Its name is associated with the sad love story in China's folk story The Legend of the White Snake. White Snake and Xu Xian met here, helped each other back to the city, and made a promise with an umbrella. Later, we met here and made up.

In the Yue Opera Legend of the White Snake, the white snake sings: "The landscape of the West Lake remains the same. Seeing the broken bridge, I was heartbroken and lost my feelings! " It has always been a tear-jerker, leaving endless memories for every visitor who visits the broken bridge.

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Broken Bridge is also famous for China's famous folk love legend "The Legend of the White Snake", which adds romance to the broken bridge scenery. There is a saying in Amin poet Hong Cheng's "Looking at the Broken Bridge": "If you have nothing to do, you can climb the broken bridge and see the scenery. Fine wickerwork smoke is easy, but it is difficult to keep a bird's shadow on the green screen. Dragging a skirt diagonally across Chihiro. Recently, investors have forgotten customs, are tired, and are worried about old feelings. "

Pavilions and pavilions on the bridge, facing Lixi Lake, are opposite the Baoshi Mountain and Baoshu Tower on the other side of the lake. The mountains, towers, lakes, pavilions, bridges, peaches and willows by the lake constitute picturesque scenery, which is very charming. Broken bridge is the only way to lonely mountain. Whenever it snows, people go to enjoy the snow scene of the West Lake. Tourists are weaving on the broken bridge, and the lonely mountain and Lixi Lake are wrapped in silver, which is particularly touching, because it is called "broken bridge residual snow".

There is an evaluation of the couplet "the bridge is broken and the snow is not broken". Standing on the snowy West Lake, I looked around, but I saw a broken bridge like silver, an icy lake like ink, black and white, which was moving.

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There are different opinions about the origin of its name. One said that the road to lonely mountain ends here, hence the name; It is said that Duanjia Bridge is called broken bridge for short, and homophonic broken bridge; It is said that the pavilion was built on an ancient stone bridge. When it snows in winter, the snow and ice on the sunny side of the bridge melt. The bridge is still covered with jade and silver. Since Geling, bridges and dikes have been broken, hence the name "Broken Snow". Legend has it that the White Snake and Xu Xian met at the broken bridge, adding romance to the scenery of the broken bridge.

It is also said that the Southern Song Dynasty was in a peaceful corner, and the passionate painter took the idea of residual water in the mountains, so he drew up the name of the bridge and the name of the scene. The latter statement seems preferable.

A long time ago, the white sand embankment of the West Lake meandered from the lonely mountain to here, and there was only a small wooden bridge with no name, which was closely connected with the shore of the lake. Visitors must pass this small wooden bridge to visit the lonely mountain. Due to the sun and rain, the wooden bridge often breaks, which brings great inconvenience to tourists.

There is a humble hut by the bridge, where a couple named Duan lived. Both of them are kind and hard-working. Men fish in the lake for a living, and women set up wine stalls at the door to sell local wine. Because the wine tastes bad, customers seldom come to the door and business is light.

Years passed, and three years passed. This winter, it was snowing heavily in the West Lake, and the white-haired old man braved the heavy snow to come to Duanjia Hotel. When the couple saw the benefactor coming, they were overjoyed and asked the old man to stay in his house for a long time. However, the old man will say goodbye the next day. When they left, Duan Jia and his wife took out 320 pieces of silver and gave it to the old man.

Duan Jia and his wife realized that the white-haired old man was not a mortal. Remembering what the old man said when he left, he used the money to build a tall Qingshi arch bridge and a pavilion at the bridge head.

Since then, people who visit the West Lake are no longer afraid of the road slipping and breaking the bridge. People miss Duan Jia's kindness in building a bridge, so they call this bridge Duanjia Bridge. Later, because "Duan" and "Duan" are homophonic, it was called broken bridge.

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