Construction background of Shibanpo Yangtze River Bridge

A little older people talk about Shibanpo Yangtze River Bridge. "The slogan at that time was that the people's bridge was built by the people, and I contributed to the construction of the bridge." Workers, soldiers and even kindergarten children participated in the construction of the bridge at that time. As the "No.1 Project" of the government, the people of the whole city are out, and even some children of a few years old follow adults to break pebbles in the coral dam. The whole coral dam has a spectacular scene of ten thousand people breaking pebbles.

Finally, the bridge was completed half a year ahead of schedule, and the birthday of the party was presented on July 1980 and 1. Within a week after the closure of the Yangtze River Bridge, the bridge was still full of people. Hong Ying, a Chongqing woman writer, also recorded the grand occasion in her semi-autobiographical novel Hungry Daughter: "The Chongqing Yangtze River Bridge was completed on 1980, and the people on the south bank were ecstatic ..."

Chongqing General Bureau of Bridge Construction commissioned the president of Chongqing Academy of Fine Arts to make the bridge sculpture. They created a sculpture called "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter". At first, all the sculptures were exposed, but at that time, the concept of "human beauty" was somewhat avant-garde, and the sculpture design caused strong criticism from public opinion. Under the pressure of public opinion, I finally had to put on a coat for the statue.