Alan Suspension Bridge, also known as "tranquil Bridge", "husband and wife bridge." Length of 240 meters, and puts up Minjiang North and South, is the ancient western Sichuan, and the commercial crossroads between Aba is a Tibetan, Han and Qiang people's contact link.
Alan Suspension Bridge: built in the Song Dynasty until the late Ming and destroyed by the flames of war. Suspension Bridge in order to raft pier supporting, with thick bamboo rope, such as sized river dashing, upper berth for the deck boards on both sides claim as a bamboo bar, full-length of 500 meters. The present bridge, down more than 100 meters will be replaced by bamboo steel cables of posts and piers supporting change concrete piles. Located in Dujiangyan, on the first fish head is known as the five bridges of ancient China, is the most characteristic landscape of Dujiangyan.
Minjiang torrential storms, there is no construction of the rope bridge before the ballad of "traveled the world road, sadness crossing Minjiang do."
Jiaqing eight years (1803) May 15, ferries capsized, a hundred people died in the Fish-bellied. Such a tragic story of a private school, Mr. Ho first wife, haunt They look at the terrain, to read historical bridge, consult a local water, carpenters people, reported to his official lobbying the Octagon to raise funds in May to lead the nine-year JiaQing four rural people to start bridge . The bridge has not yet completed, two woodcutters do not have to discourage, wind and cross the bridge, fell into the water were killed. Ferry "head" bribe his official framed by the sin of disregard for human life. Mr. He Xiande swallowed their anger Jiuquan. He wife strong pressure anger, inheritance, Chi-fu, completed the construction of the rope bridge. Cross the bridge at Shop wood, bamboo cables for the bar, walking safely, therefore called "security bar bridge", was converted into tranquil bridge, take fear waves, meaning the river safely. People are grateful for what the virtue of the first German husband and wife, also known as "husband and wife bridge."
