Main functions of yellow river iron cow

The giant iron ox has many functions besides fixing the cable bridge. The Book of Changes says: Cows and Kun are soil, and soil is better than water. As the ancients said, soldiers will block, and water will cover up. Putting cast iron cattle on the riverbank is a deterrent to the wanton flooding of the Yellow River, symbolizing flood prevention, flood control and benefiting the people. The ancients paid attention to the relative yin and yang. While casting iron oxen, they also cast four iron men and seven-star iron columns. The seven-star column represents the sky (imitating the layout of the Big Dipper in the sky), so that both the sky and the earth are there (the iron cow is the earth, which is the earth), including the universe. In fact, the seven-star iron column is just a wooden stake tied to the ship, which is integrated with the iron cow and acts as a pontoon bridge cable post. The iron man standing next to the iron cow also plays the role of rope pile like the iron cow. Mr. Tang Huancheng, a famous bridge expert, praised the iron cow and the iron man. "This is a concrete engineering building, an artistic treasure with practical functions, a typical combination of technology and art, a contribution of the people of China to world bridges, metallurgy and sculpture, and an eternal priceless treasure in the history of world bridges."

Yellow River Iron Bull is a treasure handed down from generation to generation in the history of bridges in the world. It was judged by Mao Yisheng, a famous bridge expert in China, as "the iron cow anchor of Pujin Bridge is the most famous among the ground anchors of pontoon bridge". The Yellow River Tieniu is located on the east bank of the Yellow River outside the west gate of Puzhou city site at the west of Yongji City 15km, between Pujiu Temple, the holy land of love, and Loustorou. The four iron cows are magnificent and majestic, and there is an iron cow next to each iron cow, which is beautifully shaped and lifelike, representing four different nationalities respectively. According to historical records, these four huge iron oxen were all used to tie iron cables, which formed the earliest, longest and largest pontoon bridge on the Yellow River, and was an important link between Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan provinces. Although the places where the four iron cows were stuck were far away from the river, they were all historical witnesses of the strong national strength of the Tang Dynasty and the wisdom of the ancient working people in China.