Sui people chose stone to drive Hongqiao,
World-famous for many years.
Where the fairies ride donkeys,
So far, the footprint is still clear.
(Song? She Deyuan)
It is said that that spring, 12-year-old Lu Ban started in Lu Zuo, still in his youth. He used to be in a small mountain village in Lu's hometown. When the cloud steamed, Xia Wei was trapped in the cloud for a long time. He entered Zhong Nanshan from the southeast. He studied under Xiandao and worshipped the Taoist priest in Nanshan. Five years later, he learned four skills: wood, tile, stone and iron. When he returned to his hometown, he began to work hard to open mountains and forests, and finally became a road, which made a career with what he learned and helped the broad masses of the people. Kung Fu became more and more profound. In his later years, he made many great achievements and amazing productions, and everyone called him a "craftsman".
According to legend, one day, after completing the construction of the Hanging Temple and Wutaishan Temple, Lu Ban passed the Zhaozhou border on his way home from the State of Jin, and saw the choppy Wen River five miles south of the city, making the traffic very inconvenient. So this magnificent Zhaozhou stone bridge was built overnight, extremely tall and strong. It can be said that "the stars are bright and clear, and they pour into rivers and seas." Yan Xiaoxiao). "Here, a bridge across the river connects the north and south traffic. Business travel on the bridge, Ma Rulong driving, boat racing under the bridge, Zhaozhou City became a prosperous treasure, and the people were able to live and work in peace and contentment, all of which praised Lu Ban's contribution.
Guests from afar, or someone asks: Have you seen Zhao Zhouqiao? Do you know how big it is?
Have you ever seen a rainbow in the sky?
So, I proudly told him: Zhao Zhouqiao is like a beautiful rainbow falling from the sky, and Zhao Zhouqiao is as high as the rainbow!
At the same time, the Eight Immortals who traveled around the world flew to the sky to attend the annual Flat Peach Festival held by the Queen Mother. When they learned of Lu Ban's feat of building Zhao Zhouqiao, they not only shocked all the immortals, but even the Jade Emperor did not believe that there would be such a skillful craftsman in the world, so they immediately issued a decree and sent the Eight Immortals down to visit.
After the Eight Immortals received the order, they pressed Yuntou and landed slowly next to Zhao Zhouqiao. Looking around, it's really unreal. I saw Zhao Zhouqiao like a huge black dragon, straddling the splashing waves of Wenshui. If it is flying, it feels like flying in the air, although all the immortals are surprised. They met Lu Ban hand in hand and said, "Seeing is believing; Believe it! Zhaozhou Stone Bridge is indeed a masterpiece of the world. It's wonderful, and it's the best in the world! We admire it very much. ; When I return to heaven, I will report my merits. " Say that finish, he parted the clouds and went with him. While marching, Zhang Chao waved.
"Go ahead," he said, "but I'll try that Ruban." Then he turned to Yuntou, went down to the capital of Luoyang, and made an appointment with Chai Gong.
—— In the last week of the Five Dynasties, Chai Rong and Zhou Shizong (1) came to Zhao Zhouqiao together with Zhao Kuangyin and North Song Taizu (2) to personally check the bearing strength of the bridge built by Luban. Zhang rode a donkey and put the sun and the moon in the wallet on the donkey's back. Stars; Master Chai pushed up a wheelbarrow and installed five famous mountains, namely Mount Tai in Dongyue, Mount Huashan in Xiyue, Mount Hengshan in Nanyue, Mount Hengshan in Beiyue and Mount Songshan in Zhongyue. Huang Song and Lao Zhao pulled the cart in front and went to Zhao Zhouqiao together from south to north. When approaching the top of the bridge, the bridge bearing fatal weight inevitably shakes. When Lu Ban saw it, he jumped into the river and saw him holding the bridge in one hand and gently holding it in the other. Zhao Zhouqiao immediately stabilized, motionless. Zhang was so impressed that he twisted his beard (sh6n) and felt ashamed. So I left the program, called a few auspicious clouds and led the people to fly away. So, Zhang rode backwards on a donkey to show that he would never give up. At the same time, there are traces under the heavy pressure, leaving several immortal traces on the bridge deck: there are traces on the hoof of the donkey that Zhang rode, and the deep ditch rolled by the wheel pushed and pulled by the firewood owner and Zhao Laohuang. The knee pit where the firewood owner knelt down when he slipped hard for a moment.