Tongji Bridge

Across the Yaojiang River in Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province, the Tongji Bridge connecting Yuyao's north and south cities is majestic. Tongji Bridge is also known as Shunjiang bridge. Because it is the longest and highest bridge on Yaojiang River, it is called "the first bridge in East Zhejiang". According to Yuyao county annals, the bridge was built in the Qingli period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1041-1048). It was originally a wooden bridge, originally named Dehui bridge, with a wooden structure. Later, it was renamed Hongqiao, which was built and destroyed repeatedly. In 1332, it was rebuilt into a stone three hole bridge, named Tongji Bridge. Tongji Bridge is 90 meters long, tall and majestic. There is a stone tablet beside the bridge, on which the eight words "the ship has passed, but the sails don't understand" are enough to prove. In the Northern Song Dynasty, when Wang Anshi was the magistrate of Yin County, when he traveled here, he couldn't help but praise: "the mountains are like green waves, crossing the river, and the water is like the blue sky shining on the moon. Call the immortal to live here. Don't teach him to work hard. " The existing bridge was rebuilt in 1729-1731 A.D. from the seventh to the ninth year of Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty, with 2100 wooden Toons, about 40000 man-made, and a total length of about 90 meters, with a total of 106 levels. Folk legend: in front of Shunjiang tower in Yuyao, there is a three hole stone bridge with steep arch, which is called Tongji Bridge, commonly known as Jiangqiao bridge. It has ancient shape and magnificent momentum. It does not need to pull off the sails when passing through the sea, so it is known as "the first bridge in eastern Zhejiang". In order to keep the bridge, there is a beautiful story among the people. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a prime minister named Xie Qian who was the fourth member of Yuyao. He was upright and upright, and loved the people like a son. Yuyao people respected him as Xie Ge Lao. During the reign of Jiajing, he returned home. At that time, there was a minister of punishment named Zhao Wenhua, who was from Cixi. He was treacherous and used to frame Zhongliang. He was jealous of Yuyao's "Eighteen scholars" and regarded Xie Qian as an eyesore. When Yuyao people saw Zhao Wenhua's boat crossing the river bridge, they would also sneer at him: "Cixi people, officials and officials (Dutuo) all want to cross Yuyao people." Zhao Wenhua was very angry and wanted to tear down the river bridge. Once, he wrote a memorial to the Emperor: "Yuyao has dragon mountain, Fengshan mountain, Sheshan mountain, Guishan mountain, which is known as Siling. There are golden lock bridge, silver lock bridge, Zijin bridge, copper lake, jade well, embroidered river pond and post mountain cannon. The scenery is very good and it is a place for talents." The emperor replied with a smile: "when Xie Qing was in the court, Lian had heard that Lian wanted to visit Yuyao in person, but Xie Qing advised that he was sorry for the post shanpao!" Zhao Wenhua immediately said: "there is a conspiracy behind this persuasion. Long live, the emperor's capital has only three floors of LILUO City, wailuo city and Zijin City, while Yuyao has three floors of Jiangnan City, Jiangbei City and Huangshan City, as well as a river bridge. The rainbow is lying across the river, and the three cities are in the same position, forming a big" character ". Feng Shui is so good that it's the emperor. Xie Qian has the heart to plan for the emperor! If the emperor comes to Yuyao in person, will it not come to light? " The emperor was furious: "this is serious. How about Yiqing?" Zhao Wenhua replied: "demolish the river bridge and break its Fengshui." Emperor Zhuozhou, Zhao Wenhua great joy, led the order out of Beijing to Yuyao supervision of the demolition of the river bridge. At this time, old Xie Ge was in his hometown, and he was worried when he learned that the imperial edict of demolishing the river bridge had been issued. In order to protect the river bridge, he came to the reception temple in the western suburb of Yuyao. Together with the abbot of the temple, he consulted with the experienced boatman and worked out a plan. He crossed from xishisan to Sanjiangkou, and set up a "Heaven concealing account" in Jiangxi, which is five li long. Zhao Wenhua sent people to Yuyao to measure the width of the river bridge cave. He asked the craftsmen to widen the palace boat to three points wider than the width of the bridge cave. In this way, when the boat arrived at the river bridge, it was bound to be blocked. He could take out the imperial edict on the spot to supervise the demolition of the bridge. One day, the official ship sailed south on the Grand Canal. The apricot yellow flag of "imperial doctor Zhao" fluttered in the wind, and the golden gongs and leather drums were not powerful all the way. The ship passed Hangzhou, arrived in Shaoxing in a few days, passed tongmingba, and was about to approach Yuyao. Before dawn, Xie Ge went out of the city by express boat for ten miles to wait. As soon as Zhao Wenhua's official boat arrived, Xie Ge went on board to visit and sat down in the middle cabin. Old Xie Ge said that the housekeeper entertained the boatman from afar, replaced him with the local boss and continued to sail. At this time, gongs, drums and firecrackers on both sides of the two rivers roared together. Yuyao county magistrate took his subordinates to the west 13th ferry to meet the imperial edict. Zhao Wenhua, as if nothing had happened, Gu Zi and Xie Ge were playing chess under the lamp. As soon as the official ship passed the Western thirteen ferry, it entered the "hiding the sky account", and old Xie Ge knew it well. At this time, Zhao Wenhua was in the mood of playing chess and drinking wine. He went to Mount Tai to wait for the official ship to collide with the bridge. Old Xie Ge raised his gun behind his horse and hit the old commander of Mr. Zhao. Mr. Zhao kept his eyes on him and raised a piece of his right hand just as he wanted to fight back. Suddenly, on one side of the wine glass, "champion Red" poured out his wine glass and entered the chessboard. Old Xie Ge was glad that the boat had passed the river bridge, but Zhao Wenhua was in the dark. In less than half a bag of cigarettes, Zhao Wenhua was about to settle down. The cabin suddenly opened up. He was in a hurry. He called the flag: "where have you been?" The boatman answered for the flag: "master, the ship has arrived at Sanjiangkou!" Zhao Wenhua knew that the ship had passed the Three Mile Road of Jiangqiao. He ordered in a hurry: hurry! Stop the ship quickly and pull in. One official ship is approaching Yuemiao port. Yuyao county magistrate and officials and squires have already arrived here to wait. Zhao Wenhua went up to the dock, took out the imperial edict and read out: "with the edict, the Yuyao River Bridge will be demolished." After reading, the county magistrate took the order, but the county magistrate knelt down and refused to take it. Zhao Wenhua harshly rebuked: "little magistrate, who should be guilty of refusing to take the order?" According to Xie GE's instructions, the county magistrate replied, "Mr. Zhao, the imperial edict says" to demolish the river bridge ". It's not written that the county should demolish the river bridge according to the imperial edict of turning back." At this time, Xie Qian said: "Mr. Zhao, why don't you read the imperial edict when you get under the bridge? Is it not the crime of deceiving the king that the imperial edict turns back? " Zhao Wenhua was speechless. Old Xie Ge pretended to be successful again. The county magistrate refused to demolish the river bridge and asked Mr. Zhao to return to the court. He had to pretend to the emperor that he had demolished the river bridge. It turned out that the official ship could not distinguish between night and day, and could not see the river bridge clearly. When the ship arrived at the bridge cave, the old general tilted slightly to the north, making the official ship just pass the bridge cave. In this way, the first bridge in eastern Zhejiang is still towering over Yaojiang River for the benefit of future generations.

Tongji Bridge

Spanning the Luoshui River and connecting the Jinyu street in the north, it was built in the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt three times in the 38th year of Jiajing (1559), the 2nd year of Longqing (1568) and the 9th year of Wanli (1581). In the sixth year of Tianqi (1626), Li Shiwen, the Secretary of the Ministry of household affairs, once again initiated the fund-raising and reconstruction, and named it "Tongji Bridge", which means "there will be relief after the bridge is opened". Later generations carved couplets on the stone pillars beside the bridge: "the march through seven fort, the Yi guests seek spring, and they can drink horses at the ferry; the exchange of Jiwan people, the curved bridge crosses the water, which is called the rainbow at the end of the village", and the Nanji Guanyin temple and the transportation agency are built. In the early years of the Republic of China, the river course near Tongji Bridge was silted up, and there was very little traffic. After the liberation, Foshan road was expanded many times, the river under Tongji Bridge was changed into underground ditch, and the bridge deck was changed into main road. There was no sign of "bridge" in this area.

Tongji Bridge

Tongji Bridge has a long history in Foshan. It is the first large wooden bridge built in Foshan. According to the research of experts, it was a wooden footbridge built by the villagers in the early stage.

It's a pity that the Tongji Bridge in the past has been hard to find with the change of time, which makes the practice of "Tongji" in vain every year. In order to protect historical and cultural heritage and promote traditional culture, Foshan municipal government spent 17 million yuan to restore Tongji Bridge on January 18, 2001. The restored Tongji Bridge has beautiful architecture and profound cultural heritage.

Tongji Bridge is 32 meters long and 9.9 meters wide. The Baogu stones at both ends of the bridge set off the windmill with auspicious clouds and bats, reflecting the symbol of Tongji Bridge folk custom - windmill. Carved on the bridge is the artifact of the eight immortals who are said to hold when they cross the sea, implying that the citizens pray for disaster relief and peace when they cross the bridge. In the upper part of the bridge column, an elephant's head is used to "arch" out a fruit basket, in which there are pumpkins and peaches, meaning "elephant embracing peace". The ancient Tongji Bridge has 9 STONE levels at the head of the bridge and 13 at the end of the bridge, reflecting the idea of "nine out and thirteen back". Now it is also reflected in the new bridge: replacing steps with anti-skid strips, placing 9 at the north end of the bridge and 13 at the south end of the bridge. It not only improves the safety factor of bridge crossing people, but also reflects the idea of bridge crossing enterprise happiness. The water area under the Tongji Bridge is 2000 square meters, and there are hydrophilic steps, Zhiyu Pavilion and Yueyu Pavilion, which are based on the ancient poem "fish are happy, people are happy, spring is clear, heart is clear".

On the archway of Tongji Bridge, there is a wooden tablet of "Tongji" hanging high

The left wing League is "a bridge for thousands of people to come and go, a rainbow at the end of the village."

The right couplet is "the parade through seven fortresses", where the free travelers can find the spring and drink horses at the ferry

The couplet summarizes the style and features of the original Tongji Bridge, but the reconstructed Tongji Bridge is far inferior to the original bridge. There is no boat like weaving, no setting sun reflecting the bridge like rainbow. Most importantly, it is just a scenic spot to commemorate the original bridge, without the sincere and cordial feelings of the original bridge. However, the wind of "xingtongji" is flourishing.

Tongji Bridge Square is a 7300 square meter park with Tongji Bridge, gate building and North-South square as the main axis, water under the bridge and surrounding greening. The main body of the gate building is made of green brick with arched openings on both sides. Shiwan doll design is used on the ridge of the gate to show the charm of Foshan fine arts ceramics. The picture depicts the prosperity of the ancient Tongji Bridge, including God of wealth, lion dance, and selling windmills. There is a dragon and a phoenix on both sides of the figure, implying that the dragon and the Phoenix are auspicious. Under the gate tower doll house, there is a gray carving of "bats step on double money", which means wealth with "blessing" and "money".

Xi Xing Yi Jing, ancient bridge broken track, but the wind of "line Tongji" long prosperous

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