[Prose] Song of Longqiao, Luxian County ‖ Yuan Zheng

Song of Longqiao, Luxian

Yuan Zheng

After the Mid -Autumn Festival, the sky was high and the wind was refreshing. Some old comrades, old colleagues, and old friends originally planned to drive from Chengdu, drove 270 kilometers, and went to a ancient city in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to watch the famous Longqiao Group. It has to be postponed.

Everyone is unwilling to call each other, hoping to use mobile phone WeChat functions to carry out a self -driving tour on the Internet.

"Walked online games, it is worth leaving!" Our group of silent people at home opened the mobile phone with interest and searched the graphic information of Longqiao, Luxian County to form a virtual team. It's right. Unexpectedly, this trip that was really fantasy achieved interesting results.

Luxian Longqiao Cultural Ecological Park (screenshot of Xu Bo)

Luxian, an alias of Longcheng, belongs to Luzhou City, Sichuan Province. It was established in 135 BC. It is a national cultural relic county. It has 6 53 key cultural relics protection units in the country and has the reputation of "the hometown of Chinese dragon culture".

Luxian Dalon Bridge (screenshot of Zhang Ying)

Lochian produces longan, and the locals call the longan as longan. The Republic of China "Luxian Zhi" contains: "Guiyuan: Shu Du Fu said that there are dragon eyes, lychee sideways, and south of the soul, Longan, lychee, Zhuoti, Nanguang County, Laowei, Laodao County to Ba County, Bay County The county is the old two things. "At present, the planting area of ​​the planted longan is more than 200,000 acres, and the annual output of fresh fruits is more than 100,000 tons.

Longan of Luxian (screenshot of Qi Xiaoling)

There are endless food in Luxian, including a dish made of pork belly, glutinous rice, bean paste, etc. Although there is no longan in the ingredients of this cuisine, the people of Luxian still named them as longan sandwiches.

Luxian Longan Platcol (Screenshot of Xu Hua)

The large and small rivers in the realm of Luxian County spanned more than 140 Longqiao built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. They each show their ability to form a magnificent ancient bridge building complex, and a different historical glory is blooming on the nodes of the Shuangcheng Economic Circle in Chengdu -Chongqing.

Luxian Shun to Ziqiao (screenshot of Mingjingjing)

When I was a soldier half a century ago, a team of comrades -in -arms belonged to a group of comrades. He told us that it was said that the Huangdi unified the Central Plains used the bear as a totem. After defeating Chi You unified the Central Plains, in order to appease the tribe, Huang Di used a new totem composed of a bear head and snake body. This new totem is a dragon.

Yongji Bridge in Lu County (Shi Rong's New Screenshot)

Everyone knows very well that there are no dragons in the world. However, by observing the winding, turbulent, and flowing rivers of the ancients in our country, they imagine a kind of scales, horn, feet claws, wings, wings, can be dived, can be flexed and extended, can be able to extend, can be able to extend, can be able Xingyun rainfall, the god dragon with a horizontal wave. As a result, the image of the dragon has become the ancient and typical cultural symbol of the Chinese nation.

According to archeological data, regardless of the Yangtze River Basin, the Yellow River Basin, or other parts of the north, the dragon -shaped cultural relics of the prehistoric and the Xia and Shang Dynasty were unearthed. Not long ago, a large number of dragon -shaped utensils unearthed from Samsung Dou. Among them, on the south side of the No. 3 pit, a huge utensils look like bronze, and the neck has dragon -shaped decoration.

Sichuan Satellite TV News Network (Photo by Yuan Zheng)

Jinlongqiao, Luxian (screenshot of Wu Xiuquan)

In the north and south of the motherland, there are countless ancient stone bridges engraved with the image of a dragon. For example, Zhaozhou Bridge in Zhao County, Hebei, Fumin Bridge in Nanyang, Henan, the East Bridge of Sixi, Thai Shun in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Tianyuan Bridge in Jianshui, Yunnan, Jiulong Bridge and Guanyin Beach Bridge in Chongqing, Yangliu in Longchang, Sichuan Bridge and other. However, Longqiao in my country is the most and most spectacular in Luxian!

Yuxian Yuman Bridge (Screenshot of Peng Fang)

According to the "Zhixian Zhi", the Longqiao of Luxian was built during the Northern Song Dynasty. It was built in the Ming Dynasty Hongwu, Jiajing, Wanli, and Kangxi, Qianlong, and Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty. This unique regional cultural phenomenon lasted nearly 1,000 years, extremely rare in the country, and has high traffic value, economic value, ornamental value and cultural relics value.

Luxian Fengshui Bridge (screenshot of Li Jin)

"The dragon culture in Luxian appeared as early as the Han Dynasty!" An old friend told everyone that although the water system in Luxian was well -developed, it was impermanent. As a result, the ancients worshiped the rain in the way of dancing during the drought. Whenever there are festivals or marriage and funeral, people in Luxian have to play dragons and dragon lights. During the Guangxu period, the artists changed the "grass dragon" to "colorful dragon". In 1919, the first "Rain Temple" appeared in Luxian. In 2006, Yixian Yutan Cailong was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Luxian Yutan Caulong Performance (screenshot of Luo Yanhong)

When the rainy season arrived, the ancestors of Luxian used Longqiao to appease the flooding river. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, nearly 300 dragon bridges were built in Luxian County. After the vicissitudes of storms, there are still more than a hundred seats. These Longqiao are distributed in 18 towns and streets. For example, Big Bridge, Wanshou Bridge, Shuikou Temple Bridge, Shiya Beach Bridge, Yuku Beach Bridge, etc. are located in Fuji Town; Xianji Bridge, Jiang'an Bridge, Wuzi Bridge, Kodo Bridge, Bloody River Bridge, etc. Town; Yoshima Guan Daoqiao, Sanyuan Bridge, Demon Beach Bridge, Jinya Bridge, Longdong Bridge, etc. are located in Yunlong Town ...

Luxian Monka Takahashi (screenshot of Mingjingjing)

Through the picture of the dragon bridge photography, we found that these dragon bridges are mostly porous bridges with stone tablets, and there are no bridges on the bridge. They are different in size, more than 100 meters long, and only about 1 meter short. The bridge pier is built with a single stone barrier, and the water surface is mostly trapezoidal. The round carved dragon on the bridge pier is suitable for the size of the bridge body, which looks natural. The bridge deck is relatively low, which is 1-2 meters above the water level line. Even if a smaller flood occurs, it can still pass on the bridge. When the large flood arrives, the flood can pass by the bridge deck, which will not block the bridge hole and cause the bridge to collapse. The dragon tail on the bridge is carved on the bridge pier, the dragon head is towards the upstream, and the dragon tails faces downstream. Dragon sculpture art is bright and comfortable, rude and delicate, and exaggerated in realism. The dragon body with different shapes is magnificent and full of momentum, like loyal guards guarding the millennium ancient city. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are important historical relics of Chinese stone carvings and dragon culture inheritance and development! Luxian Spider Bridge (screenshot of Li Yongchang)

We simulated driving about 1.5 kilometers along the Longlong Highway, and came to the Jiuqu River on Datian Township, Fuxi Town, Fuji County to watch the most representative linhar bridge in Longqiao in Luxian County. The bridge was completed by the ancestors of Luxian for 30 years. It was built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1398), which has a history of more than 600 years. Since its establishment, it has been protected in the past. In the forty -three years of Qianlong (1778), Qianlong described "Qin ordered Nine Treasury Bridge to be protected by Ninety -Jiuquhe River Bridge north of Yongning Road in Yongning Road." In October 1996, the Qiant Bridge was identified as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.

Liaoxian Qiaoqiao stone monument (screenshot of Zhang Keming)

The Alanx Bridge is a rare ancient stone bridge with a large construction engineering, vivid shapes, exquisite carving craftsmanship, high artwork, and extremely intact preservation. This stone pier stone beam -style tablet stone bridge is heading south to north, with a total length of 55 meters, a height of about 2 meters, 1.9 meters wide, and a total of 15 spans on the bridge. to make. Each stone is 3.1 meters long and 0.8 meters wide. The largest bridge pier weighs about 13.6 tons, and the middle of the top pier stone is cut into concave, so that the slate is placed on it. The bridge pier is chosen at the upper end of the ingredients to reduce the impact of the flood. A total of 30 pieces of bridge slate, not less than 3.6 meters in length, 0.95 meters wide, and 0.6 meters thick. Among them, the longest bridge is 5.9 tons. Jianqiao craftsman inherited the stone carvings of Qin, Han, Tang, and Song, and carved mascots such as dragons, lions, elephants, and unicorn in the eight bridges in the middle of the bridge. Each ministry is carved and resolute, with regular craftsmanship. The detailed engraving is meticulous, the eyes, ears, nose, and eyebrows are full of rhymes, and the lumper wings are vivid. Especially the use of hollow carving technology, the whole stone chisel is carved into more than 30 kilograms of "orb" in Longkou, which can be rolled freely but cannot be taken out. The entire bridge is magnificent and majestic.

Luxian Dolong Bridge (screenshot of Jiangping)

When the water is rising, the alert bridge is particularly spectacular. Once the river water does not pass through the bridge, eight behemoths will swallow the waves and swallow the waves, and they will hit the torrent. The stone beads in Longkou continued to roll under the impact of the flood, making a gurgling noise. That scene must be amazing, and everyone talks about it.

Luxian Dalon Bridge (screenshot of Li Jinya)

Not long ago, Luxian launched the first phase of Longqiao rescue and protection project. The first phase of the rescue protects the bridge with high value of cultural relics, serious damage, and urgent need for ordinary people's lives.

Laidun Bridge in Luxian (screenshot of Qiwei)

It is reported that the first phase of rescue and protection project will be completed within this year. At present, the second phase of the project report has also been approved. In the next step, Luxian will install monitoring equipment for all Longqiao installation, build a platform for the safety monitoring and early warning platform of Luxian County, and learn about the situation of Longqiao at any time through "Sky Eye". In addition, each Longqiao will be equipped with a "bridge chief", which is responsible for the daily management and maintenance of Longqiao, so that the protection of Longqiao in Luxian County will be modern and normal.

Lu County Longqiao Collection (Song Yanping equal screenshot)

Through an online game, we not only appreciated the wisdom and aesthetic taste of the ancestors of Luxian when building a bridge, but also realized the precious quality of the hard work of the ancient Chinese children, the hard work, the aggressive, self -improvement, and the valuable quality of the mountains!

Lu County Longqiao Collection (Liao Zhigang and other screenshots)

After the big eyes, we hummed in unison: "There is a dragon in the distant Oriental, and its name is the Yangtze River" "There is a river in the distant Oriental, and its name is the Yellow River." The name is China "" There is a group of people in the ancient East, they are all the heirs of the dragon ... "

Write on September 11, 2022

Source: Sichuan Provincial Local House Work Office

Text/picture: Yuan Zheng (born in Beijing in 1955, his ancestral native of Sichuan Province, now he lives in Chengdu. Before retirement, he was the deputy inspector of the Sichuan Provincial People's Procuratorate)

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