The legend of Qiancheng Bridge Today, when people pass through Tangkou Village in Pingnan, they can see a majestic, simple and dignified wooden bridge from a distance, like a rainbow lying on the waves, majestically spanning the confluence of Tangxi and Baixi.

But who would have thought that this Cuo Bridge had been built three times and destroyed three times due to the raging floods. Legend has it that the Cuo Bridge was destroyed after it was built, and the destruction was caused by the competition between the two rivers. During this period, I don’t know how many people died in the belly of the fish.

People walk around the cliff and go back and forth with difficulty, looking at the river and sighing.

Tangkou is located in the center of Pingnan. This bridge is an important traffic route from south to north. It is impossible to live without a bridge.

People were thinking hard, how could they make the Cuo Bridge permanent? Zhou Daquan in the Qing Dynasty was a man of great charity and had trouble sleeping and eating over the construction of the bridge.

One night, Zhou Daquan dreamed of a golden rooster descending to earth and standing on the river, with its outstretched wings just on both sides. In the hazy moment, he saw a Bodhisattva standing on the chicken's back, directing the water to both sides.

When he woke up and saw the morning light, Zhou Daquan suddenly realized what he was dreaming about and thought it was a divine instruction. He immediately stepped forward to raise funds to rebuild the Cuoqiao Bridge and hired skilled craftsmen from all over the world. Based on the memory in his dream, he designed the entire bridge in the image of a rooster.

, the central stone pier is built into a triangular chicken head shape, with two wings on the left and right sides of the bridge deck, symbolizing the rooster flapping its wings and raising its head to report.

At the beginning of the construction of the bridge, people enthusiastically contributed work and materials. It can be said that a hundred responses were received, and support from all directions was received. It was completed in just one autumn and winter.

The bridge is 70 meters long and 6 meters wide. The main bridge is made of 260 fir wood frames. It does not use iron nails. It only relies on rafters on rafters and trusses on trusses, intersecting and interdependent.

The bottom of the bridge is arched and the deck is flat.

The bridge deck is neat and well-proportioned, with hundreds of railings erected on both sides. The roof of the bridge has tiled eaves and scalloped caps with angled hooks. The shape is similar to the buildings in the ancient famous painting "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". It is indeed a work of ingenuity and ingenuity.

Legend has it that on the day when Cuoqiao was completed, Zhou Daquan and other leaders prepared special blessing gifts to express their gratitude to the gods in memory of the Bodhisattva.

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At midnight, Zhou Daquan and others who were waiting for the salary incense could faintly hear the noise of the stream, which sounded like the sound of chicken wings flapping in the water. The chicken horn stone made a loud and clear rooster crow. At that time, the whole village roosters crowed in unison, and hundreds of men, women, old and young "heard the roosters and danced".

Beating gongs and drums, setting off firecrackers, people flocked to the bridge.

All the people knelt down and worshiped the bridge, burned incense and chanted sutras, praying to heaven to protect the Cuoqiao bridge forever.

Afterwards, Zhou Daquan shaped himself in the middle of the bridge based on the image of the Bodhisattva in his dream, facing the tide, which is now known as King Xianling Emperor Bodhisattva, and offered incense to commemorate it for thousands of years.

Zhou Daquan wrote a bridge chronicle tablet, erected the bridge head, and recorded it in the county annals.

For good luck, people renamed Cuoqiao Qiancheng Bridge.

The Legend of the Yasha Bridge Two miles north of Shengze Town, there is a Jufu Bridge built of bluestone and less than three steps wide.

On April 13th during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty (1860), the loyal king Li Xiucheng led the Taiping Army to capture Suzhou City.

On April 25, Wujiang County was captured.

In order to open the passage between Suzhou and Xiuzhou (today's Jiaxing City), the Taiping Army's advance team took advantage of the victory and marched southward, with overwhelming momentum.

One day, there was a rumor in Shengze Town that the Taiping Army had passed Pingwang. The Qing soldiers and wealthy men in the town were frightened and fled.

When we arrived at Jufu Bridge, there were many people and the bridge was narrow and overcrowded, which immediately blocked the bridge.

At this moment, someone at the funeral shouted: "Here comes the coffin! Here comes the coffin!" This means that the coffin is coming, please give way.

The Qing soldiers and the rich man who were escaping were in a panic and did not make any distinction. Listening to the constant shouts of "Come here!" behind them, they mistakenly thought that the Taiping troops were here (all of them were here), so they crossed the bridge.

Terrified, he squeezed (meaning to squeeze) desperately.

Suddenly, there was a chaos, trampling each other, some were trampled to death, some fell into the water and drowned, countless people.

From then on, Jufu Bridge was renamed Yasha Bridge.

The legend of Zhaozhou Bridge: Zhaozhou in ancient times is now Zhao County in Hebei Province.

There are two stone bridges in Zhaozhou, one in the south of the city and one in the west of the city.

The big stone bridge in the south of the city looks like a rainbow holding a dragon. It is magnificent and majestic over the river.

According to folklore, this big stone bridge was built by Lu Ban; the small stone bridge in the west of the city looks like a white stripe floating on the water. Legend has it that this small stone bridge was built by Lu Ban's sister Lu Jiang.

These two bridges are well repaired!

"Little Cowherd" was performed on the stage, and there were also lyrics like this: "Grandpa Lu Ban built the stone bridge in Zhaozhou, the jade railings were left by the saint, Zhang Guolao rode a donkey on the bridge, and Lord Chai's cart rolled over a ditch." It is sung here.

The legend of Lu Ban repairing the Zhaozhou Bridge.

According to legend, Lu Ban and his sister traveled around the world and when they came to Zhaozhou, they were blocked by a vast white Mihe River.

On the riverside, people pushing carts, carrying burdens, selling onions and garlic, riding horses to take exams, and pulling donkeys to meet, were noisy, vying to cross the river into the city.

There were only two small boats swinging back and forth in the river, and they couldn't pass a few people in half a day.

Lu Ban saw it and asked, "Why don't you build a bridge across the river?" People said, "You dare to build it. Even if you hold up a lantern, you can't find such skilled craftsmen!" Lu Ban was moved after hearing this, and he and his sister saw the river again.

The water is wide, the water is deep, and the waves are strong. My sister Lu Jiang agreed to build two bridges for pedestrians.

Lu Ban said to his sister: "Let's build the big stone bridge first and then the small stone bridge!" Lu Jiang said: "Okay!" Lu Ban said; "Building bridges is hard work, don't be afraid of hardship!" Lu Jiang said: "Don't be afraid.

!" Lu Ban said, "Just don't be afraid. You are stupid and clumsy. If you are afraid of hardship, you will be in trouble." This sentence made Lu Jiang unhappy.

She said unconvinced: "Don't blame me for being clumsy. Now, let's practice separately. You can practice the big ones, and I can do the small ones. Let's compete with you to see who can practice faster and better.