As for why 17 holes were built, it is impossible to say why. Bai Xue's question about the plateau was just as surprised. She visited the Summer Palace and the Seventeen Holes Bridge more than once, but she never thought about this problem.
Gao Yuan said with a smile:
"Then I'll parrot and talk about the seventeen-hole bridge.
The ancient Chinese called the five numbers 13579 yang numbers, and 24680 as yin numbers. Of course, there is also a set of theories for these yang and yin numbers. For example, our ancient I Ching gossip has a discussion on yang and yin numbers.
Nine is the largest yang number, the emperors of all dynasties in China have praised nine as the most auspicious number, the emperor is called the honor of ninety-five, and the emperor wants to bow three times and knock nine times. The emperor is a golden mouth, and he wants to say nine things, and even the nails on the door of the ancient palace are nine horizontal and nine vertical. Nine almost became the exclusive number of the royals of the feudal dynasty.
The seventeen-hole bridge under our feet is nine from the east end to where I am standing now, and nine from the west end to where I am standing. This is the tallest and largest hole in the bridge. Gao Yuan glanced at Bai Xue and said with a smile:
"Bai Xue and I are now standing at the highest point and the largest point of the Seventeen-Hole Bridge, and we are also standing on the most auspicious Yang Number Nine."
As soon as these girls heard Gao Yuan's words, they smiled one by one, and they all gathered around. He also said:
"Let's also touch the light of this auspicious number nine."
They surrounded the plateau and the snow in the middle, as if the concubines had come to the emperor to pay homage to him.
Gao Yuan continued:
"This 17-hole bridge has the characteristics of both the Lugou Bridge in Beijing and the Baodai Bridge in Suzhou. People say that the lions on the Lugou Bridge are uncountable. There are dozens of lions on these seventeen-hole bridges than the lions on the Lugou Bridge. There is a Xingchun Bridge in Shihu in Suzhou, which is exactly the same as the bridge under our feet. It is relatively small, with only nine ring holes. Every midnight on the 17th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the moon is in the sky, and the moon shadow is reflected in the water, forming a series of wonders in September, which is called the stone lake and the moon. Although the seventeen-hole bridge is large, she is imitated according to the Shihu Xingchun Bridge. If we compare the Seventeen-Hole Bridge to the imperial concubine, then the Xingchun Bridge in Shihu can only be regarded as a Huansha girl in the countryside. ”
When Gao Yuan said this, he suddenly changed the conversation and said: There is a Shuanglong Bridge in Jianshui in Yunnan, which is also 17 holes, and the bridge under his feet was built in the same period. Because it was built at the confluence of two rivers, it is called Ssangyong Bridge. There is a cornice-type attic built on the bridge, the attic is divided into three floors, it can be said that there is a building in the building, and there is an eaves outside the eaves, and the carving is exquisite. You can rest and play in the building. Its regional scenery and architectural style are particularly eye-catching, and it is also a good place to visit.
This explanation of the plateau made the hearts of these northern girls in front of him fly. They couldn't wait to put on their wings and immediately flew to Suzhou Shihu to see what was going on. Go to Jianshui, Yunnan to see another seventeen-hole bridge.
These girls, standing on the highest point of the Seventeen-Hole Bridge in the Summer Palace, chattered and laughed non-stop, while raising their eyes to look around, carefully appreciating the beautiful scenery of the garden. Look at the longevity mountain again, it changes in the wind and clouds, and it is a fairy mountain in true elephant Buddhism......
Just when the plateau introduced the background of the seventeen-hole bridge to the girlfriends, groups of tourists poured into the Summer Palace like a tide, and the seventeen-hole bridge was also full of tourists, both group tours and family tours, and a group of people on the plateau had been submerged in Chinese and foreign tourists. On Kunming Lake, there are countless floating boats......