Does Luoyang Bridge cross the river or the sea in Quanzhou, Fujian?

Luoyang Bridge, also known as Wan 'an Bridge, is a sea-crossing stone bridge located at the mouth of Luoyang River in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, China. It is also the first sea-crossing stone bridge in China, and has the reputation of "one of the four famous bridges in ancient China".

Shiqiao was built in the fifth year (1053) and the third year (1058) of the Northern Song Dynasty. Cai Xiang, then the magistrate of Quanzhou, began to preside over the construction of the bridge, and solved many problems including laying the bridge deck and building piers through raft foundation and oyster solid foundation. In the fourth year of Jiayou (1059), Luoyang Bridge was officially completed, and Cai Xiang wrote The Story of Wan 'an Bridge.

Since then, Luoyang Bridge has been repaired for generations. During the Southern Song Dynasty, many pagodas and wind water towers were added outside the guardrail of Luoyang Bridge.

The bridge is1200m long and has 46 piers. The north is located in Hui 'an County, and the south is located in Luojiang District. The middle section of the bridge was built on an island called Zhongzhou. On the bridge and in Zhongzhou, there are all kinds of ancillary buildings, including pagodas and pagoda statues. 1988, Luoyang Bridge was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Structure:

Luoyang Bridge is located at the mouth of Luoyang River in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, China, and it is a sea-crossing stone bridge. The bridge runs north and south. The bridge extends from the stone embankment on the river bank, passes through an island named Zhongzhou in the middle of the river, and connects with Luojiang District in the south. The total length of Luoyang Bridge is 73 1.29 meters, and the south approach bridge is 80.5 meters long and 7 meters wide. The arch bridge on the north side is 1 1m long, 7m wide and 5m wide on the main deck.

There are 47 bridge opening and 46 piers. The pier is composed of stone strips, and the top two layers of stone strips are picked out to the left and right to reduce the span of Liang Shi slab. There is a diversion tip at the bottom of the pier facing the upper reaches of the river, which is a "raft foundation" with a slightly upturned tip. The bridge slabs are all large strips of stone, and the earliest construction was built at high tide. There are 500 stone railings on both sides of the bridge deck to prevent pedestrians from falling into the water.

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Qiao Ting 1

There are two stone pavilions in Zhongzhou, Luoyang Bridge. One of them is Zhong Ting, which is located in the north of Zhongzhou. This is a pavilion with four corners. Its construction date cannot be confirmed. The present pavilion was rebuilt on the basis of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Another pavilion is "Xichuan Ganyu Monument Pavilion", which was built to commemorate the order of Jinjiang County in Ming Dynasty. According to folklore, it is only when we can successfully pray for rain in Jinjiang that the villagers built this pavilion to commemorate it.

2. stone pagoda

There are 7 stone pagodas outside the bridge guardrail, including 3 pavilion pagodas, Baoji India Pagoda 1 seat, five-wheel pagodas 1 seat, warp pagodas 1 seat, Zhenfeng Pagoda 1 seat, and there is a tower foundation 1 seat in Zhongzhou.

3. Idol

There are two stone statues on the north and south sides of Luoyang Bridge, which stand opposite each other and are1.63m high, both made in the Northern Song Dynasty. These statues are all Han Chinese, wearing helmets, armor and holding swords.