Are there donkey's hoof prints, driveway ditches and handprints under the bridge in Zhao Zhouqiao?

Zhao Zhouqiao, also known as Anji Bridge, is located in the southeast of Shijiazhuang, on the Gaohe River in Zhao County. It was designed and built by Li Chun, an architect of Sui Dynasty. Zhao Zhouqiao is built entirely of stones, so locals generally call it Dashiqiao.

There is a legendary story about donkey's hoofprint, driveway ditch and palm print. The Weihe River is flooded all the year round, and people can only reach it by boat. The traffic was really inconvenient, so Luban built the bridge overnight. After hearing this, Princess Zhang Hechai decided to try the quality of the bridge, so Zhang rode backwards on a donkey with the sun and the moon on his back. Chief Chai pushes a car with five famous mountains.

They met together in the middle of the bridge. At this time, the bridge is a little shaky because of its heavy load. When Lu Ban saw it, he jumped into the Weihe River and held the bridge with his palm, so the bridge has been passed down to this day. Because of this, the donkey's hoofprint, driveway ditch and palm print at the bottom of the bridge on Zhao Zhouqiao have been preserved to this day.

Folk song "Little Cowherd": Master Lu Ban of Shiqiao in Zhaozhou repaired, while the sage of the jade railing stayed. Zhang rode on the donkey bridge, and Chai Wang pushed the cart over a ditch? . It's hard to say how these marks came from, but according to the speculation of Mr. Luo Ying, a modern bridge expert, it seems more reasonable. He said that these signs are actually driving indicators and engineering indicators, because the so-called? Donkey hoofprint? They are all in Dongsan, which is mainly used to indicate driving indicators.

If the vehicle load is too high, the stone arch ticket will easily tilt outward and collapse when walking on both sides, so it should be in the middle. The palmprint at the bottom of the bridge is measured as an engineering index. In order to prevent the bridge from being shattered, a bracket can be set at the position of the palmprint, which is more conducive to maintenance.

Of course, Mr. Luo Ying didn't explain this alley. According to my guess, it should be the lane marks accumulated by the ancients when they used the carriage for a long time.

As the earliest and best-preserved ancient open-shouldered stone arch bridge in the world, Zhao Zhouqiao Bridge has a novel structure and beautiful shape. The bridge is 64.4 meters long and 9.6 meters wide, and consists of 28 arch pieces. 1400 years later, it has experienced countless floods and even dozens of earthquakes. After thousands of years of traffic, it still stands on the Weihe River.