How many Henan bloodlines does There are in Quanzhou, where Luoyang is divided into "Luo"?

Many history fans should know that Quanzhou was an important port on the Maritime Silk Road in the Song Dynasty. Today, the world's maritime trade center in Song and Yuan China has been successfully inscribed on the World Heritage List, becoming China's 56th World Heritage Site.

But even quanzhou, once the economic center of the Song Dynasty, applied for the World Heritage List for twenty years.

However, it is surprising that this city in a corner of Fujian has a Luoyang Bridge.

But after careful observation, we found that the "Henan element" of Quanzhou is not just a Luoyang Bridge?

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Luoyang and Quanzhou

Which is the real Luoyang Bridge?

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On Luoyang Longmen Avenue, there is such a bridge, luoyang's hottest Yingtianmen Square is in front of it, but the name of this bridge is rarely known.

It is the Luoyang Bridge named after Luoyang, a bridge that must be passed from Luoyang Longmen Station to Luoyang City.

But in fact, there are three Luoyang Bridges. The three bridges are very close to each other, even within a hundred meters.

The first Luoyang Bridge is the New Luoyang Bridge. On the two-way lane of the bridge, the traffic is endless. Carrying the traffic burden of cross-river traffic in the new and old towns.

The second Luoyang Bridge is the Old Luoyang Bridge. It is on the west side of the New Luoyang Bridge, very close, half a minute to walk there.

The old Luoyang Bridge is already very old, and now it can only be crossed by non-motorized vehicles, mostly pedestrians strolling on it, or there are traders operating on it.

The new and old Luoyang Bridge and the two banks of the Luo River, the double bridge is like a flying rainbow.

The third bridge, on the other hand, dates back a little further. During the Tang Dynasty, Luoyang had a bridge that also connected the north and south banks of the Luo River, also named Luoyang Bridge.

Speaking of this Luoyang Bridge, we must first mention its predecessor, the Tianjin Bridge in Luoyang.

During the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Emperor sent people to build a bridge on the Nanluoshui Ferry in the old city of Luoyang, connecting the north and south of Luoshui with an iron cable, named Tianjin Bridge.

There is a small pavilion on the bridge, when the moon is empty, the blue water around the pavilion reflects the bright moon, which is one of the famous eight views of Luoyang - "Tianjin Xiaoyue".

Unfortunately, this Tianjin Bridge was destroyed by a fire at the end of the Sui Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, the bridge was rebuilt, and the iron rope bridge was changed to a stone bridge, and named Luoyang Bridge.

This is the origin of the name Luoyang Bridge.

Many literati and inkers have gone to Luoyang to see the grand scenery of the bridge pavilion, for example, Bai Juyi, a new Zheng hometown of ours, once issued a praise here that "the northeast of Jinqiao Douting West, to this is a poetic fan".

This Luoyang Bridge, which was once used by literati and inkers, has gone through continuous wars and dynastic changes, and has been "like this all paid and broken walls and ruins", standing alone in the bed of the Luohe River. Now, the ruins can only be seen not far from the other two Luoyang Bridges.

Although the distance between the three Luoyang bridges is similar, the historical origin has spanned thousands of years.

However, these three bridges are not very famous, Baidu search for Luoyang Bridge, the first related entry that jumped out, turned out to be from Quanzhou thousands of miles away.

Two days ago, Quanzhou was listed as a World Heritage Site, and Quanzhou Luoyang Bridge is the end of 22 heritage sites.

This also makes people wonder why the name of Luoyang appears in Quanzhou, which is thousands of miles away, and what kind of connection is between Quanzhou and Luoyang?

Born in the south, but very "medium"

When it comes to the Luoyang Bridge in Quanzhou, we have to start with the "Southern Crossing of the Crown".

In the last year of the Western Jin Dynasty, the iron hooves of the Xiongnu stepped into the ancient capital Luoyang, the Jin Huai Emperor was captured, and countless princes and princes were killed.

Everyone saw that the emperor was gone, and the invaders burned and plundered without evil, and could not survive, so they had to flee.

But there was no way to escape to the north, it was the territory of the Huns, and they could only run south, so everyone dragged their families and went south.

Trees move to death, people move to live, as long as people live, there is always a way.

The Central Plains, as a place where ancient warriors had to fight, were always in constant war.

The Yongjia Rebellion, the Wuhu Chaos, the Yellow Nest Rebellion... Every time a war rages together, the lives of the people become more difficult.

Therefore, more and more northerners who have fled to the south have settled down and taken root. So they became the ancestors of many people in southern Fujian today, the most typical of which is the "Kaizhang Saint King"-Chen Yuanguang, the first Zhangzhou Assassin of the Tang Dynasty, who was a native of Gwangju, Henan.

Statues of Chen Zheng and Chen Yuanguang in Yunxiao County, Fujian Province

But going to the country and nostalgia is always the common sentiment of the world Chinese. Therefore, in Quanzhou, the Central Plains people who moved south named this "Luoyang Bridge" after the old capital luoyang.

Luoyang Bridge - a "first bridge in the sea" in Quanzhou Mingyuanluo.

This bridge, which can get such high praise, certainly has its unique features.

After our ancestors moved here from the Central Plains in the Song Dynasty, they strictly adhered to the purpose of "building infrastructure before becoming rich", rolled up their sleeves and built such a bridge built on the sea.

As a rabbit grower, our ability to engage in infrastructure construction is really not said from ancient times to the present.

The "Luoyang Bridge" is two kilometers long and is all built of stone. This length is compared with the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge of tens of kilometers, which looks like a small baby, but compared with the other three of the four ancient bridges, it is really a "giant bridge". Lugou Bridge is more than 200 meters, Zhaozhou Bridge is more than 60 meters, and Guangji Bridge is the longest, only more than 500 meters.

And the "after-sales service" of this bridge is also too strong to speak, after countless waves and typhoons, it is still as strong as ever.

No wonder we all say that we are "infrastructure demons", this look is the blood gene passed down from generation to generation!

There are many "Central Plains elements" like Luoyang Bridge in Quanzhou. Under the Luoyang Bridge is the Luoyang River, and the place through which the Luoyang River flows is called Luoyang Ancient Town. In the ancient town of Luoyang, Luoyang Stone Carving, Luoyang Hospital, Luoyang Police Station, Luoyang Power Supply Factory, Luoyang Bazaar, Luoyang Overseas Chinese Friendship Association, Luoyang Snack Department... The list goes on, as if you were back in Luoyang again.

In the Quanzhou dialect, "guest" is pronounced as "renke" [sound: Lang3 (3rd sound) kei4 (short 4th sound)], and the pronunciation of this "guest" is very similar to what my Luoyang friends usually say.

Quanzhou was born in the south and grew up in the south, but the language reveals the charm of the Central Plains. In a joke, Quanzhou can really be regarded as Luoyang Fenluo.

Quanzhou is attracting worldwide attention

Will the next one be Kaifeng?

The 56th World Heritage Site of China, the "World Marine Trade Center of Song and Yuan China", which ends at the "Luoyang Bridge", shows the world the tip of the iceberg of Quanzhou's bustling marine trade.

From the north to the south, from the Central Plains to the coast, quanzhou's prosperity during the Song and Yuan dynasties was inseparable from the shift of economic center of gravity.

The Northern Song Dynasty, which has always been known for its openness, of course did not "let go" of export trade and shipping, and took advantage of Quanzhou's advantages to set up a municipal shipping department in the south of its city.

As you might not imagine, Quanzhou's foreign trade trade reached 31 countries and regions at that time.

This place with a less famous name, in the Northern Song Dynasty, once surpassed Mingzhou (present-day Ningbo, Zhejiang), second only to Guangzhou, and became a national maritime port.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was even more remarkable, and with the political center of gravity moving south to the jiandu Lin'an (present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang), Quanzhou finally lived up to expectations and won the title of "Merchant of All Nations in the Sound of rising seas".

Speaking of which, the Government of the Southern Song Dynasty can thank Quanzhou, after all, at that time, maritime transportation trade accounted for 1/3 of the fiscal revenue, and Quanzhou was an important contributor to proper GDP. Later, Quanzhou was brilliant for a long time.

Speaking of the Song Dynasty, another topic that cannot be avoided is Kaifeng.

As the political center of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was full of shops and entertainment venues in addition to various administrative organs.

Whether it is a daily necessities store such as a grocery store or a luxury store such as a gold and silver shop or a jewelry shop, you have everything.

There are even places that provide specific services, such as Tiles, Healer Street, Royal Street, and Quyuan Street.

The famous painting "Map of the Upper River of the Qingming Dynasty" depicts the bustling scene on both sides of the Bian River, one of the main rivers in Kaifeng at that time, and it is still shocking today.

The imperial city of Kaifeng also appeared in major film and television dramas, and the "Qingping Le" of the first two years of fire recorded the customs and customs of the city of Kaifengfu in Tokyo.

It can be said that Kaifeng and Quanzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty are equivalent to today's Beijing and Shanghai.

Also a "first-tier city" at that time, today is different from the past, Quanzhou has led the economy, and has become a World Heritage Site, which has attracted much attention.

Behind this is the efforts of the Quanzhou government.

I believe that there will not be another city that attaches so much importance to cultural heritage as Quanzhou.

In the past 20 years, the Fujian Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and the Quanzhou Municipal Government have promoted the protection of Quanzhou's cultural heritage.

Thousands of volunteers, thousands of front-line inspectors, and the protection and maintenance of heritage have become the consensus of all the people of Quanzhou.

In contrast, in this regard, Kaifeng is lonely.

The lights and shadows of the ancient city walls change, the crowds of hutongs are bustling, tourists come and go, and Kaifeng is still just Kaifeng.

I would like to say that since Quanzhou has become a World Heritage Site, why can't Kaifeng be the next one?

(Image from the Internet)