Having is: “ arrives wide be less than tide, try in vain goes to meet with; Be less than the bridge to tide, try in vain walks along. ” is right for current state, the famousest blame Hunan child the bridge not is belonged to.
有道是：“到广不到潮，枉费走一遭；到潮不到桥，枉费走一场。”对潮州来说，最出名的非湘子桥莫属。
Hunan child the bridge bridge of name extensive aid, it builds Yu Songchao, already had 800 old histories up to now. Its situation is very advantageous, north admires Jin Chengshan, south phoenix of look into the distance from a high place continent, receive on the west east gate downtown area, pen rack hill is faced east. It and Han Jiang Chunchao formed wet administrative division one of 8 scene, in the meantime, bridge of it and bridge of Heibei Zhao city, Beijing Lu channel, Fujian Luoyang bridge calls China 4 big ancient bridges.
湘子桥又名广济桥，它建于宋朝，至今已有800多年的历史。它的地理位置十分优越，北仰金城山，南眺凤凰洲，西接东门闹市，东临笔架山。它与韩江春潮构成了潮州八景之一，同时，它与河北赵州桥、北京卢沟桥、福建洛阳桥并称为中国四大古桥。
Hunan child the beauty of the bridge is classic beauty. Having a folk song is so sing: Bridge of Hunan of “ current state is very tasteful, 18 shuttle boat 24 continent. 24 a high building 24 appearance, 2 Zuo ox sneaks away only. ” is right, hunan child the bridge is tectonic and distinctive, its thing is stone beam bridge two paragraphs, the pontoon or floating bridge that constitutes by 18 boats is among. Cogongrass of expert of pardonable and famous bridge is evaluated with rising it opens ” of the bridge that shut type the first times for “ world. Overlook of look as far as one can, antique it grows dragon over or across to be on Han Jiang like. Approach to look, there is the small kiosk of a small and exquisite on each Shi Liang, they resemble a pearl ornament in Hunan child on the bridge.
湘子桥的美是古典的美。有一首歌谣是这么唱的：“潮州湘桥好风流，十八梭船廿四洲。廿四楼台廿四样，二只鉎牛一只溜。”没错，湘子桥构造独特，它东西两段是石梁桥，中间是由十八艘船组成的浮桥。难怪著名桥梁专家茅以升评价它为“世界第一座启闭式桥梁”。极目远眺，古色古香的它像一条长龙横跨在韩江上。走近一看，每一座石梁上都有一个小巧玲珑的小亭子，它们就像一颗颗珍珠点缀在湘子桥上。
Hunan child the beauty of the bridge also is contemporary beauty. Every time curtain of night arrives, hunan child the world that the bridge became the lamp, smooth ocean. Rise as musical noise, it begins its show. See it resembles the silks and satins of a color a little while only, nod numerous star ornament to be in the sky like the dot a little while, jumping like a fairy again a little while beautiful dancing, it is too many beautiful things really!
湘子桥的美也是现代的美。每当夜幕降临，湘子桥就变成了灯的世界，光的海洋。随着音乐的响起，它便开始自己的表演。只见它一会儿像一条彩色的绸缎，一会儿像点点繁星点缀在天空中，一会儿又像一位仙女正在跳着优美的舞蹈，真是美不胜收！
Hunan child the crystallization that the bridge is wisdom of archaic working people, it is the pride of current state people forever!
湘子桥是古代劳动人民智慧的结晶，它永远是潮州人民的骄傲！(文/谢炘悦)