Chapter 48 Marco Polo's Marco Polo Bridge

Marco Polo's Marco Polo Bridge The famous "Marco Polo's Travels", which mentioned the Marco Polo Bridge.Marco Polo was born in AD 1 It arrived in China in 275, which was the first year of Emperor Gong Deyou of the Southern Song Dynasty, and also the 12th year of the Yuan Dynasty. Marco Polo was only twenty-one years old at this time.This Venetian son of a traveling merchant family came with his family Traded with the Yuan Dynasty and repaired it on behalf of the Pope, but his biggest purpose was to come to the East go sightseeing.Therefore, he saw many novel things and customs in various parts of China, which opened his eyes.

In the travel note he left to the world, he recorded what he saw and heard during his travels in China, and when we read it today, Some are ridiculous, but others are shockingly correct.The Marco Polo Bridge recorded in his pen is belong to the latter.The Marco Polo Bridge was first built during the Jin Mingchang period (1189-1194 A.D.), After Marco Solo arrived in Yanjing in 1275 AD, he stayed in China for another 20 years, so The Marco Polo Bridge he saw was built nearly a hundred years ago.In the second volume of his travel notes, he described Write this bridge way: "Ten miles after leaving the capital, you will come to a river named Puyisanggan. This river

It flows directly into the sea, and the seafaring merchant ships carry goods into the inland river from here.On this river there is a very Exquisite stone bridge, it can be said to be unparalleled in the world.It is three hundred steps long and eight steps wide (one step is about three feet); therefore, it can accommodate ten riders abreast, galloping across the bridge freely.It has twenty-four arches, composed of The twenty-five piers built in the water support it, all of which are made of bluestone, and the construction is very delicate. "On both sides of the bridge, from one end to the other, there is a beautiful bridge railing made of stone and stone

Columns are arranged in a very spectacular arrangement.From the beginning of the bridge, there is a stone pillar with a stone lion under the pillar. Negative of this column, there is another stone lion on the top of the column, which is very large and beautifully carved.at a distance Where there is a step in this column, there is another stone column, also with two stone lions, everything is the same as the former, There are stone slabs embedded between the two pillars to prevent pedestrians from falling into the river.Just like that, there are stone pillars at every other step And stone lions, on both sides of the whole bridge, so it looks very spectacular and beautiful. "

There are several manuscripts of "Marco Polo's Travels", so there are several versions that have been circulated so far. There are inevitably similarities and minor differences between them.This book has also been translated in our country, here is only based on the current Marstown's translation by hand.The name of the river mentioned by Marco Solo is "Puyisangan", According to Yuer, a well-known research expert on Marco Polo's Travels, the word was originally Persian, which means "big". The meaning of "Stone Bridge". Its pronunciation is quite similar to the original name of the river "Sanggan", which may be written on purpose by him.

of. Today's Lugou Bridge has only eleven holes and was rebuilt by the Qing Dynasty.Marco Polo says it has twenty-four Kong, maybe it was like this at the beginning.This famous bridge, which became the Holy Land of the Anti-Japanese War, has been built since Jin Mingchang. Due to floods, it has been rebuilt and rebuilt several times, and it has a history of more than 700 years.