《印象中国·文明的印迹:古桥》:
桥两侧原是汉白玉石栏,整个桥身如同一条洁白无瑕的玉带。
20世纪50年代,为了适应交通发展的需要,金鳌玉炼桥得以改建。改建后的大桥保持了原桥的风格,桥面加宽,坡度减小,桥面改为沥青路面,桥下只保留中间的桥洞流水畅通,其余的桥洞均堵死,只为装饰之用。
堆云积翠桥坐落在北京北海公园内,又名“永安桥”。此桥的前身是建于元代至元三年( 1266)的一座单孔木桥。当时桥两端以石料砌成护岸,中间铺木板装木栏杆。清乾隆八年(1743)将此桥改建为三曲折的三孔石拱桥,桥长85米,宽7.6米,两侧有汉白玉望柱48根。桥南桥北有“堆云”“积翠”两座牌坊,所以桥名定为“堆云积翠桥”。又因桥在永安寺正门的南边,又称“永安桥”。
此桥建成后,将北海南岸的团城城门和白塔所在的琼岛上的永安寺寺门巧妙地连接起来,构成了进入公园后的第一道风景。
during the Yuan Dynasty.In May 1489 the timber bridge was rebuilt into a stone bridge.A wooden gateway stands on each end of the bridge; the one in the west is inscribed with Jin Ao (Golden Turtle) characters and the one in the east is inscribed with Yu Dong (Jade Rainbow) characters, hence the name Bridge of Golden Turtle and Jade Rainbow.The original bridge was 156.73m long and 9.48m wide with nine arches.Each of the arch crowns has a carved head of a mythical beast.The bridge railings were originally made of white marbles, which made the bridge look like a flawless white jade belt.
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