The longest wooden arch bridge in China was burned last night, and three asked the "gallery bridge"

At 21:00 on August 6, the longest existing ancient wooden arch bridge Wan'an Bridge in China was destroyed. The fire report issued by the Propaganda Department of the Pingnan County Party Committee of Fujian stated at 23:00 on August 6, saying, "At present, the fire on the scene has all been extinguished and no casualties. The cause of the fire is being investigated."

Ask why Wanan Bridge burned the fire?

Wan'an Bridge is located in Changqiao Village, Changqiao Township, Pingnan County, Fujian Province. The bridge is 98.2 meters long and 4.7 meters wide. The boat -shaped pier is span. The shortest arches are 10.6 meters and the longest arches span of 15.2 meters. The bridge house 38 open rooms, 156 columns, wearing bucket -style wooden frames, double slopes, wooden stools on both sides.

According to "Yutian Zhihuo", the bridge was built in the Song Dynasty. It has a history of 917. In the forty -seven years of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, it was burned, and the seventh year of Qianlong (1742) was rebuilt. On May 25, 2006, it was announced as one of the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

The wooden arcade bridge is the category with the highest technical content in the traditional wooden architecture bridge of my country. The famous bridge expert Tang Huancheng said in the "History of Chinese Science and Technology · Bridge Volume": The gallery bridge "only in the history of the world bridge." In 2008, the "Wooden Arch Bridge Traditional Creation Skills" was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. One year later, this creation technology was included in the "Intangible Cultural Heritage List that urgently need to protect" by UNESCO Essence

According to "Pingnan County Chronicle", there are more than 50 wooden arcade bridges in Pingnan. After the burning of Wan'an Bridge, 12 existing wooden arch bridges were built in the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. It is one of the counties with a large number of wooden arcade bridges in China. According to a number of photography enthusiasts who have been paying attention to the bridge for a long time, there are no incense Buddhas on the Wan'an Bridge, and there are few tourists at night. So, where does the fire come from?

The longest ancient wooden arch bridge Wan'an Bridge overlooking the picture before the Wan'an Bridge. Mu Mu

Second, is the ancient gallery bridge cultural relic heritage effectively protected?

Pingnan takes various measures to protect the ancient gallery bridge. It is worth mentioning that on July 27, 2021, Pingnan County People's Court, Pingnan County People's Procuratorate, Pingnan County Culture and Tourism Bureau, Pingnan Branch Pingnan Branch, Changqiao Town People's Government, Tangkou Town The People's Government, Shoushan Township People's Government and other departments signed a contract with the Langqiao Cultural Heritage Protection Judicial Cooperation, and signed a contract for the Cultural Heritage Cultural Heritage Insurance of the Pingnan County Langqiao Cultural Heritage.

The first batch of judicial collaboration cultural heritage protection insured is the most historic and cultural value of the county, the most historic and cultural value of Baixiang Bridge, Qiancheng Bridge, and Wan'an Bridge. This is also the first "judicial+insurance" protection ancient corridor bridge model in Fujian Province.

According to the "Pingnan Court" official public account, Pingnan County Ancient Corridor Bridge Cultural Relics Insurance Protection Agreement, during the insurance period, caused damage to the bridge due to fire, explosion, lightning, heavy rain, floods, etc. The cost of the cost or the reconstruction of the original site shall be compensated by the financial insurance company in accordance with the contract. The insured amount of each bridge is 1 million yuan (RMB), and the validity period is one year. Now that the one -year period is over, the Wan'an Bridge has a sudden fire, and the reason for the fire is unknown. The fire -fighting video circulating on social media shows that there is no fire protection pipe or fire extinguisher on the Wan'an Bridge. The people use buckets to save fire.

Wanan Bridge was taken in 2019. Laulin Photo

As of 0:36 on the 7th, Pingnan County officially released the "Fire Report on Wan'an Bridge of Pingnan County Mayor Bridge Town Wan'an Bridge" through the public account "Panorama Pingnan": Nanxian will evaluate the fire situation and do the follow -up work and other follow -up work. "

We still have to ask if the ancient gallery bridge cultural relics heritage insurance is renewed in time? Is the ancient gallery bridge Wenbao legacy effectively protected?

How can I not let the gallery bridge become a dream?

The beauty of the ancient gallery bridge lies in the technique of connecting the connection without riveting and tenon, lies in the scenery of the Changhong lying waves between the high ruling, and the local people's faith in the folk customs of the corridor bridge. The wooden arcade bridge is mostly distributed at the junction of Zhejiang and Fujian. In the counties and cities of the northern Fujian District of Zhejiang, there are also more than 100 wooden arch bridges since the Song Dynasty. For many.

In Pingnan County, Fujian alone, locals described these "secret bridges": there are the longest existing Wan'an Bridge in the country; there are ten brocade bridges with only 10 meters span; There are two holes and two holes, as well as a single -hole span of 35 meters. It is known as the Bailiang Bridge, which is known as the "Jiangnan First Insurance Bridge"; The Longjing Bridge with a model "is also designed as a rooster -shaped Qiancheng Bridge ...

"Chinese Wooden Arch Bridge Traditional Creation Technology" was selected into the United Nations "Intangible Cultural Heritage List that urgently need to protect". Performance report.

Wan'an Bridge. Xiaofei Knife Photo

In recent years, the provinces, municipalities, and counties where the project is located has issued special funds for the practice activities of inheritors at all levels to encourage the public to participate in bridge -making activities. It is understood that in the past 4 years, Zhejiang and Fujian have been donated through fundraising and built 32 wooden arcade bridges. The inheritor team has also expanded, from 33 to 52.

However, in recent years, the protection of the wooden arch bridge is worrying. First, it is still difficult to imitate natural disasters and threats of fire. In 2016, three ancient gallery bridges in Taishun County, Zhejiang were damaged in typhoon attacks. Except for being destroyed by the flood, Yuqing Bridge and Jian'ou Yueqiao of Wuyi Mountain in northern Fujian were destroyed by the fire.

The second is that the community practice is booming but the participation of young people is limited. How to achieve intergenerational inheritance is still a problem. A young architectural college student in Shouning County admitted to the reporter that he built a gallery bridge in the mountains and "loneliness and enemy."

Wan'an Bridge, taken in April 2018. Miao Fussen Photo

At present, Shouning County, Pingnan County, Zhouning County, Zhenghe County, Zhejiang Province, Taishun County, Qingyuan County, and Jingning County, Zhejiang Province. 22 "Fujian -Zhejiang Wood Arcade Bridge" in the seven counties of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces were included in the "Chinese World Cultural Heritage Preparation List" by the State Administration of Cultural Relics in 2012.

Since the establishment of the Organizing Committee of Zhejiang and Fujianqi County in 2019, it has revised and improved the "Constitution of the Protection of the Wood and Zhejiang Corridor Bridge in China", including the rescue of the endangered wood arcade bridge, and the establishment of county -cities and cities. The mechanism, the application agency of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, etc. Qixian regularly held a joint meeting of county and city, studying the development of wooden arcade bridges, initiating the application of the Wooden Arcade Bridge World Cultural Heritage Procedures, and jointly preparing for the application plan of the legacy, formulating the protection plan for the Zhejiang Fujian wood arcade bridge.

Several civilian people told reporters that the protection of the ancient gallery bridge is imminent. "'Protection, inheritance, and use' have always been the three keywords of cultural relics research, and the protection work is ranked first. This is also the case in studying the wooden arcade bridge." A cultural security official said.

Wan'an Bridge, taken in April 2018. Miao Fussen Photo

Liu Yan, an architectural historian of the book "Editing Wooden Arch Bridge", put forward a more sharp point of view. Liu Yan accepted an exclusive interview with Chinanews.com that in fact, Wanan Bridge was still an extension bridge during the Republic of China. When it was recovered in 1932, it was changed to a wooden arch bridge. It witnessed the upsurge of the wooden arch bridge between the Republic of China in the late Qing Dynasty. "In this kind of boom, many small -sized scale bridges with‘ do n’t need to edit the wood arch structure ’were built with wooden arch, which is similar to the‘ heavy distinction ’of wooden arches under the non -heritage boom today.”

Liu Yan said that during the Republic of China, Wan'an Bridge was built by the grandfather of Huang Chuncai. In 1954, Wan'an Bridge was destroyed two spans, and Huang Chuncai rebuilt with his father. In 2014, Huang Chuncai built 3 cross -large wooden arch bridges in Baishuiyang. "Therefore, Wan'an Bridge is burned, and it is naturally painful from the cultural relics, but the technical inheritance cannot be recovered."

"Objectively speaking, the bridge built by the Huang family in 1932 and 1954, beautiful and harmonious, 'comfortable' ', the bridge built in 2014, but it seems stiff." Liu Yan pointed out that the technical inheritance of the same family, even the same the same familyWhy can people's technical techniques be pleasant in 1932 and 1954, and in 2014, they are unsatisfactory?"So after 2022, if the Wan'an Bridge is rebuilt again by the" traditional craftsman '? Will it be a traditional continuation or a fake antique?Where is the place? "

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