引子这里所说的三跨人民桥,倒不是说三大步就能跨过一座桥,而是说人民桥从建桥到一而再的重建,经历了三个时期,像是跨越了三个时代。甲午战争订立马关条约(1895年),苏州盘门青旸地辟为日本租界。据说日本人本来看中此地可成为商业热闹处,才定为租界。不料苏州商界却宁愿另辟市场,不愿在日本租界内经商, Speaking here, the Three Spans of People’s Bridge means that instead of saying that three great steps can cross a bridge, it means that the People’s Bridge was reconstructed from bridge construction to re-establishment through three stages, such as crossing three bridges era. The Sino-Japanese War broke out in the Treaty of Marks (1895), and Suzhou Panmen became the Japanese concession. It is said that the Japanese people would have considered this place as a commercial bustling place, it was set as a concession. Unexpectedly, Suzhou’s business community would rather open up the market rather than doing business within the Japanese concession.