Luofang Yunlong Bridge, the bridge of my dreams

When I stood in front of the Yunlong Bridge, suddenly I think this bridge I should have been here, but I really can not remember when I have been here, and reason tells me that this Liancheng County Luofang Township I must be the first time to come, despite this, but I still think I have seen this bridge, then she must have appeared in my dreams, such a beautiful bridge, perhaps also appeared in your dreams. Yunlong Bridge is very beautiful, the Ming Dynasty ancient bridge, 81 meters long, one end connected to the village road, one end erected on the cliffs of the green hills, the bridge under the stream, surrounded by ancient trees, no tourists, no tickets, only blue sky and white clouds, only fields and pastoral songs.
The word "cloud dragon" is indeed very meaningful, the dragon in the clouds, also immortal and fantasy, so often used to name the bridge, China's ancient bridge called the cloud dragon bridge more than one, but one of the most famous is Fujian Province, Liancheng County, Luofang Township's cloud dragon bridge, Luofang Township in Liancheng County, about 18 kilometers northwest, the bus to Luofang Township in the county's new The bus to Luofang Township departs at the entrance of the Land Bureau next to the Golden Leaf Building opposite the county bus station, and the bus from the county bus station to Luofang Township costs 6 yuan.

I came to the Yunlong Bridge at almost noon, in order to catch the next shuttle bus back to the county, in the Yunlong Bridge only stayed for about half an hour, although only to shoot a bridge, but feel that there is not enough time, if not in a hurry, it is highly recommended to set aside more than an hour, calmly take pictures, daze, play with water.

The shuttle bus from Liancheng to Luofang Township, I really like the feeling of driving to an unfamiliar place in a country bus. The scenery outside the window keeps changing, and I close my eyes to guess whether I am passing through rice fields or orchards at this moment, and then I listen to those villagers smiling up and down and greeting in their native voices, which feels especially good.

When I told the conductor that I wanted to get off at Yunlongqiao, she enthusiastically told me all the information, including the return trip, the intersection of the transfer to Sibao, etc. The simple words could not help but sweep a little warmth through my heart.

The Yunlong Bridge is just two hundred meters from the roadside, passing an A-Ma temple first. In the mountainous areas of southwest Fujian, A-Ma is often seen, and these are mostly beliefs brought back to their hometowns by Hakka mountain people who have gone out to make a living.

There are more ancient trees at the Yunlong Bridge, mostly camphor trees, which are shaded in the hot summer.

There is also a famous general building next to the old trees, and two famous anti-Japanese generals are worshiped in the pavilion.

One of them is Luo Zhuoying, a first-class general of the Kuomintang Army, who is known as "the first general of China's anti-Japanese resistance", and the other is Luo Li, a second-class general of the Kuomintang Army, who is from Luofang Township, while Luo Zhuoying is from Tai Po County, Guangdong.

The area around Yunlong Bridge is still an original rural scene, which has probably not changed much over the centuries.

A small yellow cow walking in the countryside path, behind this corridor bridge is built in the late Ming Yunlong Bridge, the ancient bridge was built in Ming Chongzhen seven years (AD 1634), the Qing Qianlong 37 years (AD 1771) rebuilt, more than 380 years ago.

This ancient bridge is east-west, with six piers and seven holes, the pier is built with red stone, 81 meters long and 5 meters wide.

Above the piers, round timbers are used in seven layers to form a narrow bottom and wide top bridge support, which supports the bridge deck and the gallery.

These have been through the wind and rain and flooding of the logs, hundreds of years are still strong to carry the ancient bridge, no iron nails, all the traditional mortise and tenon structure, the wisdom of the ancients really should not be underestimated.

The two ends of the Yunlong Bridge are decorated with pagodas with lotus beams, arches and flying eaves.

Brick by brick, stone by stone, the beauty of Chinese ancient architecture is in the details of each place.

It is a bit surprising that Yunlong Bridge is still only a provincial conservation unit, but I think this ancient bridge fully meets the conditions of national conservation, its value and intactness even more than many national conservation units, is included in the national conservation is also a matter of time.

On the cliff at the end of the bridge are the words "Longteng Qingyan", so this mountain is probably called Qingyan.

The bridge house is a wooden structure, with columns and beams in one piece, mortise and tenon fitting, with 4 rows of columns of basically the same diameter and size, 32 columns in each row, forming a pattern of corridors on both sides of the bridge, making people appreciate the beauty of horizontal and vertical neatness. The bridge surface is paved with small pebbles of various colors and combined into a variety of patterns such as yuan Bao, copper coins, etc. Unfortunately, I came late, Yunlong Bridge is being repaired, I really hope that after the repair, but also continue to maintain the simplicity.

The corridor bridge in southwest Fujian has fancy openings in the middle of the eaves, which increases the beauty while keeping the light in the middle of the bridge.

The middle of the ancient corridor bridge has a shrine to protect the people, Yunlong Bridge is no exception, the middle of the god seems to be called Zhen Wu Zushi, but during the maintenance period, the shrine was temporarily removed.

There are some graffiti-like paintings on the inside of the eaves of the bridge, I don't know when and by whom.

In the center of the bridge, there is a double-layered hexagonal roof of Kui Xing Building, which is more beautiful.

The most unusual thing about the Yunlong Bridge is that the other end of the bridge is erected on top of the cliff wall, and there seems to be no way to walk in front of it.

In fact, the road is on both sides, the right side leads to the field, the left side leads to the cave.

On the right side of the path, the sign on the construction site is a big frown.

The left side of the path, the mountain is heavy, and there is no way out.

A good angle to shoot Yunlong Bridge by the cliff.

Through the cave, the view opens up, and the Yunlong Bridge between the mountains and the water is even more beautiful. The ancient Chinese architecture is really a work of art, not only practical, but also particularly exquisite.

There is a small dam in front of the bridge, the main purpose of which should be to store water, at least to keep the river in the section of Yunlong Bridge from drying up.
Luofang Yunlong Bridge, no fame, so quietly hidden in the southwest Fujian Liancheng County Luofang Township, the landscape, spent 383 years of time.
Because that day's schedule is still relatively tight, in fact, I only spent half an hour in the Yunlong Bridge, pinch time to catch the next shuttle back to the county, the beauty of the Yunlong Bridge not only left in my camera, but also left in my mind, and perhaps into my dreams. Now I think back in fact, I was also in a friend's blog before I saw the Yunlong Bridge, then than now is still quaint, but also no maintenance, friends took photos far more wonderful than mine, when I thought I had the opportunity to go here to see, and then a long time to forget about this, I did not expect a few years later, in a trip, I inadvertently came to the Yunlong Bridge, so this ancient corridor bridge will Déjà vu.