Shanghai is prosperous

Chapter 367

To go to Diaoyutai, you have to go through Wuting Bridge.The tour guide said that "Wuting Bridge" is not only the symbol of Slender West Lake, but also the symbol of Yangzhou City. It is known as "the most beautiful bridge in China", and it is also a masterpiece of ancient bridge architecture.It's worth a look.

A group of people walked east along the lake from the 24th Bridge, and after a short walk, the magnificent Wuting Bridge came into view.

The tour guide said that the Wuting Bridge was built in the 22nd year of Qianlong. It was built in imitation of the Wulong Pavilion and the Seventeen-Arch Bridge in Beihai, Beijing.Because it is built on the lotus embankment, the "Wuting Bridge" across the Slender West Lake from a distance looks like a blooming lotus, so it is also called the Lotus Bridge.

The piers of Wuting Bridge are made of large bluestones, forming a thick and powerful "工"-shaped bridge foundation.The ethereal arch hole is matched with the solid abutment, and the abutment is matched with the curve of the bridge hole in a straight line, which is very harmonious.Looking from a distance, it looks very exquisite, very majestic, and looks like a ninety-five-year-old statue.

The tour guide said that Mao Yisheng, a bridge expert, once commented on Wuting Bridge. The oldest bridge in China is Zhaozhou Bridge, the most magnificent bridge is Lugou Bridge, and the most beautiful and artistically representative bridge is the Wuting Bridge in Yangzhou. Tingqiao.

Come to the front of Wuting Bridge.I saw yellow tiles and Zhuzhu, resplendent in gold and green. There is a pavilion in the bridge, which is a two-story eaves, and there is a pavilion at each of the four corners, but they are all one-story eaves.The tops of the five pavilions are made of yellow glazed tiles with upturned corners, wind chimes are hung outside the pavilions, and the pavilions and corridors are painted with colorful and exquisite patterns, making them look magnificent.

Standing on the Wuting Bridge and looking around for a week, you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of Slender West Lake.

Wang Yiyuan and the others continued eastward with the bustling crowd, and arrived at Diaoyutai along the lake shoreline.Diaoyutai is a small pavilion standing on a small island in the middle of the lake, facing the water on three sides, and only a long embankment is connected to Xiaojinshan.

The tour guide explained with a smile that Diaoyutai is the smallest of the Slender West Lake scenic spots, and it is also a very unique scenic spot.It is a model of famous Chinese pavilion architecture and a representative work of the art of "framed scenery" in Chinese gardens.It is also a place where foreign tourists must take pictures when they come to Yangzhou.

She first asked Wang Yiyuan and the others to stand at a [-]-degree angle in the pavilion, and then introduced that you can see the Wuting Bridge reclining in the round hole in the north, while in the oval hole in the south it is just You can see the majestic White Pagoda.This scene is colorful and plain, one horizontal and one lying, it is really wonderful.

Mr. Wu smiled and said, Miss Tour Guide, please tell us about the legend of Diaoyutai, please?

The tour guide agreed and said that the legend may not be true, but it is indeed a beautiful folk tale.Next she introduced:

Diaoyutai is the only scenic spot that needs to be turned back when visiting Slender West Lake.Its original name is Chuitai, which is the name of an existing garden in Yangzhou in the Han Dynasty, and it is also a place where silk and bamboo orchestras are played.

During the reign of Qianlong, the Palace of Ligong was built in the area of ​​Slender West Lake outside Yangzhou City.One day, many salt merchants accompanied Qianlong to visit the Slender West Lake.Seeing fish jumping out of the water, Qianlong started fishing, so he came to Chuitai to fish.

So someone immediately sent the fishing rod.But the fish in the Slender West Lake were disobedient. Emperor Qianlong, who usually responded to everyone, fished for a long time, but none of them took the bait.

The accompanying Yangzhou salt merchants were in a hurry, and immediately quietly selected a few sailors with good water skills to dive underwater with live dragon fish.Hold the lotus leaf and rely on the lotus stem to breathe.As soon as the Qianlong fishing rod on the top fell, the live dragon fish below was hooked.

Of course, the emperor was not an idiot, so he quickly discovered the flaw and said angrily, "Why are there dragon fish in the Slender West Lake! If you dare to fool me, I will punish you for deceiving the emperor."

At this time, Ji Xiaolan, a bachelor, immediately stepped forward with a smile, smoothed things over, and quoted Ming Xiejin's couplet: "How dare an ordinary man face the emperor, long live the golden hook only catches dragons", and replied to the emperor: "Long live golden hooks only catch dragons!" The Emperor Qianlong is naturally very happy.

In the early 80s, Mr. Liu Haisu swam to Slender West Lake and came to Chuitai. He heard that Emperor Qianlong used to fish here, so according to the allusion, he renamed the place Diaoyutai and left his calligraphy.From then on, Slender West Lake changed the name of Chuitai to Diaoyutai.

After listening to the introduction, Ren Xueming thought for a while and asked, Mr. Wu, I haven't heard how much mystery there is in this Diaoyutai until now?
Mr. Wu smiled, but greeted everyone to get on the boat first.

On the boat, he said with a smile, there is such a scene in the Peking opera "Famen Temple": Liu Jin, an eunuch during the Ming Wuzong period, once wanted his servant Jia Gui to sit down and talk with him, but Jia Gui replied: "Slaves are used to standing." I don’t want to sit.” This answer later became a classic line of slavishness, which is often quoted by people.

Mr. Wu said, before the meal, didn't Xiaoren say that the internal situation of our real estate company is a bit complicated. To be honest, it's just that there are too many villains and slaves have come out.

He said, the villain is shameless, and pays more attention to profit than death.Don't be afraid of being punished by others, and don't care about material opinions.There are too many things in this world that can make a woman undress, and there are too many things that can make a man flatter or disregard morality at all.

Ren Xueming smiled and said, in fact, in every company, there will be a leader who sits there every day, but you don’t know what he is doing. lead.

He said that at the same time, there will always be a leader who flatters his superiors and respects his subordinates, a leader who treats promises as farts, and a leader who pushes the responsibility to his subordinates when something goes wrong.

Sister Yuan also smiled and said, isn't there a popular saying about "smartness" in society?Flattery and intrigue in the workplace have become "smart", cutting corners and opportunism in the mall have become "smart", selfishness has become "smart", ignoring the rules has become "smart", and unscrupulousness has become "smart".

She smiled and said, I pretended not to know that you dismantled my platform, this is a smart person.You support my field, I support your field, this is a good friend.He often criticizes you, but is willing to help you, this is a noble person.If I help you a hundred times without remembering gratitude, but half of the time, I don't help you remember grudges. This is a villain.

Ren Xueming said that to deal with this kind of cancer, we should simply cut it across the board.

Everyone laughed.

Mr. Wu said that there are five kinds of people to achieve great things: superiors, nobles, insiders, opponents, and villains.Experts enlighten, nobles help, insiders support, opponents encourage, and villains achieve success.So, villains are still useful, right?
He concluded that "The Analects of Confucius Shu Er" said that a gentleman is magnanimous, and a villain is long-standing.A gentleman is open-minded and calm, while a villain is fussy and cares about gains and losses.This is actually the first meaning I want to tell you today.

(End of this chapter)