First of all, this bridge has practical functions. It is an extension of the road and brings convenience to people. Without bridges, people will lose contact.

Secondly, bridges have artistic functions. Bridges can blend into the environment and beautify the environment. A famous bridge is definitely a beautiful scenery.

Third, the bridge has rich cultural heritage. Hangzhou West Lake, Xi 'an Baqiao Bridge and Yangzhou Slender West Lake all have rich cultural connotations.

Bridge culture of Han nationality takes bridge as the entity, which reflects the ideological and cultural achievements and scientific and technological achievements of each era. It is a typical sample of the level of social productive forces in different historical periods, showing the ability of human beings to conquer nature.

1. Bridge culture is rich in connotation. Politicians focus on creating a bridge political culture. In ancient times, "being an official" was the ideal of honest officials, and building bridges and roads was their important political goal. It is an excellent political and cultural tradition that the ruler personally presides over the bridge construction.

Religious believers injected religious culture into the bridge. Religious believers donated money to build bridges. They always leave good people's names on bridges and monuments. The lotus stone carving on the bridge belongs to Buddhist culture. The Eight Immortals model belongs to Taoist culture. There is a theory that the three religions of the Han nationality are homologous, and there is a cultural phenomenon that the three religions bridge the ancient bridge.

3. Bridge technical experts create wonderful sculptures on the bridge. Artists design various bridge decoration works according to the needs of folk culture. The stone lions at the bridgehead and the stone carvings of various water-absorbing animals became the patron saint of this bridge.

Traditional ethnic bridge decoration, such as lion stone carving, unicorn stone carving, elephant stone carving, bridge railing gourd stone carving, Shuanglong Kirin opera, double lion hydrangea stone carving, etc., all have different local characteristics. The cast iron inlaid railings on the railings of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge are more exquisite, and they are still full of praise.

4. Different scholars have created bridge culture from different angles. For example, many bridge nodes, bridge monuments, bridge names, bridge paintings, bridge photography, bridge calligraphy, bridge science and technology theory, bridge social science theory, bridge monographs, bridge papers, bridge stories, bridge literature works, bridge film and television works, bridge websites and so on. Are the products of bridge culture.

5. Historical events and figures related to the bridge will also give the bridge culture a specific connotation. For example, Luding Bridge has the military culture of the Red Army crossing the river; Lugouqiao has an anti-Japanese political culture initiated by the July 7th Incident. Qiao Ting has the celebrity culture of Ye Ting, a famous Northern Expedition star.

6. Bridge culture has many sociological contents. In ancient Han society, the whole people donated money to build roads and bridges. With this special ancient bridge, it is stipulated that "civil servants get off the bus and military officers dismount".

This is an ancient bridge between national culture and folk culture. There are specific measures and regulations on the financing, management and use of ancient bridges, the construction and maintenance of bridges, and the setting of checkpoints, post stations, docks, temples, bridge pavilions, towns, markets and theaters in the construction of ancient bridges.

This is the organizational management culture of the ancient bridge. The study of bridge culture gave birth to a new category of bridge culture. Such as bridge archaeology, bridge tourism economics, ancient bridge valuation, ancient bridge maintenance and protection, ancient bridge architecture, etc. These new cultural categories will promote the development of new industrial categories.