Just saw the news, Pingnan County's Wan'an Bridge was destroyed in a fire, the fire began at 9 o'clock on the night of August 6, the fire was fierce, the flames rushed into the night sky, staining half the sky red.
The fire burned for more than an hour, and it was not extinguished until 10:45 p.m., when One of China's longest and most expensive wooden arcade bridges disappeared into the world, too late to say goodbye to the world.
Not a tourism practitioner, may not be familiar with the bridge and do not know the value of the Wan'an Bridge. It is no exaggeration to say that this is a wooden arcade bridge with the highest gold content and highest value in China.
In the history of bridge architecture in the world, there is a bridge unique to China, which is the wooden arcade bridge.
The so-called wooden arcade bridge refers to the combination of a huge log of uniform size, cross-erection, mutual support, section by section stretch, the connection method is the traditional Chinese art "mortise and tenon", does not contain a nail, the construction process is extremely complex, extremely difficult, is the highest technical content in China's wooden bridge.
Very few wooden arcade bridges have survived, with only 118 wooden arcade bridges in existence, and The Wan'an Bridge is one of the longest and most complex in construction.
Located in Pingnan County, Ningde City, Fujian Province, Wan'an Bridge was built in the fifth year of the Northern Song Dynasty (1090), with a length of 98 meters and a history of 932 years. The bridge is 4.7 meters wide, with 38 bays and 156 columns, and there are exquisite pavilions above the bridge houses, and wooden benches for pedestrians to rest on both sides, spanning the river, and the surrounding mountains are very beautiful.
In fact, this is not the first time that the Wan'an Bridge has been burned down, there was a fire during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, completely repaired during the Qianlong period, and then preserved to this day. This ancient bridge, which has a history of more than 900 years, has always been a tourist symbol of Pingnan County and even Fujian Province, who ever thought that in the 21st century, which pays attention to cultural protection, it will be destroyed in a fire.
Fires have long been the most terrifying natural disaster for cultural monuments. In February 2021, a fire broke out in The Old Village of Onding in Lincang City, Yunnan Province, burning 104 houses in the Old Village, which was also an all-wood thatched house, and a fire destroyed the original ecological village for more than 400 years.
Onding Village is known as the last pristine village in China, and many people have only heard the name, never been there, and then never seen it again. The same is true of Wan'an Bridge, I believe that many people have not even seen photos before, but the first time they saw photos of the fire, it is a pity.
Perhaps these accidents are also reminding the world that the things they like should take the initiative to chase, and the scenery they like should take the initiative to see, because some scenery may really be gone without looking at it.
Author: Lin Qinglu, more scenic spots, free, pension tourism information, pay attention to me can get