The south end of the bridge (the sound “nan,” with different tones, can refer to something male or south) is said to correspond with things male and yang with its steps being related to a Chinese saying about “moving up step by step” (taken in this case to refer to ambitious men). The north end has a slope and is said to correspond with things female and yin as women in China, having bound feet before the abolishment of the practice at the end of the Qing Dynasty, would take smaller steps.Some locals simply say that for a women to cross from the north results in her having a boy while crossing from the south results in her having a girl.
Legends about a bridge in Xitang
