Shahe Ancient Bridge Style Garden belongs to Xianyang's famous scenic spot for leisure and holiday.
A bridge that witnessed the historical scene of Ma Xiaoxiao, and the oldest wooden structure bridge found in the world, Wissing stood here several times a week, staring at the rows of dark inverted stakes with ecstasy.
this is the site of shahe ancient bridge in Xianyang, which is about 6 kilometers away from the center of Xianyang and located in the south of wangdao village, diaotai town, qindu district. The rows of neat and orderly inverted wooden stakes were once deeply buried in the fine sand with a thickness of more than ten meters, which was discovered by local people when they dug holes to get sand in 1986. Some people felt that the wood was thick, straight and hard, so they took it home to make coffin boards. Later, after the cultural relics department cleaned up and excavated, it was identified that this was a wooden bridge column more than 2,111 years ago.
these black bridge piles stand upright in the fine sand of whisked students, which is particularly eye-catching. According to the further confirmation of the Provincial Institute of Archaeology, the width of the bridge deck supported by these bridge piles should be more than 11 meters, and the length cannot be determined at present. Such a large-scale bridge is definitely not for ordinary people to pass, but must be a royal bridge carrying heavy vehicles.
This bridge, which witnessed the historical scenes of Chetuo, Ma Xiaoxiao and each man of you has a bow and a quiver at his belt, is the earliest wooden bridge in the world and occupies a very important position in the history of bridges in the world. Around the ruins of the ancient bridge in Shahe, a large number of precious cultural relics were unearthed, including bronze, iron, pottery and a very rare big copper leaf.
these discoveries of Xianyang shahe ancient bridge were listed as one of the top ten archaeological discoveries in China in that year by National Cultural Heritage Administration, which was designated as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit in 1992. Li Ruihuan, the former chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, visited here and showed great interest in the ancient and magical bridge piles, instructing relevant departments to properly protect them as soon as possible.
There are cultural relics everywhere in Xianyang Garden. How to effectively protect these cultural relics scattered in the wild? After repeated argumentation, careful design and raising funds from various sources, the Cultural Relics Bureau of Qindu District built a spacious and tall antique building on the Shahe ancient bridge in 2112, covering the whole bridge pile. At present, the Shahe Ancient Bridge Museum, with a total cost of more than 1.5 million yuan, still owes 511,111 yuan for the project, so that it cannot be opened for operation. Wissing, who is in his fifties, is a celebrity in Qindu District of Xianyang. He is famous for his quick and sensitive thinking and humorous language. All the cadres in Qindu District don't know Wissing.
Wissing's father was a veteran cadre who took part in the revolution in Yan 'an, but was later overthrown and returned to his hometown in Beidu, Qin Dou. After graduating from middle school, Wei Xing has been farming in the village because of family problems. The young man is decent and fair, and he was also elected as the production captain. After Wei Fu's grievance was rehabilitated, Wissing took over as a projectionist in Qin Dou Cinema, and in 1992, the staff of the whole hospital elected him as the manager.
After the excavation of the site of the ancient bridge in Shahe was announced, it aroused Wissing's great interest. From time to time, he ran to the side of the ancient bridge and touched the bridge piles to express some feelings. In 1996, Qindu District organized relevant departments to invest in Guangdong, and Wissing participated in the investment delegation and visited the Window of the World in Shenzhen.
He said that smart people in Shenzhen have come up with artificial landscapes to attract mainland tourists when there are not many local historical and cultural resources. It is a pity that Xianyang is located in a treasure trove of history and culture and has countless cultural relics, but it has not been effectively used. He told his peers in Qindu District that sites like Shahe Ancient Bridge should be developed in a protective way as soon as possible to attract many tourists and benefit the people of Qin Dou. After returning from the south, Wei Xing went to Shahe Ancient Bridge several times. His idea of protective development is getting stronger and stronger, so that he doesn't think about food and tea and is restless. After his repeated suggestions to the bureau leaders and district leaders, Qindu District Culture and Sports Bureau finally agreed to his development ideas, and asked him Wei Xing to lead the project and make it an economic entity of the cultural and sports system. While Wissing was actively preparing, a document came from above, demanding that all economic entities should be decoupled from government departments, and government departments should not establish new economic entities.
Seeing that this project, which is beneficial to both the country and the people, is about to fall through, Wissing looks worried. After many days of thinking, he firmly said to himself: No unit is allowed to do it, so Wissing will take the lead. So he found relatives, visited friends and tried to raise money from the people. Wissing's basic idea is to rely on historical and cultural sites, show northwest folk customs, and develop and build Shahe ancient bridge garden which integrates cultural relics, folk customs, fashion, leisure, catering and entertainment next to Shahe ancient bridge. With the economic integration of Xian and Xianyang, it will become a new tourist hotspot west of Xian and south of Xianyang. After this project passed the evaluation, in May this year, Wissing led his troops to the ancient bridge in Shahe. This Shahe River used to be a big river with water around Xi 'an. Even 21 years ago, it was flooded. Later, the water volume gradually decreased, and now it has completely dried up, and there are almost no signs of the river. The valley is overgrown with weeds, and the sand dunes are piled up and deserted. After months of hard work, it has become an open space covering an area of more than 211 mu, and various leisure and entertainment facilities have been completed one after another, so that visitors from all over the world can enjoy it.
Wissing said that not long ago, Zhang Liyong, mayor of Xianyang City, and Xu Xinrong, secretary of the Qin Dou District Party Committee, made a special trip to the construction site of Shahe Ancient Bridge, saw the new changes here, and praised Wei Xing, saying that Lao Wei had done a good job, which was not easy. The government departments should give strong support, that is, to protect and utilize cultural relics in the form of tourism development.
In the amorous feelings garden built by Wei Xing, some projects are almost lost, which belong to intangible cultural heritage that needs urgent rescue, such as ga-ga and monkey-beating, and some projects are extremely traditional and regional, such as dogs driving rabbits, cockfighting, donkey pulling water wheels, swinging, social fire and bamboo horses. Its dog-and-rabbit performance is the first in China, and the 211-square-meter cockfighting hall is the first in Shaanxi. The modern sports facilities built have a clear climbing height of 12 meters, which is equivalent to the height of a four-story building, which is the highest in the northwest. There are also women wrestling in mud pools, and their performances are extremely wonderful.
Wissing said that these strange and interesting leisure and entertainment projects will definitely attract tourists from Xi 'an and Xianyang. It was just built this year, and it was rainy in autumn. At present, there are not many tourists, but he is optimistic and confident about the future development.
On February 6th, the reporter saw in the ruins of Shahe ancient bridge that the tall and spacious bridge pile protection hall was at the eastern end of the ancient river bed, and a large area in the west was the amorous feelings garden. Wissing is wandering back and forth between the ancient bridge pavilion and the amorous feelings garden every day.
He pointed to the black stakes standing upside down in the white sand, and told reporters poetically that these lonely black stakes showed a long history, showed ancient science and technology, witnessed the cruel military and witnessed the changes of the times. These dumb black stakes hid many mysteries to be solved by present and future generations. Whether it is five years, ten years or twenty years, he is willing to be a lonely old bridge watchman, watching history and watching the future.