After the earthquake, the buildings and urban infrastructure in Dujiangyan suffered serious damage. On the third day after the earthquake, Dujiangyan City Construction Bureau organized Chengdu bridge experts to make an emergency assessment of the 15 municipal bridge, and found that there were serious safety hazards in the South Bridge. The bridge body is out of danger at the first time, and a hard protection channel is set and closed.
At the beginning of June, 2008, the safety appraisal result of Dujiangyan Construction Bureau for the South Bridge was: the upper part of the bridge corridor was assessed as a Class IV building, which was in a dangerous state, and it was suggested to demolish and rebuild it. After three discussions among experts on bridges and ancient buildings in the province and relevant departments, Dujiangyan Municipal Government finally decided to carry out protective demolition and reconstruction of the South Bridge.
Shi Jianhui, the person in charge of the project construction, said: "The project budget investment is 4.9 million yuan, the construction will start in June 2008, and the reconstruction task will be completed within 150 days." Shi Jianhui introduced that in the process of reconstruction, skilled craftsmen from western Sichuan were brought together. Usually, more than 65,438+000 people work on the bridge, as many as several hundred people, mainly carpenters, masons, sculptors and clay sculptors. It is necessary to examine the recruited skilled workers to see if they are really talented and knowledgeable. In the meantime, the builder also used the painter of the original Dujiangyan carpet factory. These painters have at least 20 years of experience and are all arts and crafts artists who are good at folk painting. According to the original appearance, original appearance, characteristics and original appearance technology, the bridge head is built with steel-wood structure, the bridge body is strengthened and repaired, the beams and columns are replaced, and the original components are used as much as possible, which not only retains the original flavor, but also saves the cost. "In the construction process, we pay great attention to every detail and every component, and the whole process is manual operation. The reconstructed South Bridge maintains the strong charm of ancient buildings, and the seismic design intensity reaches 8 degrees, which enhances the integrity and safety of the bridge. " Shi Jianhui said. In historical records, there are not many allegorical sayings belonging to Dujiangyan, but there is a saying: "There is no way out of the south gate in Guanxian County", which tells how inconvenient the traffic of Dujiangyan people was in the past. The South Bridge was built under such circumstances. The South Bridge is located outside the south gate of Dujiangyan City and spans Neijiang. Before the bridge was built, pedestrians were blocked by it, making it inconvenient to travel. In the fourth year of Guangxu (1878), Ding Baozhen, the governor of Sichuan, overhauled Dujiangyan. After the renovation, Ding Baozhen opened Qian Ku and looked at the granary. Money and grain have all accumulated, about twelve thousand pieces of silver. What should I do with the money? Ding Baozhen lost in thought. He may have thought about rewarding the officers and men who contributed to this transformation. He may have thought about using it to repair the slightly dilapidated official residence, but he finally chose to use 12 thousand silver to build a bridge to communicate the civilizations on both sides of Neijiang. A year later, a "Tongji Bridge" with wooden structure and cornices was built on Neijiang. Tongji Bridge is called the "South Bridge" because of its "wild teeth flying in the air, pointing directly at the south road". From then on, pedestrians from south to north have a smooth road under their feet. When crossing the bridge, they always take a deep look at the rushing river, and then gently call a person's name. 1958, Mianjiang River was flooded, and driftwood blocked bridge opening and damaged the bridge. Subsequently, the Forestry Industry Bureau was rebuilt by the Minjiang River Transportation Department, and the wooden bridge pile was changed into a concrete pier, which was officially renamed as "South Bridge". During the Cultural Revolution, the bridge was damaged and 1979 was rebuilt. After completion, it became an ancient covered bridge with reinforced concrete skeleton and wood structure today. Today's South Bridge has five holes, 54 meters long and 12 meters wide, with triple eaves and glazed tiles. The colorful sculptures, rare birds and animals, and various folk legends and dramatic figures on the double eaves at the bridge head have their own patterns and are lifelike. There are calligraphy couplets on the pillars of the bridge pavilion at both ends. On the inner walls of the left and right cloisters, there are exquisite landscape paintings, fairy tales and 34 calligraphy couplets. Stanley Zhu sill, carved beams and painted buildings, the whole bridge is an artistic corridor integrating poetry, painting and calligraphy, and the applicability and artistry of the South Bridge are perfectly unified. Nowadays, Dujiangyan's traffic extends in all directions, and the role of South Bridge as a main road has faded. Every summer, there are still many people taking a nap on the South Bridge to enjoy the cool. They are more concerned about remembering an official, who bent his straight back into a bridge for us.
After the earthquake, the south bridge, the first government bridge, was opened to the public after maintenance. The South Bridge still attracts guests from all directions with its beauty.