? Xiaojin County was recorded in the history of China's revolution for the Red Army's Long March crossing the Jin Jia Mountains in Xiaojin County, realizing the victory of the Red First Army and the Red Fourth Army in Davy and holding the famous Lianghekou Conference.
? My good friend Ma Guandong Bing is a cultural celebrity, teacher, poet, writer and photographer in Xiaojin County. According to the itinerary, he was both a driver and a tour guide, and accompanied us to visit Sanguan Bridge.
? Sanguan Bridge is located in Meixing Village, Meixing Town, northwest of Xiaojin County. Built in 1924. This place is the three passes between Xiaojin, Jinchuan and Danba counties, so the bridge is named "Three Pass Bridge". The bridge is 60 meters long and 2 meters wide. This is a cable bridge. It is made up of 1 1 chains inserted into the rock walls on both sides and planking.
When I came to the bridge on the south bank, I saw the wooden structure in the Han Dynasty style, which rested on the top of the mountain with double eaves and was magnificent. There are four stone words on the plaque, "Fish Key Idle Pass". Mark told me that the "fish key" comes from the poem "Autumn Night Thinking" written by Emperor Liang Jianwen in the Southern Dynasties: "The fish key is hidden in the evening gate, and the sad picture is drawn in the night bed." It means fish lock; Idle clearance is also called "intermittent clearance", which means carefree or free rotation.
? We came to the middle section of Sanguan Bridge and felt chilly. The waves under the bridge are rough, the iron cable on the bridge is fluttering, and the bridge body is rickety; Sanguan Bridge is not only a historical relic, but also bears the heavy burden of pedestrian traffic on both sides of Meixing Town. Mark pays special attention to safety and keeps taking pictures of everyone.
The bridgehead on the north bank is a Gothic stone building with the word "key" engraved on it, and the cursive script "Lingya locks the river". From the word "key" on the card, we can see the importance of this bridge in that year; And "Lingya Lock the River" also illustrates the terrain danger of the place built by Sanguan Bridge. Although the bridge has been partially damaged, standing at the bridge head, you can see the Xiaojinchuan River rolling in the east. There are thousands of hectares of farmland in the west. At both ends of the bridge, there are rows of villages, lush fruit trees and a scene of prosperity.
As far as the architectural style of Sanguan Bridge is concerned, the bridgehead on the south bank is Chinese architecture and the bridgehead on the north bank is western architecture. It's really ingenious. As for why the Sanguan Bridge was designed in this way at that time, there are different opinions and there is no way to verify it.
? Mark told us that the Sanguan Bridge was fiercely fought in those years, and it was the best preserved cable bridge in Xiaojin County. Speaking of the fierce battle on the iron cable bridge, our generation thinks of the story of the Red Army leaping over the Luding Bridge, and tragic battle scenes emerge in our minds ... The flag is hunting, the bugle is loud, the artillery is blazing, and wave after wave, we are going to die! After the first and fourth armies of the Red Army successfully joined forces at 1935, they fought to the death with the Kuomintang defenders at Sanguanqiao. The bullet marks on the bridgehead are still discernible, as if telling the later generations about the heroic feats of the Red Army and telling us that today's happiness is hard-won and peace is precious.
? Standing at the bridgehead on the north bank, we were very excited to see the statue of Chairman Mao enshrined by the people. "People who dig wells don't forget to drink water, Mao Zedong is grateful for happiness, and revolutionary sages are grateful for happiness". Come back and think about what Xiaojinxing has seen and heard these days, and you will understand why every household in Xiaojin County hangs party flag. Is a gratitude, a memory, an eternal incentive! Seeing Chairman Mao's poems engraved on the bridgehead on the north shore, reading at this time adds new ideas. "The Red Army is not afraid of difficult expeditions, and Qianshan is only idle ..." I can't help but raise my right hand and pay tribute to Chairman Mao! Pay tribute to the Red Army!
(The photo in the article was taken by Mark)