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"I was born in Huizhou in my last life, but I was thirteen or fourteen years old and lost it abroad." Just like many merchants in China have a prosperous culture, the success of Huizhou merchants is also forced by the reality that Huizhou has few mountains and many places, and its life is difficult. Those Huizhou people who left their homes, some went out of the mountain through Huizhou ancient road, and some set sail from Yuliangba pier.

Yuliangba, the crystallization of ancient wisdom 1400 years ago, was praised as "Dujiangyan in the south of the Yangtze River" by Zheng, a famous ancient architecture expert in China. It is not only the oldest and largest barrage in the upper reaches of Xin 'anjiang River, but also a famous ancient water conservancy project in China. The prosperity of Yuliangba has always been regarded as a symbol of the rise and fall of Huizhou.

Yuliangba and the ancient town of Yu Liang are by the river. The ancient dam was built in the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. It has experienced thousands of vicissitudes.

Yuliangba is located on Lianjiang, a tributary of Xin 'an River, 2 kilometers southeast of Huizhou ancient city. If you want to have a panoramic view of Yuliangba, you can go west from the north gate of Huizhou ancient city via Taiping Bridge.

Walking along the south of the Yangtze River in the direction of Taiping xingguo temple, you can see the Guoan Changqing Temple Tower on the ancient pagoda hill in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Cross the Taiping Bridge, walk along the highway for about 1.5km, and then turn left on the dirt road. The road is a little narrow, but driving is ok.

There is no observation deck or sign. Probably right here in this tree, it is the highest place on the earth slope and the best place overlooking Yuliangba.

When you go to the opposite Yuliangba ancient town, or stand on the dam, you can't actually see the panorama, but you can see Yuliangba and Yuliangba ancient town here.

Yuliangba crosses the river, making the water potential on the dam gentle and the torrent rushing under the dam, thus solving the problems of upstream water storage irrigation, shipping and downstream flood.

On the other side of the white wall of Huizhou architecture, Huizhou villages and towns are one of the best preserved places in China.

Overlooking Taiping Bridge, this is the representative of the third ancient circle bridge (Taiping Bridge, Ziyang Bridge and Wannian Bridge), which was built in Hongzhi period of Ming Dynasty. It is a 16-hole stone arch bridge and a cultural relic protection unit in Anhui Province.

If you continue along the dirt road, you will see Ziyang Bridge, a key cultural relic protection unit in Shexian County, among the three bridges of Gujuan.

Ziyang Bridge is also quite big. It was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a nine-hole arched stone bridge.

Cross Ziyang Bridge, turn left and enter Yuliangba Scenic Area. Speaking of Yuliangba, it is actually a paid scenic spot, and 30 yuan can get tickets, but as long as it is not from the parking lot, it is not necessary to enter from other places.

Yuliangba is not only a water conservancy project, but also an ancient town in Yu Liang, which was built by the river and prospered by water transportation in history.

It is said to be an ancient town, but it is actually an old street along the river. There is also the Yuliangba Museum in the town.

The museum is an ancestral temple in Huizhou, named Chongbao Hall. It was built in memory of the men of insight who built the Yuliangba. It was built in the 31st year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1905), with several stone tablets and simple graphic introduction.

In the middle of the ancient street, you can see the ancient 100 stone steps, built in the Song Dynasty, which is the highest and widest freight passage among Huizhou water transport ports.

One hundred stone steps down is Yuliangba. In the dry season of autumn and winter, the rocks at the dam bottom are exposed.

This dam, with a total length of1.38m, spans Lianjiang River and is made of tons of stone bars.

There is a tenon-mortise structure between the bars, which is called dovetail joint to prevent the dam stones from being washed away by the river.

Local villagers wash vegetables in the river between the dams. For thousands of years, Yuliangba has been integrated with local life.

In the warm sunshine in winter, the dry Yuliangba has also become the threshing ground of the villagers.

The boat docked at the Millennium ancient dam, and the prosperity of the past has long been a cloud. Numerous Huizhou merchants passed by and left Huizhou from the calm ferry of Yuliangba to look for their dreams outside.

Time flies, time flies, time remains the same.

The ancient town of Yu Liang has long lost its former prosperity, the trumpets of boatmen and the noise of crowded cars and horses. Everything is calm, in fact, this is all right.

"Yuliangba comes first, Yuliangba Town comes last". The dam is a beam in the water. Where there is water in the beam, there is fish to catch. This is probably why Yuliangba is called. Yuliangba is a famous ancient water conservancy project in China. Yuliangba Town has prospered for thousands of years because of water transportation. Today, Yuliangba has become a historical attraction, but it still retains the true traces of history. Or a fishing beam.

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