(Photo by Zhong Xiaobo)

Xue Zhai Bridge was built in the seventh year of Ming Zhengde (1512 AD), and was rebuilt in the seventh year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1857 AD).

Typhoon Meranti, which made landfall in Xiamen during the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2016, traveled all the way north and destroyed three national cultural relics, including the Xue Zhai Bridge.

Less than an hour after the destruction of the three bridges, the Taishun cultural protection department urgently asked for help on the official WeChat, asking the public to try to recover the wooden components of the three covered bridges on the premise of ensuring safety.

The villagers have participated in this "self-help".

At that time, there were many reports, and what was particularly impressive was that there was an old man in Xue Zhai Village.

Riding on a three-wheeled cart, it took two whole days to ride 65 kilometers along the stream, and moved back to build more than 100 large and small covered bridges.

Because more than 90% of the construction was recovered, the Xue Zhai Bridge was restored the following year.

Since it is a restoration rather than a reconstruction, there is naturally no problem of identifying cultural relics like the Wan'an Bridge.

Taishun people's love for the covered bridge is integrated into the blood and bones.

When the outside world was amazed that the covered bridges that were completely washed away by the flood could be reborn, the old man said calmly: "160 years ago, the Xue Zhai Bridge was also washed once, and my ancestors and the villagers chased all the way to Fu'an, Fujian, carried it with their shoulders and hands, and walked for three days and three nights to transport those beams and trees back. This time, of course, we have to get it back. ”

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