Why is An Lan Lock Bridge called Hegong Wooden Bridge by local people?

An Lan Suo Bridge is also called "Lovers Bridge" and "He Gong Mu Bridge" by locals. There is another legend about the origin of this name.

Before the construction of the cable bridge, there was a saying among the people that "I traveled all over the world and felt sorry for crossing the Minjiang River". In the early Qing Dynasty, there was a teacher named He, who was a famous nosy person in the local area.

On one occasion, Mr. He and his wife, Mrs. He, went sightseeing. When they arrived at Minjiang River, they saw official ships carrying people. They also want to go to the other side. When I asked before, one person took a boat 10 for two silvers, and the couple crossed the river for 20 silvers. Such a high price made the couple happy and disappointed.

Back home, Mr. He stayed up all night thinking about how to build a bridge between the two sides of the strait and cut off the financial resources of those officials in charge of official ships.

One day, two days and three days, Mr. He thought for three days without eating or drinking, but he was still at a loss. On the third night, Mr. He saw his wife embroidering. He found the cloth on the frame, but it wouldn't fall off. So he thought, why can't I build a cable bridge in the air?

So, do it. After a period of hard work and struggle, Mr. He finally built a cable bridge. The official in charge of the official ship remembers that they tried their best to find fault with Mr. He and tried their best to get back at him.

At that time, there were no handrails on both sides of the bridge, so the bridge was unstable and people could easily fall. Finally, something unfortunate happened. A drunk accidentally fell into the river and drowned when crossing the river.

Therefore, officials seized the opportunity to arrest Mr. He and put him to death. When Mrs. He learned about this, she was heartbroken and wanted to throw herself into the river, but she thought that her husband had died inexplicably. If she dies, she will feel sorry for her dead husband in heaven, so she is determined to avenge him.

One day, Mrs. He was walking in the street and saw a person playing with miscellaneous things. I saw that the man grabbed two standing sticks with both hands and his whole body was empty. It suddenly occurred to Mrs. He that if handrails were installed on the bridge, it would be much safer for people to walk on it.

After two days of hard work, Mrs. He installed handrails on the bridge. Therefore, people call An Lan Bridge "what kind of work is it".