Friends who come to Hangzhou always want to see the West Lake, and friends who come to the West Lake always need to see the Broken Bridge first. Broken bridge, broken bridge and snow, world-famous." But why do I see three words engraved on the bridge railings-Duanjiaqiao when I am clearly on the broken bridge? Yesterday, Mr. Zhou called the 85100,000 hotline.

Yesterday I came to the Broken Bridge. There are bluestone fences on both sides of the bridge. The fence is old-fashioned stone slabs, mottled and moss underneath. On the blue stone directly above the bridge hole, there are indeed three big words "Duanjia Bridge". Yinwen, concave character, italics, square and round, no landing, I don't know when it came from.

There is a legend about the origin of Duanjiaqiao since ancient times. A long time ago, there was only a small wooden bridge on the Baisha Dike of West Lake leading to the lonely mountain. By the bridge, a wine stand was set up for Mr. and Mrs. Duan. After a ragged old man was warmly entertained by the couple, he gave them three red pills. Since then, their wine has been extremely sweet and full of customers. A few years later, the old man came again. The Duan couple took 300 taels of silver and sent them away. The old man said, "You'd better use it in the most important place!" After that, as soon as I stepped on the bridge, the bridge board broke. The couple ran to save each other in a hurry. Suddenly, they saw the white-haired old man standing on the lake, like walking on the ground. Only then did they know that the old man was not a mortal. Thinking of the old man's farewell, the couple built a blue stone arch bridge, which is, the "Duanjia Bridge". Because of the homophony of "dument" and "broken", it was later called Broken Bridge...

This is a folklore, but Duan Jiaqiao's statement has been recorded in the official history. On May 6, 2005, the front page of the Express newspaper published a piece of news, Broken Bridge is Duanjia Bridge.

Volume II of the West Lake Tour records that the West Lake Broken Bridge has been called "Duanjia Bridge" since the Tang Dynasty, and after Kangxi Yubi personally introduced the "broken bridge and residual snow" in the ten scenes of the West Lake in Kangxi 38 (AD 1699), the "Duanjia Bridge" was renamed "Brokenjia Bridge", which was later the broken bridge.

Zhong Xiangping, vice president of Hangzhou Historical Society, said, "The existing broken bridge was rebuilt in 1921, and it is unknown when and who wrote the word."

"Broken Bridge has been called 'Duanjiaqiao' since the Tang Dynasty. Chinese place names are often named according to the north of Shannan and water. Shandong, Shanxi, Henan and Hebei. This is easy to understand. In addition, due to the influence of the feudal system, many place names have become surnames, and surnames can also be used to name geographical names."

"In the early days, the traffic was not convenient enough. A mountain, a river and a bridge were named after each other. Perhaps when the bridge was built, the West Lake lived with the surname Duan, or it may be a bridge donated by Duan. There are many people calling, and the agreement is made and passed down.

"Duanjia Bridge is the original name of Broken Bridge. Broken Bridge is the elegant name interpreted. Broken Bridge homophonic Duan Bridge. Legend has it that Xu Xianbai's wife met here. Broken Bridge meets, which is more or less romantic. Broken Bridge is also famous because of love.

Teacher Zhong said that the long bridge is not long, the broken bridge is continuous, the lonely mountain is not lonely, and the place names beside the West Lake are full of romantic stories.

Historically, the broken bridge was repeatedly destroyed and built. Volume 8 of the West Lake: Three years of Tongzhi (1864) was rebuilt. At that time, there was also a bridge gate on the bridge, which was abandoned after the 1911 Revolution. The Republic of China (1914) was renovated again. In the tenth year of the Republic of China (1921), the bridge deck was graded to a flat slope, and a 60cm thick cement concrete arch coupon was added. In 1959, 1974 and 1982, in order to protect the broken bridge, the bridge deck was later banned from driving by buses and large buses.