The longest bridge in history, in Guangdong, lasted 359 years, the tourists did not clap!

Mountains open roads, water bridges, which is the Chinese nation's indomitable pursuit of a better life of the fine tradition, therefore, a bridge scattered across the Chinese land, or classical, or modern, or vicissitudes of life, or bright, or brilliant, or simple and quiet, or grand, or a small family, no matter what kind of "temperament", they have a *** the same point, is to facilitate transportation, dress up the mountains and rivers, and become a road of endless sights and sounds. A **** the same point, is to facilitate the transportation, dress up the river and mountains, become a road never get tired of seeing the scenery.

There is such a bridge, from the Song Dynasty to build the first pier, to the formation of "18 shuttle twenty-four continents" can pass, *** lasted 359 years, alone one of the piers, it took more than ten years. The reason for the long duration of the bridge is the river is fast-flowing, the river is wide, spanning a large, ancient times, the construction difficulty must be quite large. But hard-working Chaozhou people did not give up, but constantly explore, constantly try, after all the painstaking, and finally formed "18 shuttle boat twenty-four continents" when the bridge was completed, I did not expect to become a Chinese and even the world a pioneering work in the history of China's bridges to leave an unparalleled one. It is said that in the spring of 2019, it received an average of 70,000 visitors per day, and nearly 10,000 people flocked to it every hour. Why is a bridge so attractive? Go together to find out.

Guangji Bridge (commonly known as Xiangzi Bridge), located outside the east gate of the ancient city of Chaozhou, spans the Han River, linking the east and west coasts, and was a major transportation hub for Fujian and Guangdong in ancient times. With the unique style of beam bridge, pontoon bridge and arch bridge, it is one of the four ancient bridges in China, together with Zhaozhou Bridge, Luoyang Bridge and Lugou Bridge. Ancient people said, "If you don't go to the bridge, you have not traveled to Chaozhou in vain".

Guangji Bridge was built in the South Song Qian Dao seven years (AD 1171), to the Ming Jiajing nine years (AD 1530) to form "eighteen shuttle boat twenty-four continents," the pattern. In 2003, Guangji Bridge was fully repaired and completed in 2007.

The earliest thought of building bridges on the river to help people's livelihood is the Chaozhou governor Zeng Wang. Song Qian Dao seven years, Zeng Wang in the vast Han River in the middle, the state city of the east gate, the construction of a huge boat for the pontoon bridge, since then opened the prelude to the construction of the Guangji Bridge. More than eight hundred years ago, in the deep and fast-flowing water, six hundred meters of the river Han River to build bridges, which is a how magnificent feat.

From the beginning of Zeng Wang, the ancestors of Chaozhou, under the leadership of successive Chaozhou governor, tireless, more than bridge-building. To Song Kaixi two years, where one hundred and thirty-five years, Guangji Bridge East and West Bridge twenty-three piers, was completed. And the mid-stream turbulence is particularly rapid, no way to build piers, had to still be linked to the shuttle boat. Thus, an unprecedented, unparalleled set of beam bridge, arch bridge, pontoon bridge as one of the bridge, the dragon lying across the rainbow, appeared in the eight hundred miles of the Han River. Another one hundred and twenty-nine years later, Ming Xuande ten years, Chaozhou governor Wang Yuan, once again presided over the unprecedented scale of the repeated stone repair, and in the Liangqiao above, built one hundred and twenty-six pavilions. Because of the convenience of transportation, trade, from now on, Guangji Bridge has become a bustling bridge market.

Every castle has a beautiful legend, Xiangzi Bridge is no exception, there is also a magical legend, Han Yu's nephew Han Xiangzi and the monk Guangji fight to see who will build the bridge first. The monk Guangji and Han Xiangzi went to Phoenix Mountain in Chaozhou to quarry stones, and in order to hide their magic spells from the people, they turned the stones into black pigs and black sheep. They drove them to the river to build a bridge. However, just as the last batch of stones were ready to be transported to the river, they were recognized by a pregnant woman, who, it is said, laughed out loud at how the stones walked on their own. As soon as the words left her mouth, the black pig that was walking immediately showed its original form and turned back into a stone. Monk Guangji side of the stone turned into a black sheep was also occupied by the landlord. Each half of the bridge had to stop. At this time, the beautiful and kind-hearted lotus fairy godmother with her hands of lotus petals into the river, into eighteen ships. This is just a beautiful legend.

But in fact, the middle of the pontoon bridge was built for a reason, the Han River is wide, the current is swift and deep, often the bridge washed out. Built in the middle of the pontoon bridge can not only change the fate of being washed away. It can also be moved to allow ships to pass, which is the real reason for the pontoon bridge.

The bridge is very special, like a city on the water, a pavilion, each with a couplet, a plaque, the guide said all calligraphy master's handwriting. Everywhere show the cultural heritage of the people of Chaozhou. Here is also circulating a very catchy song "twenty-eight shuttle boat, twenty-four states, two pith bull a slip", standing on the bridge to see the Han River, the guide told us those stories about the bridge and the river, I think I saw more than 800 years ago, the wisdom of the Chaozhou people are risking their lives in the construction of this bridge. It is also as if I saw the monk Han Xiangzi Guangji is fighting.

Xiangzi Bridge is so beautiful, so beautiful, so spectacular, so storytelling, so haunting!

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