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The origin of Slender West Lake Bridge 24

The 24th Bridge of Slender West Lake is a masterpiece of ancient bridge architecture, which is located in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. The biggest reason why it is called the Twenty-four Bridge is that it is 24 meters long and 2.4 meters wide, with 24 bars and 24 steps, corresponding to the Twenty-four everywhere.

Rumors about the 24 th Bridge are also divided. It is said that one night in the Tang Dynasty, 24 fairies floated on the stone bridge and played flutes. This story also comes from a letter from Han Chuo, the magistrate of Yangzhou, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. This poem is written like this: there is water in the green hills, and the grass in the south of the Yangtze River has not withered in autumn. Where does the Jade Man teach oral sex at Bridge 24 on a moonlit night? In the Song Dynasty, the theory of twenty-four bridges was almost gradually formed. Yangzhou Manhuai Zuo Du Ming wrote: Twenty-four Bridges are still there, and Leng Yue is silent. These poems all express that twenty-four bridges are one bridge.