It is listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit. The bridge is 834 meters long and 7 meters wide. As the earliest existing cross-sea stone bridge in China, its "mat foundation" and "planting oysters to strengthen the foundation" are technological innovations in bridge construction in China and even the world, which fully show the extraordinary wisdom of the ancient working people in China.
Luoyang Bridge is the oldest existing sea-crossing bridge in China, located on Luoyang River in the eastern suburb of Quanzhou, Fujian Province. It is the beginning of bridge raft foundation in the world and a national key cultural relic protection unit.
The bridge is 834 meters long and 7 meters wide. There are two pavilions, two stone generals and five stone pagodas on the bridge. There are inscriptions of "Xichuan Ganlu" and banners of "The First Bridge in the World" in the stone carvings in Guangjian, Qing Dynasty. There are cliff stone carvings "Wan 'an Bridge", "An Lan through the ages" and 12 square monument beside the pavilion.
Luoyang bridge is located at Quanzhou east 13km. Together with Lugou Bridge in Beijing, Zhao Zhouqiao Bridge in Hebei and Guangji Bridge in Guangdong, it is called the four famous bridges in ancient China. It was the only way for Guangdong and Fujian to enter Beijing at that time.
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The reason why Luoyang bridge is famous
Luoyang Bridge is located in an important position, just like Quanzhou goes north to Fuzhou, passes through Jiangxi and Hubei, and reaches the official road of Bianjing (now Kaifeng). Without this bridge, Quanzhou people have only two ways to go north. One is to take the mountain road, go out from the north of the city, enter Xianyou through the river market, and climb mountains and mountains.
The second way is to cross the river, but this place is at the mouth of the river. "The water is five miles wide and the waves are rolling." In the face of strong winds and tides, capsizing is common. From the point of view that this ferry is called "Wan 'an Ferry", we can see people's palpitations and yearning for peace at that time.
In addition, its fame is related to Cai Xiang. There were four great calligraphers in Song Dynasty: Su, Huang, Mi and Cai, and "Cai" was Cai Xiang. In many records, it is recorded that Cai Xiang is the initiator of Luoyang Bridge, but it is not.
The construction time of Luoyang Bridge was from 1053 to 1059, while Cai Xiang took office in Quanzhou for the first time in 1056, and moved to Fuzhou five months later, while the governor of Cai Xiang was all in 1058, only/kloc-0 away from the completion of Luoyang Bridge.
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