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Yongqing Bridge is a outrigger wooden covered bridge, the piers are made of bluestone masonry, simple and stable, there is no trace of repair.

Baidu Encyclopedia says that Yongqing Bridge was built in the second year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, that is, in 1797, and Sogou Encyclopedia says that Yongqing Bridge was built in the third year of Song Ningzong Qingyuan in the Southern Song Dynasty, that is, in 1197, a difference of 600 years.

In fact, these two statements are based on evidence.

The existing Yongqing Bridge was built in the second year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1797), the height from the water is 8 meters, the bridge is 33 meters long and 4.5 meters wide.

At that time, the person who presided over the construction was called Wu Shijiang, who built the Yongqing Bridge at the age of 57.

There is a record of Wu Shijiang's deeds in repairing the bridge in the family tree [life of self-cultivation and thrift, class farming and reading, the difficulty of saving people, and the urgency of helping others. And he is willing to give, build bridges, and repair steps. 】

According to the genealogical records, the statement that the Yongqing Bridge was repaired in 1797 must be true.

However, the wooden arcade bridge was inevitably reconstructed in various ways, and although it was not entered into the genealogy of the 1197 year, it was engraved on the stone pier in the middle of the bridge.

There are inscriptions on the left and right sides of the middle section of Yongqing Bridge.

Wu Shijiang died ten years after the bridge was built.

The engraved on the left is [Gengshen on April 17, the third year of the Great Song Dynasty Qingyuan].

On the right side is engraved [Xue'an Shi Changcai built this Yongqing Bridge, and the monk is in place].

The third year of the Great Song Dynasty Ningzong Qingyuan was the year 1197 mentioned by Sogou.

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