摘要
世界代代邻水而居的生活，使得侗族人与桥结下了不解的生命之缘。
寨里寨外、水边田间，侗乡处处都有造型美丽、气垫恢弘的福桥。
那一座座散落在山涧上的重檐木桥不只是便利交通的建筑。
——很久以前，它们是承载着侗家人延续生命、抚慰灵魂的生命通道。
Living by the river for generations, the Deng people are tightly bound to the bridges, In and outside the villages inhabited by the Dong people there are various beautiful and magnificent Blessed bridges here and there. The bridges which are built without a single nail, are an integration of the bridge, veranda and temple with all sorts of sculptures, colored paintings, tablet inacriptions as ell as sculptures of gods on them.
The Blessed bridges are not only convenient passages but also channels for the Dong people to pass on life and appease the soul. To the Dong people the bridges are the vital means to gather fortunes for the whole village as well as the inevitable route for metempsychosis.
The Dong people regard the Blessed bridges as precious as life and each bridge was built with their concerted effods and the money donated by the Dong people, Yet, owing to the destruction of the ＂Cuitural Revolution＂ and the impact of the economic tide, the Blessed bridges have lost their luster of divinity.
出处
《中华手工》
2006年第2期18-25,共8页
Chinese Handicraft
