Shouning Xiangong Bridge

The Shengping Bridge is more than three hundred meters in the direction of Chanxi downstream, which is the Xiangong Bridge. The Xiangong Bridge was originally built during the Tianshun period of the Ming Dynasty (1457-1464), and in the fourteenth year of the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty (1749), it was destroyed by water along with the Zilai Bridge and the Shengping Bridge. It was rebuilt in the thirty-second year (1767) (some say the forty-third year). The most distinctive feature of the Xiangong Bridge is the three octagonal spires on the roof, which are relatively rare in the border area of Fujian and Zhejiang, and somewhat similar to the Yunlong Bridge in western Fujian. The actual full name of the Xiangong Bridge is the Maxiangong Bridge, and the deity worshiped inside the bridge is Ma Xian, which can be said to be a bridge 'exclusively named' after Ma Xian. The Ma Xian belief is quite prevalent in eastern Fujian and southern Zhejiang, with similar examples being the Rulong Bridge in Qingyuan. Covered bridges in the local area are no longer just a simple means of road passage, but also a place for social interaction with others and communication with deities.