Legend goes that when Ma Wu, general of Liu Xiu, first emperor of East Han Dynasty, when younger, he used to live a hermit life here to stay away from his enemies. He lived by grazing. He would graze in the opposite bank of the river every day. One day, the old cow gave birth to a veal. The kind-hearted Ma Wu would hold the veal to cross the river for fear that it would be drowned. But veal grew up day by day but Ma Wu continued to embrace it. He thus got his muscle enhanced. He helped Liu Xiu fight battles all over the country and became a famous general in East Han Dynasty.

After Ma Wu returned to his hometown with glory, he recalled the hardship of crossing the river by holding a veal. He thus input money to build the bridge. Later generations designated the bridge ‘veal-embracing bridge’ to memorize this story. They erected the sculpture of ‘embracing of veal by Ma Wu’ at the bridgehead. The building was renovated in 1996.

The pond below the bridge is General Pond. A convention is popular in the local place. When children are born, they have to take a shower with water in here with the hope that they will grow strong just like Ma Wu.