Beidou Qixing Bridge

The sculpture under the Yangqiao is very beautiful

Visiting Guilin's two rivers and four lakes at night, the bridge is the biggest highlight, so beautiful that I want to go through it all. Picture: Liu Guoxiong

Guilin's two rivers and four lakes ring-city water system is another golden waterway as famous as the Li River. It is an open tourist and leisure place, similar to the West Lake in Hangzhou. It does not charge tickets and has a large area. It is a ring-city water system integrating transportation and tourism. The two rivers and four lakes have enabled Guilin to realize that "the city is in the scenery, the scenery is in the city, and the city and scenery are blended", becoming Guilin's tourist business card.

Since it is a water system around the city, bridges are definitely indispensable. There are more than 10 bridges on the two rivers and four lakes. When they were being built everywhere, the city felt that Guilin was an international tourist city. The bridges on the two rivers and four lakes must be built into famous bridges, which is to absorb the essence of famous bridges at home and abroad and use the world's famous bridges as a blueprint, and at the same time, it combines the natural environment of Guilin's landscape city, is compatible, adapts to local conditions, innovates, and highlights its characteristics. Therefore, there are imaginative and more passionate bridges in the two rivers and four lakes, such as Gulong Double Bridge, Xiqing Bridge, Rainbow Bridge, Lize Bridge, Glass Bridge, Big Dipper Bridge, and Glass Bridge.

It is said that when Guilin was building two rivers and four lakes, some people opposed the construction of various bridges on the lake based on famous bridges from all over the world. Now it seems that these bridges have become the highlights of the two rivers and four lakes.

Guilin's two rivers and four lakes can be visited by day and night. In the night view, the bridge is one of the biggest highlights. These bridges have different shapes and characteristics, which can be said to add luster to the beautiful Guilin. The glass bridge is a unique existence. It used to be charged. I passed by at the end of last year and found that it was actually free, so I had to go and have a look. Sure enough, this glass bridge is very beautiful, and it becomes even more beautiful when it is illuminated with different lights. This Beidou Bridge on Ronghu Lake. With the lights on, it looks much more beautiful than during the day.

In addition, in addition to the appearance of many bridges in Guilin's two rivers and four lakes, the sculptures under the bridges are also very eye-catching.

The Gulong Double Bridge is located on the Ronghu Lake of the two rivers and four lakes. Next to the ancient south gate and the thousand-year ancient banyan trees, it is the bridge with the most Chinese characteristics between the two rivers and four lakes.

The design of the Gulong Double Bridge refers to the Yudai Bridge in Yuanmingyuan in Beijing. The bridge body is entirely composed of curves, with smooth lines and beautiful shape. There is carvings at the bottom of the bridge. It is a Chinese style white marble stone arch bridge, which is illuminated by night lights. It is more charming.

The bridge railing consists of 52 pieces of white jade, with 56 cloud pillars on the top. The auspicious clouds are surrounded by vivid and vivid clouds, with both traditional style and modern consciousness.

The Big Dipper Seven Star Bridge, also known as the Jiuqu Bridge, is located in Ronghu Lake with two rivers and four lakes, connecting the three Penglai Islands in the center of the lake.

This bridge is creatively designed in the shape of a Big Dipper in the sky, echoing the Qixing Mountain east of the Li River.

The deck railings of the Big Dipper Seven Star Bridge are made of high-grade white marble and are carved with auspicious patterns full of folk customs.

The winding and winding Big Dipper Bridge

The glass bridge, also located in Ronghu, is the first practical bridge in my country with a special crystal glass frame.

The glass bridge is crystal clear whether viewed from afar or up close.

Looking at it at night, the colorful lights on the glass bridge change alternately, and the whole bridge becomes dreamy again.

The bottom of the bridge is also made of glass

The bridge railings are crystal clear

The glass bridge is the most romantic bridge between the two rivers and four lakes.

Yang Bridge is located on Zhongshan Middle Road, the main road in Guilin. It is the confluence of Shanhu and Ronghu Lake. It was also one of the most famous bridges in Guilin. The Yang Bridge is a three-span continuous curved beam bridge. The main body is made of reinforced concrete and the external auxiliary granite and marble.

Yangqiao dates back to the Song Dynasty. It was called Qingdai Bridge at that time. It was a wooden bridge. In the Ming Dynasty, it was converted into a stone bridge and called Yangqiao. It was rebuilt again in 2000, and the exterior design of Xinyang Bridge adopts the shape of the Vatican Bridge in Rome, Italy.

There are sculptures of Guilin's mountains and rivers and humanistic stories under the bridge. Yangqiao organically integrates the world's bridge culture with Guilin's clear mountains and beautiful waters, and is full of a strong artistic atmosphere.

Yang Bridge is very wide, 50 meters wide, with six lanes in both directions.

Rongxi Bridge is located on Ronghu Lake, with the Ancient Rong Twin Bridge next to it. The bridge type is modeled on the Zhaozhou Bridge in Hebei Province and is a single-hole bridge.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, people in Guilin built the "Rongxi Pavilion" on Ronghu Lake in memory of the great poet Huang Tingjian. The bridge was adjacent to Rongxi Pavilion, hence the name. The Rongxi Bridge deck is white and crystal clear, and the bridge body is light and transparent, fully demonstrating the charm of Chinese stone arch bridges.

Yingbin Bridge is also called Kaixuan Bridge. The bridge type is based on the Chain Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, and the design is modeled on the combination of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the ancient Chinese gate suspension bridge.

There is a door in the middle of the bridge, really like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Combining Western buildings with bridges makes this Yingbin Bridge stand out.

Looking at Lize Bridge from Yingbin Bridge

Walking along Guihu Lake, you can see the Lize Bridge. The Lize Bridge is based on the design of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA. It is the first self-anchored flexible suspension bridge in my country. The huge steel cable of the traction bridge is the largest suspension cable in the history of bridge construction in my country.

The deck of the Lize Bridge is very straight, and the two main towers stand upright, connected by steel wires.

The large steel wire is used for undertaking and decoration, and the bridge body is red all over, so everyone also calls it a red bridge. The night view of Red Bridge is very beautiful. If it weren't for the two lines above, I would have thought I was abroad when I came here at night.

Guanyi Bridge is built based on the "Holy Trinity Bridge" on the Arno River in Florence, Italy. It looks very similar to Western bridges and is very different from traditional Chinese bridges.

Because I was too tired to walk along the lake, I didn't walk to Guanyi Bridge to see it. There are too many bridges in the two rivers and four lakes. I can't see them all at once. I can only look forward to continuing sightseeing when I go next time.