meaning of aurora

Chapter 13
[A skill will only be listed as an intangible cultural heritage when it is about to become extinct. 】

How realistic and cruel.

The traditional construction techniques of wooden arch bridges are living fossils of Chinese bridge construction technology.

It represents the highest technical level of ancient wooden bridges in my country.

It condenses the wisdom of the ancient working people.

The bridges built with this technology only exist in the area of ​​more than 200 kilometers at the junction of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces in China.

In the year of Nie Guangyi's college entrance examination, the three counties of Taishun, Qingyuan, and Jingning in Zhejiang, and the four counties of Shouning, Zhouning, Pingnan, and Zhenghe in Fujian jointly applied for this skill.

At that time, a total of 22 Fujian-Zhejiang wooden arched bridges were packaged, and Wan'an Bridge was one of them.

In the county annals of Pingnan County where Wan'an Bridge is located, there are records about the bridge's past and present.

Built in the Song Dynasty, the base stone was pier 1708, and the pavilion was built on it. Xuzi was stolen and burned, and only one board remained. ([-])
It was rebuilt in the seventh year of Qianlong. (1742)
In the 33rd year of Qianlong's reign, it was stolen and burned again, and a wooden cross was built. (1768)
Daoguang rebuilt in 25 years. (1845)
It was burned again in the early 20th century and rebuilt again in 1932.

In 1952, two arches were destroyed by flood at the northwest end, and they were rebuilt in 1954.

For those who don't grow up in this place, if it weren't for the fire last night, the name Wan'an Bridge would never have been heard of.

Not to mention that people in other places don't know about it, even the aborigines in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces probably haven't heard of it.

Even if I heard about it, there are other bridges called this name in nearby counties and cities.

The word protection of cultural relics has always been a very ungrounded concept for most people.

However, for the villagers of Changqiao Village, Wan'an Bridge is the testimony of their ancestors living in this place for generations.

From birth to old age, year after year, generation after generation.

Wan'an Bridge was originally a very beautiful and inclusive wooden arched bridge.

The bridge house has 38 bays and 156 columns with a total length of 98.2 meters.

The bridge is designed with unequal spans.

The longest arch span is 15.2 meters, and the shortest is 10.6 meters.

The pier is boat-shaped.

There are bridge pavilions with double eaves and double-slope roofs with green tiles.

The eaves of the bucket-type wooden beam frame are shuttled.

On both sides of the 4.7-meter-wide bridge deck, there are benches in one go, commonly known as "beauty leaning".

In spring, summer, autumn and winter, no matter what season you pass by on the bridge, you will see many people on the bridge.

Old people chat on it, and children play on it.

On summer nights, the cool breeze on the bridge is the most unbearable to leave.

Walking on this bridge is like walking into a piece of history.

When people from Changqiao Village arrive here, they will unconsciously slow down their pace.

Xuan Shi followed Nie Guangyi to Changqiao Village. The first thing he saw was a scene of many people sitting by the stream, crying silently.

"Why are so many people sitting here crying? Are your grandparents so influential in the village?" Xuan Shi was a little puzzled by this.

Because of the departure of an old man, weeping loudly may not be really sad, but it must be crying silently.

How much respect does a person need to make the whole village cry silently when he is about to leave.

"You think too much, they are crying about the bridge, not my grandparents, or anyone else." Nie Guangyi answered the question.

"Crying for this bridge?" Xuan Shi couldn't understand.

"You have been driving just now, and many people have started uploading the video of the Wan'an Bridge fire." Nie Guangyi pointed to the mobile phone and said, "If you click on a few, you will find that many people are shooting the video at the same time. crying."

Xuan Shi thought for a while and said, "People in the village should regard this bridge as a part of their home."

"maybe."

Nie Guangyi didn't know what kind of mood he should be in now.

I don't even know what kind of mood is right.

If, the mood is also divided into right and wrong words.

Should he be as sad as the villagers, or should he be a little gloating?
Perhaps, no disturbance is the most correct way to deal with it.

"Then your grandfather's affection for this bridge is understandable." Xuan Shi said.

"It's understandable." Nie Guangyi smiled bitterly, "My grandfather is the source of auspiciousness and the origin of this bridge's name."

"Do you mind this matter?" Xuan Shi asked.

"I don't mind. There is a grandpa who is an inheritor of non-inheritance. What should I mind?"

"So, broadly, if you want to be angry about being abandoned, your father should be the one who should be angry, right? Professor Nie himself doesn't mind the fact that he was abandoned, so don't be angry with your grandfather."

Nie Guangyi said bluntly, "I'm not angry with my grandpa."

"Then you don't need to be allergic to classics, right?" Xuan Shi said, "It's like my coffee, as long as the misunderstanding is resolved, there will be no allergens."

"Why don't you understand, from the beginning to the end, I'm only angry with my father."

Nie Guangyi asked a little seriously: "Can you understand Professor Nie's behavior? He is an ominous person who was abandoned by this place. If he didn't have the whole heart to apply for the world heritage here, why should I go here?"

In 1954, Qiu Fuyan, the grandfather of Nie Guangyi, who had just turned [-], devoted all his attention to the reconstruction of the arch.

He forgot to sleep and eat, and he didn't even remember that he had a son who was less than three years old, so he wished he could live directly on the bridge.

Nie Guangyi's grandmother, Qiu Qingyun, has to take care of Nie Guangyi's father.

And I have to worry every day whether Qiu Fuyan will fall from a height of more than eight meters again.

In Grandma Qiu's opinion, just being lucky once doesn't mean she will be happy forever.

Grandpa Qiu didn't think much of it.

Work till dark every day.

Wherever the danger goes.

Coupled with the rumors that Nie Guangyi's father was an "unlucky person" that was raging at that time, Grandma Qiu could hardly sleep or eat.

Maybe it's out of superstition, or maybe it's because I really can't take care of it.

In this way, Nie Guangyi's father was given to a family named Nie in Shanghai.

When Nie Guangyi was born, Grandpa Nie had passed away.

Therefore, for Nie Guangyi, although he has different surnames, he has always had only one grandfather.

When he was young, he liked to live in Changqiao Village during winter and summer vacations.

Speaking of which, Nie Guangyi's erhu was taught by Mr. Qiu.

"What did Professor Nie tell you?" Only when Xuan Shi was with Nie Guangyi would he have endless questions.

"My father didn't say anything, but my mother has always been very disgusted with Changqiao Village. Every time my father asked me to go there, my mother would be so angry that she would not talk to me for several days."

"Then how did you know?"

"The matter of changing the college entrance examination to volunteers completely broke out the conflict between my father and my mother."

Before Xuan Shi could ask, Nie Guangyi said all at once, as if turning on the faucet:

"My dad lives in Changqiao Village. He has five older brothers, all born to my grandparents."

"These five elder brothers gave birth to a total of twelve children, all of whom were my father's education."

"My father promised to support them from elementary school to university graduation."

"With such a heavy burden like him, there is no good partner in Shanghai."

"Then he met my mother."

"My mother said that she can ignore it before marriage. After marriage, the income is the joint property of two people."

"You should focus on your own little family first, not the one that doesn't want him."

"In addition to my uncles, the conditions have gradually improved, and they are fully capable of supporting their children's education."

"But my dad just wouldn't listen."

"My mother has always been very opinionated about this matter."

"My dad is not short of money now, but if we go back 30 to [-] years, who can provide for a dozen children at once?"

"My mother is more tolerant and has never quarreled with my father in front of me."

"On the day when the college entrance examination notice came out, my mother was so angry that she divorced my father."

Seeing that Nie Guangyi stopped, Xuan Shi quickly started to enter the questioning mode again.

"That's why you started to be allergic to classical music?"

"I've done you a big head sensitive."

After hearing the story, Xuan Shi can almost outline the real reason for Nie Guangyi's allergy.

……

Meng Xinzhi came out of the shower and saw Cheng Nuo standing at the corner of the stairs.

"Sister Cheng Nuo, why did you disappear while I was taking a shower? Didn't you say you wanted to look for books in my room?"

"Something happened temporarily. I can't read the book right now."

"What's wrong?" Meng Xinzhi asked concerned.

"My boyfriend just left."

"What happened to you two?"

"No, it is said that something happened to his brother's house, and he should rush there immediately."

"Sister Cheng Nuo, are you unhappy because you feel neglected?"

"I don't know what can make him anxious like that."

"Didn't ask?"

"He didn't have time, he said he would call me later."

"Then if that's the case, Sister Cheng Nuo should put her heart in her stomach first."

Meng Xinzhi took Cheng Nuo's hand and came downstairs.

Seeing Zongji and Zongyi get together and concentrate on watching the video.

Everyone came to the front, and the two people, one big and one small, hadn't noticed it yet.

"What video is so good?" Meng Xinzhi asked Zong Yi.

"It's not good, my sister. I saw in the video that an ancient bridge was burned."

Hearing that the ancient bridge was destroyed, Meng Xinzhi couldn't stay out of it.

"Which bridge?" Meng Xinzhi also moved over.

Zongji adjusted the position of the phone screen so that both daughters could face the screen.

"The video said that the bridge was called Wan'an Bridge. Then Uncle Yi's grandfather suffered a stroke because of this incident, so Brother Shi went back to his hometown with him."

Zong Yi felt aggrieved and complained to Meng Xinzhi: "My sister, you don't know how hard it took me to not tell Uncle Yi that I have to play two erhu pieces before leaving."

"Well, Xiaoyi is right." Mengxin subconsciously praised her sister.

His eyes never left the video being played on Zongji's phone.

Zong Yi, who was praised by his sister, excitedly said a mantra: "Sister, sister, I have a question."

"What's the question?" Conditional reflex - standard answer plus head-to-head killing.

"The news says that this bridge is a cultural relic. If so, has my sister ever dreamed about it?"

Seeing Mengxin's hesitation, Zongyi asked again: "Sister, sister, do you want to go and see?"

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