Why is Waterloo Bridge translated into Broken Blue Bridge? What does blue bridge mean?

(1) Blue Bridge is a Chinese vocabulary, which has existed for more than 2,000 years and has many interpretations. One refers to the place where Tang Peihang met Xian Yunying, on Qingxi in the southwest of Lantian County, Shaanxi Province. Secondly, it refers to the Lanqiao Post Pavilion, which was inscribed by many poets in the Tang Dynasty. Located between Lantian and Shangluo, it is an important traffic area.

A. According to legend, during the reign of Tang Changqing, Pei Heng was a scholar, traveling in the north of the lake and dreaming of a poem: "Drinking nectar, feeling alive, seeing clouds." Blue Bridge is the Fairy Palace, with rugged terrain and no need to climb Jade Qing. "Buy a boat. Passing by the Blue Bridge Post Station, I met an old woman who was knitting hemp and wanted a drink when she was thirsty. Her name is Yunying, a woman, and she drank it with a glass of water, as sweet as jade. Hangkong saw that Yun was peerless, so he said he wanted to marry her. He told him, "Yesterday, a fairy and a medicine, fesr, were going to be pounded with a jade pestle. If you want to marry Yunying, you must take a career in jade pestle mortar, because it is ok to pound medicine for a hundred days. "Pei Hang finally found the jade pestle mortar used by the Jade Rabbit in the Moon Palace and married Yunying. Both husband and wife entered Yufeng and died as immortals. Later generations used Lantian Fairy Cave to refer to the Moon Palace.

B Biography of Historical Records of Su Qin records that in 320 BC, Su Qin told the prince a story of "holding the pillar when he died". Legend has it that a man named Wei Sheng met a beautiful girl under the bridge. But the girl didn't come, and Weisheng died under the bridge to keep his promise.

Another version: Zhuangzi Stole Feet: "Wei Sheng and that woman live under the beam (bridge). If the woman doesn't come, the water won't go, and she will die with a beam. "

According to Xi An Zhou Zhi, this bridge is located on the Lan Yu River in Lantian County, Shaanxi Province, and is called "Blue Bridge".

Since then, people have called the double suicide of men and women who love each other "broken blue bridge".

(2) Examples of Blue Bridge (expressing love and sadness) in ancient poetry:

A. Excerpts from Ten Untitled Poems by Yan Qian in Tang Dynasty

Who knows it's easier to say goodbye than to say goodbye?

Love is like a blue bridge in the water. I have hated it for several years.

B. Su Shi's Nan Gezi in the Northern Song Dynasty

It's raining, it's dark, and the first suspicion is night arrival. After the rain, the wind turned and suddenly reported the good news that the sky had cleared up. There are faint clouds in the sky, and the red sunset glow hangs on the mountain peak, which looks clear.

Overgrown grass, soft sand, mountain streams, flexible hooves. Wake up from the wine in the morning, still very tired, still have to keep the horseshoe, still can't rest and have a dream. Although in the blue bridge, where can I find my dream lover, only the warm running water accompanies people to walk.

C. Tang Chun Tu by Nalan Xingde in Qing Dynasty

Two people in a generation fight for two ecstasy all their lives. Acacia does not face each other, who is spring?

Begging from the blue bridge is easy, but rushing into the blue shipwreck. If you allow me to visit Oxford, I will forget my poverty relatively.