The history of the famous chaozhou guangji bridge story

Chaozhou Guangji Bridge, each pier has a history of several hundred years from the Song Dynasty built the first pier to the formation of "eighteen pikes twenty-four continents" pattern, before and after **** continued for more than 300 years. In the case of backward productivity in ancient times, the construction of such a bridge on the river, the difficulty is beyond people's imagination, so the Chaozhou folk will circulate many "immortal Buddha bridge" legend.

It is said that after Han Yu stabbed the tide, often climbed the East Mountain Gate (i.e., today's Penjieshan) to play. But he felt the pain of crossing the river, so he asked his grandson, Han Xiangzi, to build a bridge with the monk Guangji.

Han Xiangzi built the eastern section of the bridge and asked the Eight Immortals to help. Han Xiangzi himself went to Phoenix Mountain to get the stone, the stone are turned into black pigs, all the way to drive, but the last group of pigs just rushed to the south of the Phoenix, to a pregnant woman to recognize, strange cry: how can the stone walk! A word of leakage broke the secret of heaven, the stone can no longer drive not, so Han Xiangzi responsible for the east of the last few piers did not repair up.

The monk Guangji built the southwest section of the bridge, also invited the eighteen Luohan to help. He personally went to Sangpu Mountain to open the stone, the stone into a flock of sheep, all the way to drive. But when the last group of sheep to drive halfway, encountered a local bully landlord, intent on taking these sheep, said: "You monk where the sheep ah! They are clearly mine." Monk Guangji was pestered impatiently, so he said, "Since it is your family's sheep, then drive to your field!" The landowner drove all the sheep to his own field, but they turned into a mountain of Wu Shi, crushing the landowner's good land. According to legend, this is the origin of Fuyang Wuyang Mountain.

Therefore, the last batch of black pigs, sheep did not come in time, the middle section of the bridge can not be repaired together. The first thing you need to do is to get the money to pay for it. The last of these is the one in the middle of the bridge, and it's not a good idea. Eight Immortals in the Hexian nun had to throw the hands of the lotus petals to the center of the river into eighteen shuttle boats; Guangji monk saw, immediately threw down the Zen staff, into a large vine, the eighteen big boats tied, become a pontoon bridge. In this way, people to commemorate the achievements of the immortal Buddha to build bridges, they will be called both the bridge "Xiangzi Bridge", also known as "Guangji Bridge".