The beauty of the Root Bridge (West Sumatra)

The root bridge - After an exhausting few things that make blogger templates along with the tutorial and share experiences on how to calm anxiety hearts, let us traveled again and flew from Medan North Sumatra heading to the District shadows are located in West Sumatra. Refresing first look natural world around us and the natural beauty created by the Almighty. Shaded root bridge in the district is a marine tourism for nature lovers like me. Like to enjoy life to see the natural beauty of this beloved Indonesia. although not far from home and just around the province alone. The root bridge in sub Shaded potential for marine tourism with a very beautiful beach and deserves to be in the preserve. not only an attractive tourist spot but this root bridge has a historical value that is not less interesting. From the stories that have been widely circulated, the beginning of the formation of the root bridge is a work of a scholar named Pakih Sokan in about 1916. In the story Pakih Sokan very concerned to see the state of his students who recite in his place because of the difficulty to go Koran Shaded Batang river or flood affected. Although there has been a bamboo bridge, the river is still difficult to cross because the bamboo bridge is often carried away by the flood. Then Pakih Sokan have initiative to plant two banyan trees on both sides of the river. As time goes by the growth in the two trees that have been planted, Pakih Sokan then wrap the roots in a bamboo bridge that is often used to traverse rod shadow. The longer of the two trees are growing so roots firmly entwined or twisted to form a bridge that can still be used until now. This place is called the Root Bridge because this bridge is made of woven roots and interconnected to form a bridge from the two trees are located opposite each other and separated by a river. The root bridge is quite powerful and can be used by people who want to cross the river. Historically, Root Bridge is made of pure roots woven or connected to form a bridge. However, due to aging and too often people passing across, the bridge is then reinforced with a wire mounted on both sides made of steel.