"Hello, Mr. Zhang. Ye Ziqi immediately stepped forward and said respectfully.

"Hello, let's learn from each other in the future. Mr. Zhang took the initiative to shake hands with Ye Ziqi and said, his tone was very kind, giving Ye Ziqi a sense of intimacy.

"Teacher Zhang, I heard that you have been photographing Longqiao in our county for more than ten years. I don't know how you came up with the idea of filming Longqiao in the first place?" Ye Ziqi chatted with Zhang Feiyun.

"I'm a photographer and I've always been photographing people and things in my hometown. Our L county not only has many scenic spots, but also has a profound cultural heritage and a long history, so various historical and cultural relics are also the objects of my photography.

More than 10 years ago, when I had just retired from my job and liked to travel from village to village to photograph, one day on a small tributary of the Maxi River, I saw a collapsed old bridge, and a delicately carved dragon head fell in the grass on the bank of the river.

I asked the local people that the dragon bridge is said to be hundreds of years old, but it was destroyed by a flood a few years ago, and I felt very sorry.

Later, when I inquired, I learned that there are still many dragon bridges on many rivers in our county, some of which are still well preserved, and some of which are half-destroyed, so I had an idea in my heart.

Since then, I have spent two or three years visiting all towns and villages in the county, going to every river to find the Dragon Bridge, and recording their basic conditions.

In the end, I sorted it out and found that there were still 1780 well-preserved dragon bridges, dozens more damaged, and 40 or 50 beautifully carved and well-preserved dragon bridges.

With the support of the county cultural bureau, the Longqiao Photography Exhibition was held nationwide, and for the first time, many Longqiao bridges in our county were fully disclosed to the public, which attracted the attention of the higher-level cultural departments.

Now the county cultural bureau has set up a dragon culture research institute, one is to study the dragon culture in our county, and the other is to excavate and protect the ancient dragon bridges in Z county, so that they can be inherited. Teacher Zhang spoke eloquently, which made Ye Ziqi awe-inspired.

"It is precisely because Mr. Zhang has worked tirelessly in the past few years to excavate the dragon bridge in our county, which has attracted a higher level of attention, and experts and scholars from the National Ancient Bridge Research Association have come to our county for research and investigation many times.

The dragon brain bridge we are going to today is a typical representative of all dragon bridges, originally it had several statues that have been damaged, but the state cultural relics department has allocated tens of millions of dollars for rescue and protection and restoration of the original state.

In addition, our county was able to obtain the title of the hometown of Longwen in China, and Mr. Zhang also contributed to it, and the photos of Longqiao he took were once exhibited in Prince Gong's Mansion in Beijing. Duan Yanmei added next to her.

"Teacher Zhang, you have really made great contributions to inheriting and carrying forward the dragon culture and Shiqiao culture in our county, and we juniors should learn more from you. Ye Ziqi said to him sincerely.

"You're welcome. Inheriting and carrying forward the traditional culture, is what each of our descendants of Yan and Huang should do, you young people have a higher level of knowledge, more active thinking, and more ideas, and in the future, we will rely on you to promote the traditional culture of your hometown, and I will also learn from you. Teacher Zhang said humbly.

Soon, several more teachers arrived, including Xu Gang from the County Cultural Center, Zhang Linxiao from the County Library, Zeng Youran from the County Rong Media Center, and Feng Du from the County Writers Association.

Duan Yanmei introduced Ye Ziqi and got to know them one by one, these teachers are experts and scholars in local culture, who have been studying local culture for a long time, focusing on dragon culture, so they are all researchers of the Dragon Culture Research Institute.

"Then let's go. Among the group, Mr. Zhang Feiyun was the leader, and when he saw that everyone had arrived, he said to everyone, and Mr. Xu Gang and Mr. Zhang Linxiao both drove the car, and the group of seven people set off in two cars.

Zhang Feiyun, Ye Ziqi and Duan Yanmei got into Mr. Xu Gang's car together, and on the way, Ye Ziqi found that Mr. Xu Gang was not tall and not good-looking, but he was humorous and knowledgeable.

Starting from the county seat, it only takes about fifteen minutes to go to the Longqiao Cultural Ecological Park, everyone gets off in front of the Dragon Culture Square, walks about 150 meters to the head of the Dragon Brain Bridge, and then goes down dozens of steps to the Dragon Bridge.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today I want to introduce you to a national treasure, which is the Longqiao Bridge I told you yesterday, located in the Longqiao Cultural and Ecological Park, 5 kilometers west of our L county.

Now where we are located is in the Longqiao Cultural and Ecological Park of L County, and the huge square you see has a unique dragon statue in the middle, which is the Dragon Culture Square at the head of the dragon brain.

In addition, there is a temple behind the square that you see, it is called Dragon Brain Temple, which has existed for hundreds of years along with the Dragon Brain Bridge, but the original site is on the other side of the bridge, and it was later relocated to this side when the Dragon Culture and Ecological Park was built.

First of all, we have to pass through this square, walk down from top to bottom, and you can see dragon carving patterns along the way, recording the changes in the shape of dragons in different periods of Chinese history.

There is a small fountain in front of you, called the Nine Dragons Bath Prince, which comes from historical allusions, you can check it, and walk through this fountain, stand here and you can have a panoramic view of the dragon brain bridge. ”

Before Ye Ziqi got out of the car to start the live broadcast, he also asked for the opinions of several teachers, and everyone didn't mind him starting the live broadcast, especially when they learned that the number of fans in his live broadcast room reached more than five million, which made them even more excited.

"It doesn't matter, we are also old guys, and we don't have any secrets to expose, so that more people can know and pay attention to the dipon, and then better protect the dipon, which is what we want to see. Teacher Zhang Feiyun said on behalf of everyone.

"Lao Tie, standing dozens of meters high, you can see the whole picture of the dragon brain bridge, but you must go down to be able to clearly see the details of the dragon brain bridge, I believe everyone will be shocked.

In addition, I don't know much about the dipon, so I will ask Mr. Zhang to introduce the diponhole to you later. This is Mr. Zhang Feiyun, who has been specializing in Longqiao in our county for nearly 20 years, and has published a number of photography collections, and many photographic works about Longqiao have won awards in the country. ”

Walking down the steps and coming to the bridge, Ye Ziqi said to everyone, and divided the lens into two places, one to shoot the dragon brain bridge, and the other to close-up Mr. Zhang Feiyun, and asked Mr. Zhang to introduce the dragon brain bridge to everyone.

"Friends, hello everyone, the dragon brain bridge in 1996 by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit, that is, we call the national treasure, was built in the Ming Dynasty Hongwu (1368-1398) period, has a history of more than 600 years. ”

In 1991, CCTV in the "China Bridge" special column to the whole country and the world to promote the dragon brain bridge, its majestic posture has been included in the Chinese ancient bridge album, famous at home and abroad. ”

"The dragon brain bridge is a rare ancient bridge in the country that has been well preserved in the country because of the huge construction project, the carving is very exquisite, the shape is vivid and unique, the craftsmanship is exquisite, the artistic taste is high, and it has been well preserved so far. ”

"The Dragon's Brain Bridge is an ancient stone bridge that integrates architectural modeling and stone carving art.

The bridge is a stone pier stone beam type flat stone bridge, with a total length of 55 meters, a height of about 2 meters, a width of 1.9 meters, the whole bridge has a total of 15 spans (including one span of the bridgehead), 14 bridge piers, and the bridge piers are made of four layers of gray sand stone bars.

Each stone is 3.10 meters long and 0.8 meters wide. The largest pier (i.e., the largest dragon body) weighs about 13.6 tons, and the middle of the uppermost pier stone is hewn into a concave shape so that stone slabs can be placed on it as beams. The piers are drilled upstream to reduce the impact of flooding.

There are 30 stone slabs of the bridge, each of which is not less than 3.6 meters long, 0.95 meters wide and 0.6 meters thick. The longest bridge weighs 5.9 tons. ”

Mr. Zhang first introduced the overall situation of the dragon brain bridge, and then said to the audience: "Next, we will visit the eight sculptures of the dragon brain bridge one by one, respectively on the eight piers in the middle, there are four kinds of beasts: unicorn, green master, four dragons, and white elephants.

We summarized these eight statues as 'the two banks of the unicorn guard, the elephant drinking by the river, the green lion bridge roaring, the dragon king and the dragon swimming', the scene is very spectacular.

The dragon carving is unique, the mouth is holding the 'orb', completely hollowed, and can be moved by hand. When the wind rises, the dragon's nose makes a rattle. The elephant's trunk is curled, the long teeth are stretched out, the fat body is drooping, and the demeanor is calm, giving people a sense of peace and tranquility. The male lion and the unicorn are lifelike and have their own characteristics.

Let's take a look at the four dragons in the middle, the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, eyebrows, mustache, horns on the dragon's head, the armor, wings and flowing clouds on the dragon's body are all bright, clear and smooth, and the overall look is lifelike.

When the river rises and only submerges the bridge, these mascots only show their heads and tails in the flowing water, as if they are swimming against the current in the river, which is another great spectacle. ”