实训作业六 断桥残雪——宝石山——保俶塔 导游词.docVIP

实训作业六 断桥残雪——宝石山——保俶塔 导游词 （郑倩倩） Broken Bridge From the city side, the Solitary Hill is reached by the Bai Causeway, a one –kilometer-long embankment lined on both sides by plum trees and weeping willows, planted at regular intervals. At first, this causeway was named Baishao Causeway, but the name of it was changed into Bai Causeway in order to commemorate the most famous poet governor Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty. That is to say, the name of this causeway was named after Bai Juyi. Besides there is a famous bridge at the west end of this causeway, named Broken Bridge. I think, almost all the Chinese know this bridge, though it’s so ordinary as you see. But why? Well, to tell you the truth, because all Chinese know a folktale of “The White Snake Lady”. It was at this bridge that the White Snake Lady met her future husband by the name of Xu Xian. They got married and lived very happy. Actually, the White Snake Lady was a white snake but a kindly white snake. She always helps the poor with her extraordinary powers. But later they were separated by a malicious monk named Fa Hai, because he thought it improper for a human to marry a creature. So the monk detained the husband in the temple on an island in the Yangtze River. Later, the White Snake Lady went to rescue her husband, but the monk wanted to stop she, therefore they were involved in a heated fight. At the same time, Xu Xian, the husband escaped from temple with help of a monk, on the other hand, Fa Hai was busy fighting with the White Snake Lady and he had no time to attend Xu Xian. However Xu Xian didn’t know where his wife was, so he came back to Hangzhou, trying to find his wife. Three days later, the White Snake Lady also came to Hangzhou to find her husband. At last they met again at the Broken Bridge. From then on, the bridge has been considered as one of the three “Bridge of Love Precious Stone Hill The Precious Stone Hill is over 200 meters in height. Its scenic feature is the huge