36.If the Slender West Lake is compared to a pretty young lady,the Five-pavilion Bridge(五亭橋) is like a beautiful belt worn on her.The Five-pavilion Bridge is not only the symbol of the Slender West Lake,b(1)
that of Yangzhou as well.Built in the Qing Dynasty,it has a H(2)
of over 200 years. The Five-pavilion Bridge,also named the Lotus Bridge,is a stone arch bridge(拱橋),which runs for o(3)
50 metres across the lake.There are ceiling decorations inside the pavilions and windbells hanging o(4)
.They look like five flowers rising slowly out of water.The lower part includes 15 bridge openings of d(5)
sizes. When you s(6)
on the Five-pavilion Bridge,you will see the Fishing Terrace(釣魚臺(tái)). It is also called the Blowing Terrace,where the instruments used to be played.It's said that Emperor Qianlong once fished here.To s(7)
him,the local salt businessmen of Yangzhou secretly chose several good divers and sent them carrying live fish down into the water.The divers were c(8)
with lotus leaves,breathing through lotus stalks.Whenever the emperor threw his line,the divers would put the live fish onto his fishhook.In this way,Qianlong was h(9)
as the live fish took the bait at once. The terrace is surrounded by water on three sides,namely in the south,north and west,each side with a moon gate.From the west moon gate,one can see the Five-pavilion Bridge over the l(10)