苏州运河十景

　　宝带桥（普通话版）：宝带桥，别名长桥，横卧于大运河苏州段和澹台湖之间，是中国古代十大名桥之一，也是中国现存建造时间较早的古桥之一。被乾隆称为“吴中第一桥”。其始建于唐元和年间，相传由刺史王仲舒捐身上宝带筹措建桥资金而建成，因此得名。又有说因桥似宝带浮于水上而得名。宝带桥是大运河沿线现存最长、桥孔最多、结构最轻巧的连拱古石桥。宝带桥以桥代堤，沟通陆路；53孔设计既有利于太湖洪水宣泄，又保证了运河航道稳定。宝带桥的建造凝聚了我国古代造桥匠师的聪明才智，柔性墩与刚性墩相结合的营造体现了古代造桥匠师对结构力学的认识深度，是桥梁史上的杰出范例。

Baodai Bridge

The Baodai Bridge, also known as the Changqiao Bridge (literally, a longbridge), lies on the Daidai River running between Tantai Lake and the Suzhou section of the Grand Canal. It is one of the top ten famous bridges in ancient China and is one of the oldest bridges in China that is still extant. The BaodaiBridge was praised as “the unequalled bridge in the land of Wu” by the Qianlong Emperor. It was built during the reign of the Emperor Xianzong in the Tang dynasty. It is said that the bridge was named after the story that Wang Zhongshu, a provincial governor of the Tang dynasty, sold his jewel-decorated belt baodai 宝带 to finance the construction of the bridge. Yet another story goes that the bridge got its name because it looks like a jeweled belt floating on the water. Among old stone bridges along the Grand Canal, Baodai Bridge bears the longest length, the largest number of arches and the lightest weight. Baodai Bridge functions as a dike to connect between areas separated by water. The design of the bridge’s 53 arches not only is conducive to the flood relief of Taihu Lake, but also ensures the stability of the canals. The construction of the Baodai Bridge embodies the wisdom of the bridge builders in ancient China. These builders’ structural-mechanics-based use of “flexible piers” and “rigid piers” has made the Baodai Bridge an outstanding example in the history of bridge construction.

（邢晏春先生诵读）

宝带桥（苏州话版）：宝带桥，勒嗨大运河苏州段葛西面搭澹台湖当中葛水路浪向，匣有人叫俚长桥，乾隆皇帝称俚是“吴中第一桥”。因为俚是中国现存建造辰光最早葛古桥之一，所以勒嗨中国古代十大名桥里厢，俚匣有仔一个席位。宝带桥造葛辰光，是唐朝元和年间。当时苏州葛刺史王仲舒捐出仔俚自家身浪向葛宝带，筹集资金，宝带桥匣据此得名。还有种说法，因为该座桥像一条宝带氽勒葛水面浪向，所以得名。宝带桥勒嗨水道交汇葛场化，起仔一个抵挡浪头葛堤岸作用，匣是大运河沿线现存最长、桥孔最多、结构最轻巧葛连拱古石桥。宝带桥全长316.8米，阔4.1米，有53葛桥洞，用桥代堤，沟通陆路；里厢多孔葛设计既有利于太湖洪水宣泄，匣保证仔运河航道稳定，还可以当纤路，是伲中国古代造桥匠师聪明才智葛创造。特别是桥里厢柔性墩搭刚性墩相结合葛营造，反映仔古代造桥匠师对结构力学葛认识深度，是桥梁史浪葛杰出典范。