在湖北恩施市与建始县交界处有个叫大沙河的老渡口,光绪三年六月有一户从外省逃荒的万姓人家,被当地崔姓等世居的乡邻宽容地接纳了,并受其接济之恩,得以开荒拓土,安家落户。自幼深谙水性的万作柱,见家门前绝壁峡谷中的这个渡口全靠几只小划子摆渡,不时有村民落水身亡,便与妻子商议后,卖掉两头肥猪,制作了一条能载10人的大木船,从此为当地人义务摆渡,分文不收,以感恩这里的村民,并承诺,只要万姓人家香火不断就永远做下去。 At the junction of Enshi City and Jianshi County in Hubei Province, there was an old ferry named Dashahe. In June of the same year, one family member fleeing from famine in other provinces was admittedly tolerated by local natives such as Cui. The grace of its economy, to open up wasteland extension, settled down. Since childhood, he learned a lot about the water-filled cast-iron columns and saw the ferry in the cliff-ravine in front of the house relying on a few small planners. From time to time, villagers fell into the water and negotiated with his wife to sell two fat pigs and make one Carrying a large wooden boat of 10 people, from the obligation to ferry the locals, the text does not close, thanks to the villagers here, and promised that as long as the incense of thousands surnamed people will always do it.