浙江社会科学

名为"断桥"而实不断的现象并非杭州西湖断桥所独有,而是广泛见载于唐以来的诗文作品中。其本义乃指渔人为方便用簖捕捉鱼蟹等而设的简易梁桥,亦可行人,或写作簖桥("簖"为"断"的后起分别文)。断桥在文人的作品中逐渐被赋予了别离、隐逸以及结缘爱情等象征意义。

The phenomenon that a so-called "duanqiao(broken-bridge)isn't actually broken is not limited to the"duanqiao" over the West Lake in Hangzhou.It widely existed in the poetry works since Tang Dynasty.The original "duanqiao" referred to a kind of simple beam bridge that fishermen set up for the convenience of using the bamboo fish-and-crab trap to catch fishes and crabs.And pedestrians can also use it for crossing.Sometimes it can be spelled as bamboo-fish-and-crab-trap bridge.The symbol of "duanqiao"in the literary works has gradually been endowed with the meanings of parting,hermit,love,and so on.