When exploring the origin of Shiqiaotou Town in Wenling, there are nothing more than these three. One is the stone, the second is the stone bridge, and the third is the stone bridge head.
Stones, according to local people, are of high origin. Legend has it that Shiqiaotou Town in ancient times was a vast ocean. It borders Songmen, Tengling and Baifeng - all important military locations in ancient times - and is surrounded by Gaixin. It is a coastal defense fortress in eastern Zhejiang.
The mountain was gradually favored by the ancient Wenling people who were skilled in stone cutting. While they dug canals, they connected the spring eastward to the Ruohengmucheng River; at the same time, they dug rocks to connect it with the Changyu Cave of the Xinhe River. This is the origin of the two most famous scenic spots in Shiqiaotou Town, Luanyan and Human Reservoir. Since then, scholars, scholars, Confucianists, Buddhists and Taoists have practiced here one after another.
According to the "Genealogy of Panfeng (today's Ruohengjin Aoli area in Wenling)", "In the reign of Emperor Kangxi, there were more than fifty temples in the rocks and countless monks and priests." It is also recorded that today's It was at that time that people from Shiqiaotou came from all over to settle here.
However, people soon discovered that the river dug by their ancestors often became moody due to the water level in the Mucheng River, blocking traffic along both sides of the river. Therefore, the local people intercepted the river at the east end, filled up the chaotic rocks with soil, and expanded them to border with Tengling Mountain, Niutou Mountain, Mabu Mountain, etc., and surrounded the Human Reservoir in the center of the river; Rock, and another small channel was opened, leading directly to the sea in the south. This is the only main river channel at Shiqiaotou, and it still exists today. At this point, Shiqiaotou has changed from its previous predicament, with the floods gone and the mountains becoming softer.
In the 20th year of Kangxi (1820), in order to praise the emperor's magnanimous grace and express his gratitude for the aura brought by the rock formations, the Wang family's clan made a homemade octagonal headlamp with embroidered dragons and dragons all over the lake. The totems of the foreign races that were moved here are placed in the area of ??Shihuang Road in today's Shiqiaotou Town for people to worship and appreciate. Local people have rumors that Huang Jun, a Jinshi during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty and a native of Taiping Sandu (now Wenling Shiqiaotou), once wrote a poem to support this. Unfortunately, the author has not been able to find it so far.
Because of the emergence of Wang's lanterns, people in Shiqiaotou gradually began to pay attention to the construction of bridges, because according to the introduction of local craftsmen, most of the bridges built on the rivers at that time were mainly wooden structures. In order to allow more worshipers and viewers to have a glance at the lamp culture at the head of the stone bridge and the real scenes of the stone culture and water culture on it. Therefore, they used stone slabs to pave bridges, one for every kilometer, to make eight bridges, and inlaid various stone paintings, stone lanterns, and inscriptions on them. They built stone pavilions and shops beside the bridge, which meant welcoming all directions and enjoying the spirit of the land.
Soon, the people of Shiqiaotou, who were convinced that stones brought luck, began to gather on both sides of the stone bridge and hold large-scale markets. As time goes by, people ask me where I want to go. The man then talked about going to Shiqiaotou or going to Shiqiaotou to catch up on the day. I don’t know which year it was, but Shiqiaotou became the pronoun of the place name and is commemorated by people. Luanyan is located on the mountainside of Anshan, about 1 km west of Shiqiaotou Town, facing the northeast. Looking at the hillside from a distance, under the cover of sparse forests, there are huge rocks scattered among them, so they are called chaotic rocks. The boulders are either tall and lying, or they overlap and lean against each other. They are both majestic and strange. Behind the rocks, the cliffs are towering, abrupt, strange and dangerous. There are caves in the mountains, most of which are formed by pinched stone ridges. The largest cave can accommodate more than 70 people, making it a good place to escape the summer heat. There is a through-the-sky cave inside. A ray of sunlight shines down, making it look colorful and strange in shape. There are several new buildings on the right side of the cave, and the ground floor is connected to the north exit of the cave. People come to the cave to rest or drink tea in an endless stream. From the left side of the cave entrance, you can reach the Luanyan Cave by zigzagging upward.
From the foothills to the rock cave, the hillside is relatively gentle, with stone steps winding left and right, beautiful trees along the path, and the fragrance of wild flowers. There are pavilions built beside the road for tourists to rest and enjoy the scenery. There is a spring at the foot of the mountain. The spring bursts out like pearls and makes a gurgling sound. This spring is clean, sweet and cool, and is inexhaustible. People in villages and towns often come to draw from it and carry it on their carts for drinking. Luanyan is located halfway up the eastern foothills of Anshan, about one kilometer west of Shiqiaotou Town. According to legend, in 1127 AD, Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, escaped from the Jin soldiers and sailed down from Mingzhou (today's Ningbo). He stopped here, burned incense and prayed for peace in the world and happiness for all people. He also wrote "for the boundary" on the cliff. Two words. Later generations built a temple here to commemorate this historic site. Later, the temple fell into disrepair and became dilapidated. During the Hongwu period, funds were donated to rebuild it and named it Huiluan Temple. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, due to frequent wars and wars for many years, Huiluan Temple was finally destroyed by war. The current Tongle Temple was rebuilt on the original site of Luanyan in 1998. The name "Tongle" must have a profound meaning.