A 400-word essay on Yuanyang Shop and Yuanyang Corridor Bridge

Yuanyang Shop and Yuanyang Corridor Bridge

Yuanyang Corridor Bridge spans the Yuanyang Corridor Bridge on the east street of the ancient street of Yuanda Town, Anyue County. On the creek. Yuanyang River is located three miles away from Yuanyangpu in the upper reaches (that is, the junction of Wufeng Village and Yuanyang Village in today's Yuanda Town). There is a section of the river that is shaped like the English letter W, winding around and showing two small land islands, like two The mandarin ducks never leave each other (photo attached), hence the names Yuanyang Creek and Yuanyang Pu. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, a mandarin duck market was built here, and a mandarin duck covered bridge was built in the 40th year of Qianlong's reign (1776). In addition to the stone frame of the covered bridge, the bridge, bridge deck, bridge railings, etc. are all made of huge cypress wood. The total width of the bridge is sixteen feet eight inches, the middle passage is nine feet six inches wide, the corridors on both sides are three feet six inches each, the guardrails on both sides are five feet six inches high, and the total length of the bridge is one hundred and eight feet. The corridors on both sides of the bridge are equipped with fixed wooden benches for pedestrians to rest. The Yuanyang Market is held every January 7th, and the covered bridge is very busy and crowded. It sells various agricultural and sideline products, such as grain, fruits and vegetables, chicken and duck eggs, bamboo weaving, homespun clothing, shoes and socks, embroidery and needlework, and straw paper. Goods and supplies can be purchased on the bridge. The huge plaque of "Yuanyang Bridge" above the east and west bridge entrances is said to be the handiwork of Luo Chengxiang, the number one scholar in Sichuan's middle school in the Qing Dynasty (unfortunately, the plaque was stolen during the "Cultural Revolution" and its whereabouts are unknown). There is a large yellow cypress tree at the junction of West Bridge Head and Yuanyang Street. It is tall and majestic, with lush branches and leaves. It covers the roof of the covered bridge and provides shade for half the sky. The lively scene on Fengchangtian shows that the Yuanyang Corridor Bridge provides an excellent trading and resting platform for the general public. It can protect people from rain on rainy days, shade them on sunny days, and enjoy the coolness on hot days... It is popular with pedestrians and the surrounding area. Loved and cherished by the people.

Yuanyangpu is located at the junction of Anyue and Lezhi, 11 kilometers away from Anyue County and 15 kilometers away from Daoliu Town (now Huilan Town) in Lezhi County. It is the key point on the Shiban Avenue from Gupuzhou City to Lezhi County, and it is also the gateway to the traffic road in Chengdu. During the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, this was a free trade market for commodities and supplies. There were many shops, such as inns, restaurants, teahouses, Chinese medicine shops, grocery stores, ironware shops, etc., and all kinds of commercial and trade supplies were abundant.

During the Republic of China, Yuanyang Township was established as Yuanyang Farm. Soon after, Yuanyang Township merged with Dafo Township (i.e. Huangjue Township) and was renamed Yuanda Township. In 1947, after Kang Jiyuan (also known as Kang Yunqin), a member of the Kuomintang, became the head of Yuanda Township, he ordered a ban on the trading of various commodities on the Yuanyang Corridor Bridge. Instead, he used the wooden benches in the corridor on the bridge to add tables to open a leisure teahouse and buy tea. They also forcibly collect bridge tolls from outsiders to line their own pockets. Local people go to the corridor to rest on wooden benches, and they are charged for sitting on the benches even if they don’t drink tea; those who carry sedan chairs across the bridge receive wedding gifts; those who cross the bridge on sliding poles collect sliding pole donations; those who ride horses across the bridge collect horseshoes Donations; those who carry supplies across the bridge receive donations of goods... It's really exorbitant and there are so many miscellaneous taxes. Just as Liu Shiliang, a famous writer during the Republic of China, wrote in a couplet when he satirized Yang Sen's "New Deal": "I have never heard of a tax on excrement since ancient times; now there is nothing but nothing to donate." This profoundly reflects the numerous and complicated levies and miscellaneous taxes during the Republic of China. Historically true. Because of this, the local people in Yuanda Township nicknamed "Chief Kang" "Kang Bully". At the same time, pedestrians from other places traveling on this stone road even spread the saying that "it's hard to miss Yuanyangpu when traveling all over the world", which left a very bad impact on Yuanyangpu's reputation.

On the Yuanyang Corridor Bridge, a group incident occurred during the Republic of China. In April 1946, due to the rerouting of the Anle Highway, hundreds of acres of crops were destroyed. Farmers along the route requested compensation, but Tao Youyun, then chairman of the Senate of Anyue County and county road construction committee member, refused. When Tao personally came forward to solve the problem, Hundreds of people from Yuanda Township were besieged on the Kuo Bridge. They were unable to escape. They were cursed and spat on by the villagers. Some women took off Tao Youyun's doctorate hat and threw it on the ground. They trampled on it with their feet and acted like horses... …. The county magistrate Yang Zishou hurriedly sent more than a hundred police officers to suppress the incident, and the township magistrate Li Ziyun was detained and taken away, thus quelling the mass incident.

After liberation, in 1951 during the "Qing bandit anti-hegemony" movement, after the pseudo-township chief "Kang Bully" was shot, the original lively scene of commodity trade resumed on the Yuanyang Corridor Bridge, and justice , the scene of fair trade reappeared, the harmonious atmosphere between people was reborn, and the former glory of the Yuanyang Covered Bridge was restored to its original appearance. But after the "Great Leap Forward" in 1958, after the establishment of rural people's communes, the free market was banned, and all farmers' means of production and living were confiscated and all were collectively owned. The majority of farmers became a class with nothing. . From then on, there was not only no material transaction on the Yuanyang Covered Bridge, but also no crowds relaxing on the bridge. The covered bridge was deserted and deserted, and its former glory has completely disappeared. It was not until 1973 when the Yuanhuang Highway was built and the Yuanyang Covered Bridge was converted into a stone arch bridge that the 230-year-old Yuanyang Covered Bridge was demolished and disappeared from people's memory forever.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1952, Yuanda Township was once the administrative seat of the 15th District of Anyue County and was called Yuanda District. It governs six townships: Yuanda, Huangjue, Laifeng, Shuanglong, Anbei and Chengxi Township. In 1957, Yuan District was abolished, and Laifeng and Shuanglong were merged into Tongxian District. Chengbei Township was established in Anbeidan, which was merged into Chengguan District together with Yuanda, Huangjue and Chengxi. In 1992, the entire county was withdrawn from districts and merged into towns, and Huangjue Township was merged into Yuanda Town.

Yuandazhen is rich in tourism resources. On the Anle Ancient Road, there is not only the Huangjue Giant Buddha Scenic Area in the Tang Dynasty, but also the Xuanmiao Temple Taoist Scenic Area in the Tang Dynasty, with 1,293 Taoist stone statues from the Kaiyuan Period of the Tang Dynasty. There are also 63 Bodhisattva statues in the Sanjiao Temple (today's Wuluo Village) in the late Tang Dynasty. The 63 Buddha statues still exist today, and the natural scenery is pleasant. On the ancient Anle stone road, you can still see at the junction of Lezhi and Anyue. There are three stone-carved Bodhisattva statues called "Pour the Earth" among the people. This is the origin of the rumor that "Anyue arrived ninety miles away from Lezhi, and three Bodhisattvas stood upside down." It is located at the junction of Dafo Village, Yuanda Town, Anyue and Gongjiagou Village, Longxi Township, Lezhi, about one mile away from Huangjue Dafo Temple.