Legends related to Xiangshui Bridge

Xiangshui Bridge happened to be on the imperial road where the Qing emperors returned to the Northeast to worship their ancestors. Therefore, Xiangshui Bridge left many legends related to the emperor, among which the most widely spread is the story of Emperor Qianlong and Liu Luoguo. It is said that Emperor Qianlong and his ministers Liu Yong and others went to Shengjing to worship their ancestors and passed by Zhenzi Town. When the sedan arrived at Lanshi Mountain, three miles away to the west of the town, the emperor saw strange black rocks scattered all over the hillside. He stopped the sedan and asked the people around him what the name of this mountain was, and he was told that it was Lanshi Mountain. The emperor blurted out - "The rocks on the mountain are rotten and the rocks are rotten and hard." Then he asked Liu Yong to answer the next sentence. Liu did not answer at that time, so he got up in his sedan chair and walked eastward. When he arrived at the Xiangshui Bridge, he heard the sound of water. After asking, he learned This bridge is Xiangshui Bridge. Liu then compared the previous and next sentences - "Xiangshui Bridge, water under the bridge, rolling and cold". The emperor and his ministers laughed, and the popular sentences have been passed down to this day.

Relevant couplets include "Green grass grows in the Baicao depression, and chickens crow on the pheasant nest." The Baicao depression is 20 miles west of Xiangshui Bridge, and the pheasant nest is 40 miles east of Xiangshui Bridge. They were all on the imperial road where the Qing emperors went home to worship their ancestors. It is said that there were many earthquakes in the Luanzhou area during the Qing Dynasty, but the Xiangshui Bridge did not move at all. "Luanxian County Chronicles" records: "Before the earthquake, it rained for days and flash floods broke out. The water washed away big trees and swept away houses. Big trees rolled in the rapids, blocking the bridge holes. There were countless big turtles in the water, sinking and floating among the waves. The biggest ones were It is like a wheel. The government urgently recruited more than 20 people who were good at swimming and went down to the bridge hole to cut the big wood, so that the water could flow down the river." But what happened next is a legend. It is said that after the rain, it suddenly cleared up, and a big earthquake occurred that night. The ground rumbled, and lightning struck the sky and the ground. The mountains were cut like valleys, and the houses were destroyed. The villagers were so frightened that they fell on the ground and let it shake. I saw the bridge shaking violently in the dark night. Suddenly a silver light flashed through. A golden dragon got under the bridge and lifted the bridge. Four golden bulls held on to the four corners of the piers, thus saving the bridge. At dawn, the earthquake gradually subsided, and the golden dragon and golden bull disappeared. The ancient town was covered with rubble. Only the bridge was safe and sound, and it was renamed "Longniu Bridge" from then on. This legend may be wrong. Gunniu Bridge has been mentioned in the previous article and refers to the Gunniu Bridge in the north of Beixiaozhai Village. This legend may have confused the two bridges. In addition, there are many ancient relics and scenic spots beside Xiangshui Bridge: the "Three Bridges in One Step" at the east gate of the town, the giant stone relief group statues "Ten (stone) people and one flute" in the corner of the Dragon King Temple, and the "Seven Sands, Two Cotton and Nine Steps" in front of the Guandi Temple. There are purple-red and light-brown boulder steps, towering trees with "three poplars, two cypresses and one chun", and the thousand-year-old ginkgo tree in Sanling Temple that can only be surrounded by five people's arms. It is very regrettable that except for Xiangshui Bridge and an ancient stone well on the east bank of its south side, the rest of the cultural relics have disappeared due to the destruction of the war and the "Cultural Revolution", leaving only people's memories and passed down legends. Story...