Water Guan Bridge

Water Guan Bridge

Zhang Guoqiang

There are three scenic spots in the west of Gusu City, the oldest and well-preserved water and land gates in Suzhou, the highest Stone Arch Bridge in Suzhou-wumen bridge, and a new ruiguang tower under the blue sky and white clouds, countless tourists have come here to think about the history of the ancient city ...... However, who has paid attention to the water-Town Gate, the water-close bridge, which is surprisingly dull and only paved with three stone slabs and has less than ten steps? This small bridge, which has lived with the ancient water gate and is now broken by stone, seems to silently tell the story of yesterday to people ......

The shuiguan bridge and wumen bridge form a T-shaped string. The north side is the "" river leading to the ancient city, and the south side is the Grand Canal canal from the east to the east. In the past, the water in the Grand Canal canal was clear and transparent, and the water in the river was relatively turbid. Therefore, the water in the river was like the waibaidu Bridge in Shanghai, it has become the "Water Division" of the two rivers ". At that time, my family lived along the river in shuiguan bridge, and the old house was built based on the walls. The water in the canal River in qingting district flowed through the door, and the vessels on the river shuttled between the single and double paddles, there are also three paddles, "canopy boats", wooden rafts, bamboo, small firewheel ...... Passengers and cargo shipping, just like Mr. Zhu Ziqing's "water bus", are far more difficult than the "gondora" in Venice.

I remember that when I was a child, the residents of Suzhou City did not use "tap water" (the earliest "Access to Government Departments" water plant was created after the founding of the People's Republic of China ). Every morning, when the sun is smiling behind the defeated ruguang tower, there will always be a two-class "chiji boat" from the city and river, and the boatman is standing on the ship, with a long bamboo, you can see from the sky that the fairy is walking down to the bottom ...... When the ship enters the ancient canal through the shuiguan bridge, the ship is "locked" by bamboo, and the boatman walks barefoot to the narrow side of the ship's side, as stable as the acrobatics "Walking wire, with a large bucket, he dumped water into the river and poured it into the cabin. when the water level in the bucket was about 2/3, he simply put down the bucket and walked to the ship's head to open his legs, the left and right sides shake up with strength, not two seconds of work, "Shake" is full of a ship of water, and he is holding bamboo, hang "River Song" through the bridge hole and return ...... Originally, these ships were used to transport water to the city's "Tiger stove". Although there were a lot of water wells in the city of Suzhou (some of them are really worthy of the mineral water), the well water is usually used for drinking at home, however, the "Tiger stove" has a lot of water consumption. If you rely on "hanging well water" every day, I am afraid it is too hard to survive, so I have prepared such a "chiji boat" to transport water out of the city. Everyday, when we get older, people love to say "grow up from the snack canal water.

The fall of the shuiguan bridge is charming, especially in the early autumn morning. The sun has never climbed up the city, and the water on the canal River is misty, like smoke, filled with the eaves in front of the house, on the quiet river, you can see a little bit of sailing, just like a girl dancing in plain clothes. At this moment, the "cold water door" has become the "yuyu qionglou" under Su Shi's pen. When I was a child, I often like to move a stool to sit at the door, pad a piece of wood on my knees, and use Mr Chen xuexiao to teach us sketch skills, draw boats, draw bridges, draw water, and draw clouds, my sight passes through the tall wumen bridge cave, and I can see the figure of Geely bridge far away. Even the outline of Yutang bridge is vaguely recognizable. There are two bridges on one bridge, and the bridge is built on a small bridge and the three bridges are connected to one another, it's like a three-way rainbow over the river! Many tall and dwarf trees and weeds are generated in the bricks of the bridge wall, and the branches and leaves of the trees are dense. The walls are covered with a green wooden Lotus vine, with a burst of autumn wind blowing and slight green waves tumbling, with red maple leaves, wild chrysanthemum, a string of agate-like wolfberry, a cluster of similar strawberry "Raspberry" embellishment, tenacious display of a life and wild fun ...... After the frost fall, we often climb the city walls and pick the sour and sweet raspberry to eat. This is what nature has given us. We also often use a sickle to cut down a kind of spider mesh on the wall to hold the vine. At that time, I didn't know that this is the valuable medicinal material "He Shouwu". I just thought they were a bit like people and curious, but the big people often scare us: "Don't climb the city walls, there are many dark little people living there, you have annoyed them, and you will come to pull you at night ...... "When I hear a lot, sometimes it will be" daunting.

The most wonderful thing is the evening of the Water-guan bridge. The golden light on the river in the sunset shines brightly, And the pillow River is surrounded by smoke ...... At this time, a fishing boat appeared on the river, and the ship's head stood barefoot and strong, copper-colored face of the fisherman, their hands tied to the sinking fish network, look very focused, like a "wait ". Huodi, almost two or three ships found the "target" at the same time. The net cast was so similar, with a pedal on the right foot, and the two arms threw away like iron cakes, A huge fish network instantly covers the water ...... Shao Yu, his hands slowly pulled "network", the fish network gradually revealed the water, but see the fish in the net dance, "Wow, big fish! Big fish! "Our Children standing on the shore are naturally more happy, more energetic, and shouting, jumping ...... You can't forget the sunset scene "Yu letu "! Shuiguan bridge left my childhood dream. "cold water" is not cold, so far I still remember it in my heart.