The history of Wanshou Bridge can be traced back to the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, Nantai River was endless, Zhong Ting Street was called Langyanzhou, and Nantai River was divided into two ports, north and south, and it had to be transited by boat.
In the eighth year of Yuan You (1093), Wang Zudao was appointed as the magistrate of Fuzhou County and decided to build two pontoons.
It is connected by 20 big ships, which are covered with wooden boards and equipped with handrails on both sides, and it is called "Hesha North Bridge" (now a small bridge); It is connected by 100 large ships, and it is called "Hesha South Bridge". There are two gates in the middle of the South Bridge for large ships to pass.
To prevent the influence of gale, rainstorm and flood, bury the stone pillars 18; In order to facilitate pedestrians to shelter from the wind and rain, a pavilion was built on the bridge.
Wang Zudao also set up a "Sizhou Hall" in the north of Zhong Ting Street, which was guarded by monks. Later, it became the barracks for guarding the bridge and protecting the army. He also built "Jichuan Pavilion" at the southern foot of Cang Qian, and an Antang in the west, all to guard the pontoon bridge.
In the second year of Chongning (1 103), another carp-like island was revived in Nangang River, which was called carp island (now Zhongzhou) by local people. The pontoon bridge was divided into three sections: Nangang, Zhonggang and Beigang.
At this time, due to the continuous expansion of the sandbar area, only the 16 ship was used for the "Hesha North Bridge" in Beigang.
Since then, Wang Zudao has purchased many fertile fields, and the annual harvest is used as maintenance fee, and it is also said that it is raised by the people.
Regular management and maintenance work is presided over by 30 Buddhist temples in Min County, Houguan County and Huai 'an County in turn.
Wang Zudao also built Tianning Temple (Jin 'an Temple) in the south of the bridge, praying for the Buddha to bless the pontoon bridge, and taking the main responsibility for the management and maintenance of the temple as the main monk.
The place name of Zhong Ting Street benefited from Wang Zudao's construction of Zhong Ting on Lengyan Island, which turned the sandbar into land, thus becoming the first street in Bamin.
Later, the peripheral road, that is, the west of Lengyan Island, and Houzhou Road, that is, the east of Zhong Ting Street, are just behind Lengyan Island. It can be seen that the generation of place names is interrelated.
Time flies, Lin 'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Li Gang, the hawkish prime minister, were demoted to Fuzhou and once lived in Tang Songfeng, Tianning Temple.
After several decades, Lu You came to Fuzhou to be Cao Jue (in charge of the criminal prison), and his book Crossing the Pontoon Bridge to Nantai should be regarded as the * * * of Wanshou Pontoon Bridge in the Southern Song Dynasty.
The first contribution to the construction of Wanshou Stone Bridge should be to help monks with the method of "Pinghai Toutuo". He used to be the person in charge of the management of the pontoon bridge in Fuzhou Buddhist Temple at the end of the Song Dynasty.
I vowed a long time ago to build a bridge to facilitate my trip.
The idea is certain, and Wu Daoke, an apprentice, was ordered to go to Beijing to fight the court, and the court approved it.
The new law helps monks to raise money extensively in Fujian province, and all provinces in Fujian carry salt, among which Elvis Presley contributes the most.
This project was built in Dade seven years of Yuan Dynasty (1303). During this period, monk Fazhu died at the age of 89, and Wu Daoke continued to preside over the construction. This stone bridge was finally completed in the second year of Zhi Zhi (1322).
This stone bridge is 389 meters long and has 36 holes. There are stone piers in the middle of the river and 29 channels for falling into the water.
On both sides of the bridge deck, stone fences are used as wings, and Buddha statues and flowers and trees are carved. There are stone pillars between the stone fences, and each stone pillar is engraved with lions of different shapes.
There are pavilions at both ends of the bridge and stone steps to go up.
The Minjiang River 700 years ago was deep and fast, and the construction difficulty can be imagined.
It is said that when building a bridge, the stones are first thrown into the water, and then reinforced after the tide recedes, and then the stakes are inserted as a general range, and then the stones are piled up to build the bridge foundation.
The pier is shaped like a crow's mouth, and the pointed pier can reduce the resistance of water and separate the water potential.
Among them, there is a wharf with an inclined bottom, which is said to have been built in Tie Guai Li, central Fujian.
Tie Guai Li is lame, and the skew of this pier is just attached to this legend.
It is said that the slate of the bridge deck is taken from the lower reaches of the Minjiang River, where there is no flow of good firewood in Min 'an Town. Miraculously took a boulder from Jin'gangtui Rock Rock opposite Min 'an Town. "King Kong Feet" used to be in pairs, but now, regret has become a beautiful legend.
After the completion of Wanshou Bridge, Ma Zuchang, who was ranked second in the dynasty at that time and was known as the four great writers of the Yuan Dynasty, was asked to write an inscription during the Yuan Dynasty, which made the value of the bridge even more precious.
Therefore, Buddhist monks are admired by Fujian people. People built the "Wanshou Toutuo Temple" at the pier's mother-in-law to worship the Buddhist monks inside. Yuan Renzong gave them the title of "Master of Hong Ji Da Hang", which is the highest sorrow and honor in Buddhism.
Fujian sage Guo Baicang recorded an ancient inspirational story in Ten Days of Bamboo.
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Dong Yingju, a native of Langqi, studied hard and made progress.
Dong Yingju's ancestors uploaded several acres of fertile land, which happened to be connected with the field of Chen Changzuo, son of Chen Rui, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Chen is a scholar and an official. He wants to buy Dong Yingju's field again and again, but Dong Yizu refused.
Chen Changzuo failed to oppress others by force and tried to frame Dong Yingju.
Chen Changzuo's son came to Fujian to supervise the school in the same year. Chen bribed him and falsely accused Dong Yingju of killing Dong Qiang and occupying his land. Everything is ready.
An official under the governor pitied Dong Yingju and whispered to Dong Yingju, "He who knows the times is a hero. Why commit suicide for a few acres of land? With your talent, the future is boundless, and you are afraid that there will be no fertile soil in the future? It is said that the Chen family paid 200 gold, which is not a robbery. Think twice before you do anything! " Dong Yingju reluctantly accepted the proposal, but his heart was extremely unhappy. He took back 200 gold, crossed the Wanshou Bridge and threw it all into the water under the bridge, vowing, "One day, this revenge will be avenged!" " Finally, he entered high school in the 26th year of Wanli (1598) and served as an official and assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry.
On Chen Jia's side, Chen Changzuo's son did many illegal things in the village. Dong Yingju received his charges and sent them to Li Lingyun, the governor of Fujian, to be arrested.
When Chen Changzuo learned about this, Ye, a college student and archivist, mediated and married his daughter to Dong Yingju's son. The two families became good friends, and the Dong family land they bought before was returned to Zhao intact. As a dowry, Chen Zizuo also expressed his innovation in washing his face, and the story ended in a happy ending.
Later generations called the investment place at Qiaotou, Dong Yingju as the "investment pool".
It is also of positive significance to erect a monument at the bridge head and carve "golden pool".
Wanshou Stone Bridge was built six times in Ming and Qing Dynasties. 1657 When Zheng Chenggong retreated from Fuzhou, he burned the stone slab of Wanshou Bridge to prevent the Qing soldiers from chasing him.
19 (1930), in order to adapt to passing vehicles, Wanshou Bridge was greatly rebuilt, and the project was contracted by Daiwa Industrial Joint Venture Company of Japan.
Completed the following year, reinforced concrete was added to the original Liang Shi, the bridge deck was widened to 9 meters, and the bridge holes were changed to 25 holes.
The stone lion removed from the bridge was moved to the wall of Wu Shan Library.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Japanese planes blew up the bridge they built, one hole was blown up for repair and the other hole was blown up, but the bridge foundation was seriously damaged, which showed the brutality of Japanese militarism.
Wanshou Bridge is ill-fated. 1955,65438+1On October 20th, American and Chiang planes bombed Fuzhou. Originally, the Wanshou Bridge was bombed, but the result was biased. The area around Taijiang and Avenue was bombed, causing heavy losses to Fuzhou people.
On August 3rd, 1967, nearly 100,000 people gathered in the "Gezaohui" under the electric clock at the bridgehead. The bridge between Xinhua Bookstore and Volkswagen Photo Studio was blocked by sandbags, roadblocks and high-voltage power grids, and gunshots were loud. For several days and nights, nearly 100,000 farmers in the old area held hoes.
At that time, the wind and the wind were jittery and the grass and trees were soldiers.
Wanshou Bridge became the historical witness of the ten-year catastrophe.
1970, the famous Han Xianchu was appointed as the director of Fujian Revolutionary Committee, and Fuzhou invested 450,000 yuan to rebuild this bridge to meet the needs of war preparedness. The deck of Liang Shi Bridge was maintained in the Yuan Dynasty and the Republic of China, which became a unique spectacle of "Bridge on Bridge" in China.
1995 rebuilt the bridge again, and set up four groups of curved steel pipe suspension bridges on both sides of the newly liberated bridge, which lightened the load on the pier and coordinated with the surrounding landscape, and became the crowning touch of urban planning and construction.