There is a very special ancient bridge next to Donghe Bridge-Jianchunmen pontoon bridge. The bridge is 400 meters long and 5 meters wide, and is made up of nearly 100 wooden boats. The construction method is that three wooden boats are a group, and beams are erected on the boats, and boards are laid on the beams. Groups of wooden boats are tied by cables, and the river is locked by iron anchors. This is an ancient bridge with a history of 900 years. Who built it? As we all know, it is Hong Mai, the author of Rongzhai Essays. According to "History of Song Dynasty", Hong Mai "took six years as the main road, except knowing Ganzhou, starting a learning palace and building a floating beam to protect the people's safety". One end of Jianchunmen pontoon bridge is connected with the ancient city wall, and the other end is connected with shuidong town, the birthplace of Donghe Opera. In the summer evening, some citizens enjoy the cool on the bridge, go fishing and swim in the river. Some young men and women especially like to fall in love here. The vacillating taste adds a bit of romance and mystery to a beautiful love.
In a long historical period, these two bridges were "aristocrats in the bridge". Whether old or new, its length, vastness and complicated arrangement are enviable. Other bridges are much simpler. For example, the state-owned reclamation farm in Guizhumao, Xunwu, was a very cattle state-owned enterprise in the 1970s and 1980s. The state allocated funds to lay the sand road from Xunwu County to Guizhumao Reclamation Farm, which is an exciting event. But when we visited the reclamation by car, we were surprised: there was no one in the middle of the three or four cement bridges we passed along the way, and the cement slabs on the left and right sides were just enough for two wheels to run over. The locals laughed and called it "the excrement bridge". Of course, this bridge still belongs to the "upgraded version". What impressed me the most was the "Three Banqiao" in Xunwu's hometown, which was made of three rows of wood. Strangely, it is not closely connected from head to head, but staggered side by side and zigzag. I was scared out of my wits when I stepped on it with a few hundred kilograms of rice. My friends have always praised me for my courage, as if it was also thanks to it!
There are even more dangerous bridges, in the Hanxian Cave in Huichang. A stone more than three meters long lies on the cliff, overlooking the abyss. Opposite the bridge is a miniature temple. It is said that only sincere people can pass safely. The tour guide told me an unforgettable name: lay down your life and burn incense.
You can't judge anything in Ganzhou. Just now, I talked about the simplicity of the bridge. My friend showed me two collection-level quality bridges: Zhu Shi Bridge in Dingnan and Taiping Bridge in Longnan. These two bridges were built in a mountain village hundreds of miles away from the county seat. It seems that they were built for future generations to collect. It never occurred to me that an exquisite ivory-carved ancient bridge would suddenly appear in such a remote place.
Zhushiqiao, which has a history of 100 years, is located in Zhu Shi Village, Egong Town, dingnan county. It is an exquisite covered bridge. The bridge foundation is tung oil lime slurry bonded with granite. On the bridge, a veranda of more than ten meters was built with ten red painted and gilded wooden pillars, with Guanyin Tower on the top and white octagonal longevity palace on the bottom. Pavilions and pavilions are one integrated mass, which is wonderful.
Taiping Bridge in Chetian Village, Yangcun Town, longnan county was built in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. It is a stone arch bridge with two piers, four arches and two overlapping floors. The stone bridge is 50m long, 4m wide and17m high. There is a brick pavilion upstairs, which is ventilated on all sides. There are three groups of cornices at the top of the pavilion. From a distance, it looks like Prince hot wheels and Prince Nezha, who fell on Changhong. It's magnificent.
Therefore, it can be seen that the architects in Ganzhou are not incapable of building bridges, but unwilling to make moves easily. "Only when they are not forced by each other can Wang Can keep the original works." How can things handed down from generation to generation live with stubborn and clumsy nature?
With the reform and opening up and the rapid economic development, Ganzhou people's passion for building bridges, which has accumulated for thousands of years, began to erupt. Since the 1990s, in just 20 years, there have been 18 bridges on the six banks of Sanjiang River in Ganzhou City, which is more than the total number of bridges built in more than two thousand years. The newly-built bridges are not only large in number and good in quality, but also more and more beautiful in shape. The Longfei Bridge across Longfei Island adopts a single tower cable-stayed structure. The main tower is 84 meters high, just like the "sun of the earth", full of masculinity and yang. Zhangjiang Bridge, located in the upstream, adopts a three-span flying swallow-shaped special-shaped steel pipe arch. In the middle of the whole bridge is a huge single-ribbed steel tube arch, with balanced arches on both sides. The main arch and the balance arch are connected into a whole by 365,438+0 pairs of inclined steel pipes and 8 pairs of transverse steel pipes, forming a magnificent flying swallow-shaped steel structure in the air, and combining with the reflection on the water surface, forming a vivid "source of life", such as a new lotus.
The famous architect Mao Yisheng said: The bridge is the most beautiful thing in the world. People love bridges, build bridges, communicate and extend with them, and spread their wings and fly. Driving on the bridge in Ganzhou now is really exciting. What will happen when Ganzhou, which carries Hakka culture and red memory, steps onto the fast lane of modern civilization and crosses the bridge of the times?
About the author:
Cao Zhen (also known as Cao Weimin) is currently the chairman of Ganzhou Calligraphers Association, the vice chairman of Ganzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the master tutor of fine arts in Gannan Normal University, the executive director of Jiangxi Calligraphers Association and the member of China Calligraphers Association.
Cao Zhen's calligraphy works were exhibited in the 5th China Calligraphy Newcomer Exhibition organized by China Calligraphers Association, the 2nd China Calligraphy Lanting Award Anmei Cup Calligraphy Exhibition, the "Xian Lady Award" National Calligraphy Exhibition, the 1st National Civil Servant Calligraphy Exhibition and the New Century Global China Calligraphy Exhibition. He won the 12th Stars Award of China People's Ministry of Culture, the second prize of Xihe Award of National Calligraphy and Seal Cutting Competition, the silver prize of China Scholar Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition, and the first prize of Jiangxi National Civil Servant Calligraphy Exhibition, and was rated as an advanced individual by China Calligraphers Association. Published calligraphy collection, Cao Weimin's calligraphy works, with prose collection? Listen to cicadas in the breeze? .
Editor: Hakka customs