Introduction to Fengqu Bridge: Fengqu Bridge was built in the fifth year of Shaosheng of the Song Dynasty (1098). It is one of the three existing ancient bridges of the Northern Song Dynasty in Jiangxi. It is a place where the good price can be seen. It was built by Lei Shisanniang, wife of An Zhang Zhongshu, and her son Yu Xi, who used their savings from picking up rice ears to commemorate Zen Master Liangji's enlightenment here. The bridge has a total length of 15 meters, a bridge deck width of 4.7 meters, a clear arch span of 4.2 meters, and an arch height of 2.1 meters. It is a steep arch. The arch is composed of 7 longitudinal single coupons, each with 11 granite stones. 77 rectangular stones are arranged in 7 rows to form a load-bearing arch plate. The vertical and horizontal stone seams in each row are connected. There are two stone warriors standing on the spandrels as bridge guardian gods. The stone arch at the bottom of the bridge deck is engraved with the date and month of the bridge's construction and the names of the donors and main builders. The three characters "Fengquqiao" were inscribed by Qian Sun, the county magistrate at that time, based on the "Fengquqiao" he wrote when he met a figure wading through the water here when he first came to the cave. In October 2002, an antique pavilion was built on the bridge.

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