Anping bridge

　　A scene in Jinjiang

　　Anping bridge enjoys the reputation of "There is no bridge longer than the bridge", it's located in the bay between Anhai town of Jinjiang and Shuitou town in Nan'an city. Its China's longest existing ancient stone bridge, and it is a masterpiece of ancient bridge construction. It got its name because Anhai's ancient name is "Anping road". And its also known as "Wuli bridge" because of the length of the bridge.

　　In Anhai, Hu Huang and Yi Huang, the father and son Confucian Merchants achieved a much-told tale of the charity of repairing bridge which has always been known for people.

　　Hu Huang was the grandson of Shougong Huang who is the founder of the Kaiyuan temple in Quanzhou, he moved with his father to Anhai from Tong'an when he was young.

　　At that time, if people wanted to across from the Anhai ferry to the other side of the town, they could only take the wooden boat. In the typhoon day of the Anhai harbor, tidewater surged, the wind blew the white waves into high peaks, sometimes it was very dangerous.

　　Therefore, Hu Huang proposed to build a long span bridge, and he donated 10 million copper coins in the Shaoxing eight years (1138 years) of the southern song Dynasty, opened the curtain of bridge building. After that, his son Yi Huang who was the county magistrate of Xinghua, followed his father, and the bridge was finally built in 1152 under the leadership of Lingjin Zhao who was the satrap of Quanzhou.

　　中文版

　　晋江一景——安平桥

　　享有“天下无桥长此桥”之誉的安平桥，位于晋江市安海镇和南安市水头镇之间的海湾上，是中国现存古代最长的石桥，是古代桥梁建筑的杰作。

　　因安海古称“安平道”而得名；又因桥长约5华里，俗称“五里桥”。

　　在安海，黄护黄逸父子儒商成就修桥慈善佳话一直为人们所乐道。

　　黄护是献地建泉州开元寺的黄守恭之世孙，少时随父亲自同安徙居安海。当时，人们要从安海渡口到对岸水头镇，只能乘木舟往来。台风天的安海港，潮水汹涌，白浪高耸，时有险情发生。

　　因此，黄护提出造一座跨海长桥，并于南宋绍兴八年(1138年)捐出一千万文铜钱，开启了造桥大幕。

　　此后，他的儿子黄逸，时任兴化县令，承先父遗志，在当时泉州太守赵令衿的主持下，于1152年最终将桥建成。