[Prose] Listen to the rain willow bridge in the summer solstice ‖ Luo Xueya

Listen to the rain willow bridge in the summer solstice

Luo Xueya

"The day is extremely cloudy, and the night leaks have been long." The poet Wei Yingwu of the Tang Dynasty told us in the poetic and paintings of this pen as early as 1200 years ago: On this day, the longest day and the northernmost direct sunlight. The crops and plants in the mountains are under this abundant sunlight, racing to grow, and the emerald green buds that melt the snow and snow into the dark green and oil green with strong vitality. Therefore, farmers say: The rain in the day and end of this season is more precious than gold.

Our Longchang Writing Association was so fortunate that we bathed in this summer solstice rain that was more expensive than gold, and came to Li Shi Town, 15 kilometers away from Longchang City. Return to the load.

Since ancient times, Li Town has been an important transportation hub on the ancient post road of Chengyu Dongda Road. It borders Chongqing and Luzhou. One chicken and three cities are its true portrayal. It is due to the lively and prosperity of this transportation hub that it naturally formed a market for business. And because of the large number of Li clan here, it was named Li Shi Town.

We did not stay in the town for a long time, and the summer solstice rain, which took a while, went directly to the Yangliu Bridge. A few days ago, I did my homework and knew that 2 kilometers of Li Shi Town were on the left side of the highway to Rongchang District, Chongqing. There was an ancient stone bridge called Yangliu Bridge. Orthodox bridge. Because it is adjacent to Luxian, its building style is very similar to the Longqiao series in Luxian. Perhaps they were originally a family who loved each other.

Yangliuqiao Launda Stone Carving (Picture Source: Neijiang Daily Rong Media)

It is said that in order to preserve this ancient stone bridge, governments at all levels have not worked hard, and even spend a lot of money and effort. It is said that in the early 1950s, when the world -renowned Chengdu -Chongqing Highway was built, the design department did not hesitate to increase the amount of engineering, and intentionally detoured to avoid the Yangliu Bridge, which allowed it to be preserved intact.

Therefore, this time, I must take a closer look at the "Yangliu Bridge". When I got my destination, I first jumped out of the car, Ren Suiyu hit it, looking at it, strange, why didn't I see Shiqiao? It is a lush bamboo forest.

Fortunately, there was a guide to bring the road. He guided us to get into the dense bamboo forest, seven bends and eight, and looking forward to the Yangliuqiao, he exposed his honor under the cover of Cuizhu.

Yangliuqiao (Photo by Qi Lansen, Picture Source: Visual Chongqing)

The Yangliu Bridge, who had been thinking about it for several days, when it was truly displayed in front of me, I didn't worry about it in a hurry. Instead, I stopped in front of the stone monument of the bridge head and read the inscription carefully: "The willow bridge was built in Qingqing in Qing Dynasty. In the forty -seven years of Qianlong (1782), it was the Qidun Liudong stone flat beam bridge. It was once an important Jinliang on the ancient post road of Bashu. The bridge is 19.1 meters long, 2.5 meters wide, and 2.6 meters high. , Xiang Sanzun Town River Beast is skilled and well -preserved. There are three open rooms, three triple eaves archway, and built a bridge monument on the top. There is a single door and a Temple of Land of Xieshan. unit".

The inscription made me a lot of understanding of Yangliuqiao, and let me know that this Yangliuqiao is now a cultural relics protection unit announced by the People's Government of Neijiang City.

At this time, the rain was even greater. Listening to the raindrops beating on the bamboo leaves, beating in the river water, beating on the stone bridge, and hitting the umbrella. There are bells, zither, pipa ... accompanied by this wonderful instrumental music, I stepped on the Yangliu Bridge through it.

The Yangliu Bridge is not wide, only 2.5 meters, but it has a young life of 238 years old; the bridge is not long, less than 20 meters, but it stretches the prosperity and decline of the millennium ancient post road; the solid bridge pier carries the carrier carrier carries the pier carrying it. Huaxia's heavy civilization history; the dragon, lion, and elephant carved by the whole stone carved, protecting the hard -working and kind people on the land of this side, auspiciousness and health.

For more than two hundred years, the sound of the horseshoe of tea and salt gangs, the sound of the guns of the bandit, the sound of liberating Longchang, the joy of giving the public food, the sound of reform and opening up, and the sound of the running of the Chinese dream. Passing from this bridge. But this little stone bridge is so strong. Ask the wind and waves, it has not left the dental dentation on its light bridge. , To be completely preserved, only the bridge monument still remains the traces of the red slogan during the "Cultural Revolution" period. This is a miracle, this is the infinite charm of Longchang bluestone.

The rain in the summer solstice is still down, and we leisurely stroll on the millennium ancient post road provoked by the Yangliuqiao, enjoy the longest day of the year, listen to the rain of the Yangliu Bridge, the bamboo on the bridge, under the bridge, and under the bridge. The water, playing a melodious and gentle folk music, and the stories of the past life of the Yangliuqiao, one by one, lived in this solar terms to grow up in all things.

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Source: Sichuan Provincial Local House Work Office

Author: Luo Xueya (retired medical staff, member of the Luzhou Writers Association, Member of Neijiang Writers Association)

Picture: Fang Zhi Sichuan

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