History and culture of Xiangzi Bridge and 40

Xiangzi Bridge is located outside the east gate of the ancient city of Chaozhou, which was originally built in the Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 800 years. It is China's first and the world's first opening and closing bridge, with its unique style of "eighteen shuttle ships and twenty-four continents", and Hebei Zhaozhou Bridge, Quanzhou Luoyang Bridge, Beijing Lugou Bridge (also known as Lugou Bridge) and called China's four ancient bridges.

The total length of Xiangzi Bridge is more than 500 meters, with 13 piers on the east bank and 11 piers on the west bank. Due to the fact that "the middle stream of the police turbulence is especially deep Xiangzi Bridge, and it cannot be a pier", only 18 shuttle boats can be used in the middle to form a horizontal line side by side, and the pontoon bridge is connected with iron cables. Whenever there is a flood or a boat to be opened, the mooring cable can be untied, the shuttle boat can be removed, and it becomes an open and closed pontoon bridge.

This is the origin of the "Eighteen Shuttle Ships and Twenty-four Continents". On the surface of the river, this huge bridge pier stands like a mighty ship, blocking the rolling rapids. The ingenuity of the piers lies in the fact that they are all made of stones.

There is no mortar between the stones, only the fit. There were originally 24 lookout bridges on the bridge, and the bridge deck was paved with stone slabs, and the stone strips were particularly large, about 10 meters long and 1 meter thick. In ancient times, there was no equipment such as fake crane poor pants selling, coupled with the large difference in the water level between the upper and lower reaches of the Hanjiang River, there is a saying that "the rapids are like horses", to install such a large stone beam, the difficulty of building the bridge can be imagined.

Xiangzi Bridge's unique structure, set beam bridge, arch bridge, pontoon bridge and other forms in one, condensed the wisdom and sweat of the ancient working people construction background Xiangzi Bridge Xiangzi Bridge is Guangji Bridge, is one of the four existing ancient bridges in China, outside the east gate of Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, lying on the rolling Han River, east of Bijia Mountain, west of the East Gate downtown, south of Phoenix Island, north of Yangjin.

Han Yu wanted to build a bridge over the evil stream, but because the water was deep and rapid, he couldn't build it, so he asked the Eight Immortals and the Guangji Monk to help build it, the Guangji Monk was in charge of the west bank project, and the Eight Immortals were in charge of the east bank project. In order to build the bridge as soon as possible, the immortals and Buddhas on both sides cast magic powers, each showing their magical powers.

The monk of Guangji ran to Sangpu Mountain, recited a spell in his mouth, and pointed with his hand, only to see that the stones all over the mountain were rolling, and suddenly turned into a flock of lambs. The monk from Guangji rushed to Chaozhou City. The Eight Immortals on the East Coast ran to Phoenix Mountain, turned the stones on the mountain into a herd of pigs, and also rushed to the construction site.

There are many eight immortals, drive the pigs in batches, everyone else is gone, only Tie Guan Li drove the last batch of pigs down the mountain, that knew that halfway met a filial woman crying in front of a grave, was rushed by this frustration, the instant charm failed, the group of black pigs fell down into a small mountain, called "pig mountain".

The monk of Guangji drove the sheep alone, taking care of this and losing the other, and rushed to Chaozhou City a little, missing two sheep, and hurriedly ran back to look for it. When he found the sheep and drove back, he met a rich man, who saw that the sheep had a bad heart, so he said to the monk Guangji, "These two sheep are lost by my family."

When he had finished speaking, he dragged the two sheep away, and the rich man drove them through his field, but the sheep suddenly stopped leaving, and the rich man whipped the sheep, and the two sheep became two hills, and pressed the rich man and his hundred acres of land under the mountain. These two mountains are called "Wuyang Mountain".

The Eight Immortals lost a group of pigs, and the Guangji monk lost two more sheep. When the bridge was built in the middle of the river, there were no stones to connect the bridge, and the banks of the evil creek were still cut off by water. Tie Guan Li was so anxious that he stomped his feet, and as a result, he stepped on the east bank bridge pier to lower a corner, and everyone didn't know what to do, only to see He Xiangu throw down the treasure lotus in his hand, and the petals spread out in the heart of the river, turning into eighteen shuttle boats, and the Guangji monk on the other side saw it, and hurriedly dropped the cane, and the cane turned into a long vine, and the eighteen shuttle boats were tightly connected into a pontoon bridge.

The bridge was completed, and people called the bridge "Xiangzi Bridge". It is also called "Guangji Bridge".

There are two theories, both of which are related to the legend of the gods. It is said that the bridge was erected by Xiangling (the god of Xiangshui), so it is called "Xiangqiao". Yang Li's "Xiangqiao Spring Rise" poem:

A bridge across the lock smoke Ting, rushing towards the sect without stopping; The spring water is still immortal, and pedestrians still say that Xiangling. "One said that the bridge was built by Han Xiangzi, one of the eight immortals, so it was called Xiangzi Bridge. There are also two theories about Han Xiangzi.

said that Han Xiangzi is Han Yu's nephew Han Xiang. "The Complete Biography of the Immortals" "Han Xiangzi" Tiaoyun: "The word Qingfu, the son of Han Wengong, is also uninhibited, and he met Mr. Chunyang, who fell to death from the peach tree and was autopsied.

Come and see Gong Wen. The study of Wen Gongmian. Xiang said:

What Hunan has learned is ...... different from the public"Qing Zuo Gao Discussion" cloud: "The word is clear, and the nephew is .......", taste in the more before the soil raspberry, a long time now two blue clouds, between the leaves there are small word clouds:

Where is the house of Yunheng Qinling, and the snow hugs Languan and does not move forward. The more I don't understand the poetry. Xiang said:

It's a long time coming. Later, the tide and the sun degraded, and the snow encountered on the way, and the snow suddenly came. Said, what is the last sentence of the memory flower?

It's today. "Youyang Miscellaneous" also contains its story. Another theory believes that Han Xiangzi, the "immortal" of this character Qingfu, is not Han Yu's nephew Han Xiang, but another person.

Suiyuan Essay "Cloud: "Xiang is a three-year jinshi in Huichang, not a good Taoist, and its good Taoist is not a family." Han Xiang is the eldest son of Han Yu's nephew Han Laocheng (that is, "Twelve Lang"), the word Beizhu, when Han Yu degraded Chaozhou, Han Xiang and his brother were all servants.

Han Yu concentrated on staying in Zengjiangkou (Zengcheng, Guangdong) to show his nephew Sun Xiang's two poems. In the third year of Huichang (843), he was awarded the Jinshi. He and Han Xiangzi of the word Qingfu are two people.

In the past, there was a stone carving at the east end of Xiangzi Bridge with the words "Flood stops here", and the legend was written by Han Xiang. Kangxi 24 years to repair the bridge in addition to this monument, Yongzheng period ** prefect Zhang Yunpu borrowed the name of "Han Xiangzi" to help the beggar, re-engraved "flood stop this" monument, and built Xiangzi Temple on the bridge. Later generations are accustomed to calling this bridge Xiangzi Bridge.

The name of "Xiangzi Bridge" is very beautiful, ancient, and fairy, and it is slowly accepted by people, but "Guangji Bridge" is rarely mentioned. The completion of the bridge, under the name of the power of the gods, is actually the crystallization of the wisdom and hard work of ancient intellectuals and working people; It is also seen that the arduousness of the project is beyond the ability of manpower.

Xiangzi Bridge to see the immortals: people stand on the hat.

Xiangzi Bridge is Guangji Bridge, is one of the four existing ancient bridges in our country, outside the east gate of Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, lying on the Hanjiang River that rolls several songs, borders Bijia Mountain in the east, connects the East Gate downtown in the west, overlooks Phoenix Island in the south, looks up to Jincheng Mountain in the north, the scenery is magnificent and charming.

The folk song sang: "If you don't get to the tide, you will go in vain; If you can't reach the bridge when you reach the tide, you will walk in vain".

The pattern of the combination of beams and boats has made Guangji Bridge form its own three major characteristics:

1. "Eighteen shuttle-like twenty-four continents" The combination of beams and boats, rigidity and softness, movement and quietness, ups and downs, is a major feature of Guangji Bridge. Its east and west sections are the beam bridges of Chongling Liange and Lianfang Jimei, and the middle is the pontoon bridge of "Zheng Bianlian, Longwohong Span". It's simply one.