Chaozhou Xiangzi Bridge, also known as Guangji Bridge, is a masterpiece of ancient bridge architecture. Located outside the East Gate of Chaozhou Ancient City, Guangdong Province, it was founded in the Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 800 years.

The unique structure of Xiangzi Bridge integrates the forms of beam bridge, arch bridge and pontoon bridge, which embodies the wisdom and art of ancient working people.

It is the first open-close bridge in China and the first open-close bridge in the world. It is different from Zhao Zhouqiao in Hebei with its unique style of "eighteen shuttles and twenty-four continents". Luoyang Bridge in Quanzhou and Lugou Bridge in Beijing (also called Lugou Bridge) are also called? Four ancient bridges in China. It is a famous cultural relics tourist resort in Chaoshan area and a national key cultural relics protection unit.

The legend of the extended information alley bridge;

It is said that Han Yu often goes to Dongshanmen (now Bijia Mountain) to play after low tide. But deeply feeling the pain of crossing the river, he asked his nephew Han Xiangzi and monk Guangji to build a bridge together.

Han Xiangzi built a bridge in the east and invited the Eight Immortals to help. Han Xiangzi personally went to Phoenix Mountain to get the stone and turned it into a black pig. He came all the way, but as soon as the last group of pigs arrived in Fengnan, they were caught by a pregnant woman and screamed, How can stones walk? In a word, the cat was leaked, and the stone couldn't catch up any more, so the last piers in the east where Han Xiangzi was in charge were not repaired.

Monk Guangji built a bridge in the southwest, and asked eighteen arhats for help. He personally went to Pu Sang Mountain to pick up stones, turned them into flocks of black sheep, and came all the way. But when the last batch of black sheep were halfway, they met a local bully landlord and deliberately wanted to take these sheep away. They said, "Monk, where did you get the sheep?" ! Apparently it's my family. "

Tired of being entangled, monk Guangji said, "Since it is your sheep, go to your field quickly!" " ! "The landlord drove the sheep to his field together, but it turned into Wushishan, crushing the landlord's fertile land. According to legend, this is the origin of Wuyang Mountain.

Therefore, the last batch of black pigs and sheep did not arrive in time, and the middle section of the bridge could not be repaired. What are we doing? It's almost dawn again. Among the Eight Immortals, He Xiangu will throw the lotus petals in his hand into the middle of the river and become an eighteen-shuttle boat; When monk Guangji saw it, he immediately threw down his mord, turned it into a big vine, tied it to 18 big ships, and became a pontoon bridge.

In this way, people call this bridge "Xiangzi Bridge" and "Guangji Bridge" to commemorate the achievements of the bridge built by the gods and the Buddha.

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