[Looking for Covered Bridge] Taishun Covered Bridge is random

There are only over 200 covered bridges in China, most of which are located in northeast Fujian and southwest Zhejiang. Covered bridges, coming from the storm of history, still exude charming charm, and their extraordinary beauty adds a bit of vicissitudes to the rich heritage. The covered bridge is reflected on the clear waves, reflecting a painting with the most local characteristics. For those who are used to seeing reinforced concrete buildings, facing the covered bridge will know that the building is alive. Taishun is known as the "Bridge Museum in South Zhejiang", while Shouning is known as the "Hometown of Covered Bridges in China".

Time is a big problem when we want to see all the covered bridges, so we designed a four-day tour focusing on Taishun and Shouning covered bridges to see the charm of covered bridges and make them more than just dreams.

★ trip

D 1 Wenzhou-Sankui

Visit Xuezhai Bridge, Sisi Sister Bridge and live Sisi.

D2 Sixi-Xiaocun-Sankui

You Wenxing Bridge, Wenzhong Bridge, Su Sankui.

D3 Sankui-Zhouling-Sankui-Shiyang-Taishun

Visit Jiaobu Ancient House, Hujia Courtyard, Yuwenqiao, Sanjiaoqiao, Qiaoqiao and other counties, and stay in Taishun.

D4 Taishun-Shouning-Xixi-Shouning

Feiyun Bridge, Shengping Bridge, Gong Xian Bridge, Yangmei Bridge, Xixi River Tail Bridge in Sushouning County.

★ Travel guide

1, transportation:

Taishun can't take the train. The most convenient thing is to change trains in Wenzhou. Wenzhou Passenger Transport Center Station has an express train every 40 minutes from 6: 00 pm to 5: 30 pm. The fare is 54 yuan (the price increased during Spring Festival travel rush), and the journey takes about four hours. You can get off at Sankui. In addition, Taishun has a bus to Hangzhou every morning and afternoon, and a bus to Shanghai every day. Taishun has shuttle buses to various towns and villages, which is convenient to reach various scenic spots. Sankui is also a transportation hub, with good accommodation and catering conditions. It is suggested to take Sankui as the center and look at the surrounding bridges. There are many shuttle buses between Taishun and Shouning, which leave at 6 am and end at 5 pm. Ticket price 12 yuan, the whole journey takes about one and a half hours. The scenery along the way is good.

2. Accommodation:

There are many hotels and private hotels in Taishun, most of which are middle and low grade. Taishun Hotel is the best, and the price is around 200 yuan. The sanitary conditions of ordinary hotels and guest houses are acceptable, with double standard rooms in 60 yuan and multi-standard rooms in 20 yuan. There are also some small hotels with much cheaper prices. Sankui accommodation is also very convenient and the price is moderate. 50 yuan in the standard room of Meihua Hotel near the station can make a counter offer. Because of tourism development, many towns and villages with tourist attractions have guest houses and private hotels, such as Sixi, Shiyang and Shinohara, and the prices generally range from 10 to 15 yuan/person. Four rooms in Taiquan Hotel in Sixi are 65,438+00 yuan. Accommodation conditions in Shouning are relatively good, and standard rooms in high-end hotels are generally around 200 yuan. There are many private hotels called apartments in the local area, mainly concentrated on the street where Gong Xian Bridge is located. If you live here, you can take a walk along Liyu Creek and enjoy the night view of the brightly lit covered bridge. Generally, apartments have bathrooms, showers, color TVs and air conditioners. Negotiation between standard rooms can be discussed around 60 yuan. There is a Daoxiang village in Xixi Township, with a bed of 10 yuan.

3. Diet:

The local mountain dishes are more distinctive, and the snacks are mainly rice noodles, rice noodles and noodles. For people who like to eat Chili or have a heavy taste, eating too much will lead to clear soup and less water. They can bring their own bottled hot sauce to accompany them.

4. The best tourist season:

Taishun is mountainous and offshore, with a subtropical maritime monsoon climate, distinct seasons and mild climate. Generally speaking, it is suitable for traveling all year round. However, the local rainfall is abundant, with spring rains in March and April, mostly rainy weather, plum rains and heavy rains in May and June, and typhoons and thunderstorms in July and September. If you don't want to see the covered bridge with mud feet, you'd better avoid the rainy season. Of course, in the rainy season to see the covered bridge, don't have a flavor.

★ Prepare before departure

Equipment preparation:

When you go to see the covered bridge in rainy season, you should pay attention to rain and moisture, and put on waterproof and non-slip shoes; If you want to take pictures, it is more convenient to bring a folding umbrella. When staying in a hotel, wearing a shower cap as a rain cover for the camera is also very effective. Most of the scenic spots along the route are suitable for camping, bring outdoor tents and equipment, sleep on covered bridges and experience picturesque artistic conception.

Knowledge preparation:

1. Covered bridge, as the name implies, is a bridge with eaves, including wooden arch, stone arch and flat wood. Among many ancient bridges, covered bridges are favored. Covered bridge, also known as wood structure stoplog arch bridge, forms an arch bridge with beams interspersed with different pressures. There are no nails on the bridge. It looks like a rainbow. Its long history and exquisite skills play an important role in the history of Chinese bridges. Taishun locals call the covered bridge "Pteris Pteris Pteris Bridge" and Shouning people call it "CuO Bridge".

2. There are 958 existing bridges in Taishun, including more than 30 covered bridges in Ming and Qing Dynasties, including covered bridges, Mu Ping covered bridges and Shigong covered bridges. Among them, there are six covered bridges that occupy an important position in the history of bridges in the world, namely Sixi Sister Bridge, Sankui Xuezhai Bridge, Ren Xian Xianju Bridge, Shinohara Wenxing Bridge and Sanjiao Bridge. There are nearly 100 covered bridges in Shouning County, of which 19 is well preserved and can be visited slowly.

★ Embarrassment and Countermeasures

1, the covered bridge has the beauty of "looking at the mountains and forming peaks", and different landscapes can be seen from different angles. It is not easy for newcomers to find the best angle to see the covered bridge. The best way is to collect some information before going out, especially to see excellent photo photography. Asking local people for advice is the most direct and effective way.

2. Covered bridges are mostly distributed in villages and towns, and the journey is limited by the number of buses. Therefore, before going out, you must ask the driver the time of the last return bus, and remind him regularly with your mobile phone. Don't miss the return bus because you are greedy for the beautiful scenery of the covered bridge. Charter tours can be arranged at will, and there are many local tourists. It would be best if we could find a few people to carpool.

★ Cost

Compared with those dozens and hundreds of tickets, the covered bridge is definitely worth seeing. There is no admission fee, and the cost performance of accommodation along the way is relatively reasonable, which is a very suitable route for self-help travel. However, local food is more expensive, which may be the reason for the rising cost due to inconvenient transportation.

Self-abuse tour to 300 yuan (the accommodation standard is not more than 15 yuan or bring your own camping equipment, and eat rice noodles or fast food at every meal); Standard tour of 700 yuan (accommodation is mainly in standard rooms of ordinary hotels, and you can order two dishes for dinner); Corruption Tour 1500 yuan (you can charter a bus to some scenic spots, stay in star-rated hotels and taste local specialties).

★ Walker's Notes:

Looking for rainbows that leave the earth.

On the way to Taishun, the car circled in the lush forest, making people dizzy, and the vertical and horizontal streams swept the window, dazzling. Therefore, many covered bridges here seem to have found their own explanations-how isolated and lonely the green mountains and green waters would be without covered bridges.

Taishun covered bridge: a unique daze

We didn't go to Luo Yang Town, Taishun County, but got off at Sankui Town. As soon as I got off the bus, I went straight to Xuezhai Bridge in town. Although the wood of Xuezhai Bridge across Jinxi is gray, the bridge is long and steep, with a slope of 30, which looks magnificent. Stepping on the steps paved with bluestone and walking through the arch bridge, I found that the slope of the bridge was amazing, and I vaguely felt the solidity of this bridge 100 years.

When you arrive at Sixi Ancient Town, experience the amorous feelings of Xanadu. Here, surrounded by green hills and gurgling streams, it seems to be stepping into an idyllic picture. Beijian Bridge and Dongxi Bridge, which are called "Sister Bridges", are the crowning touch in the local picture. The North Bridge spans the Beixi River, with a simple and unique shape, graceful and vigorous. From a distance, people feel that it is not just a bridge, but a colorful movement left by God, which makes people shine at the moment. Building a bridge in the north can give birth to an integrated experience. Walking under the bridge, it seems that I have lived here for hundreds of years, or a girl who washes clothes by the bridge, or a shepherd boy who leads cattle across the stone street by the bridge, or an old man who is immersed in memories by the bridge with a roasting cage ... Otherwise, how do I feel deja vu? This bridge must appear in my dream about my hometown. As a result, the covered bridge has become a place suitable for staring blankly. Listening to the stream flowing under the bridge and looking at the distance on the bridge, I vaguely feel that I want to walk through the waters of Qian Shan just to find a shelter from the wind and rain.

There are two big camphor trees over a thousand years old at the bridge head of Beijian Bridge. The old tree hangs in the air, just like a dragon guarding the ancient bridge and lining it beautifully. According to the research of modern building experts, the roots of trees can also firmly grasp the earth and stone around the bridge foundation, which can play a role in consolidating soil and storing water.

Because of the novels and movies of Bridges of Madison County, Bridges of Madison County have become synonymous with romance in many people's minds. Facing the North Bridge, I can't guess what kind of romantic stories novelists or film directors will perform for these bridges if they are lucky enough to come here.

Not far from the North Bridge, there is also a Dongxi Bridge in the upper reaches of the East-West River, also called "Sister Bridge". The surrounding environment of Dongxi Bridge is not as good as that of Beijian Bridge, and its shape is quite similar to that of Beijian Bridge ―― the builder of this bridge is the apprentice of the builder of Beijian Bridge, so some people call these two bridges "mentoring bridges". Dong Xiqiao's appearance is more beautiful, with double eaves and steep eaves, and it has the momentum of a deep house compound. I happened to see two tents on the Dong Xi Bridge, which made me envy for a long time. For people who have lived in the city for a long time, it is really a great pleasure to spend a night here and enjoy the simplicity and purity of the covered bridge. Although I can't spend the night on the covered bridge, I decided to stay in Sixi so that I can get up early in the morning to see the covered bridge.

The purpose of going to Shinohara Village is for the second bridge of Wenxing Wenzhong. Wenxing Bridge is near Kengbian Village, not far from the highway. The uniqueness of this bridge lies in that its middle part is inclined, while the banks on both sides are equal in height, and the buildings on the bridge are not inclined. Let's just say that this bridge was built obliquely. It is said that the bridge was repaired by two craftsmen. The two craftsmen were not convinced of each other and built it separately from the two banks. When it was closed, it was found that the heights of the two sides were different, so the middle part had to be built obliquely. Wenzhong Bridge is a cantilever beam type Mu Ping covered bridge. There is no arch on the bridge, but its top is a double eaves resting on the top of the mountain, which is very unique and worth seeing.

I went to Zhouling Township to see Yuwen Bridge and the Third Bridge. The two sides of Yuwen Bridge are not sealed with wooden boards, but carved with wood. The top of the covered bridge is decorated with spires, which looks very delicate. The Third Bridge is the oldest covered bridge in Taishun, so we can't miss it. The three bridges have simple lines, green hills on both sides, clear water and small bridges, and pure scenery. Tangwa was discovered during the reconstruction of the Third Bridge in the Qing Dynasty, and later Shaoxing tiles in the Song Dynasty were found on the eaves. Therefore, it is speculated that these three bridges may have been built in the Tang Dynasty at the earliest, so the wooden arch bridge in Taishun may be the Hongqiao in the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, which was later famous by the Northern Song Dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan. If it is really Hongqiao that has long since disappeared, it will be too exciting. There is an anonymous sentence on the windsurfing board of the Third Bridge, "I will always remember May and laugh with you." Beautiful scenery, where is the human face going? People are sentimental. They like water. A thousand miles, the stream is hard to send, and it flows east. "On the ancient covered bridge, reading this word is like reading a beautiful love story.

Shiyang doesn't have a covered bridge, but it has a pier. Anchorage is a kind of road instead of bridge, which is to insert stone slabs evenly in streams and rivers for people to walk. There are 233 steps in the anchorage of Shi Shui, Dongxiang Village, Shiyang, which are divided into two parallel floors for two people to walk in parallel. Walking through the dock, there is a unique original flavor. Just because I was not used to it at first, I said I was walking instead of jumping around the dock, which caused the children who were striding on the slate to burst into laughter. Comparing the anchorage with the covered bridge, we have a deeper understanding of the covered bridge. On my way back to Sankui, I stopped by to see the Hujia Courtyard, which is an old house for some years. If it is interesting, it is that this old house is not used as a cultural relic, but for people. Just having a birthday party, it was very lively, talking and laughing with the children. Your arrival is considered pleasant.

Shouning covered bridge: the wind of primitive hermits

The covered bridges represented by Taishun in southwest Zhejiang are well-known, and the quantity and quality are not inferior to the covered bridges in eastern Fujian in Taishun, but they are hidden in the mountains, unknown and old. Shouning is a county with relatively concentrated covered bridges in eastern Fujian. There are far fewer tourists in Shouning than Taishun, and the covered bridges here are relatively primitive.

There are several covered bridges in Shouning County. There are no tourists here, so people can savor the charm of covered bridges. It is not a tourist attraction, so it is more primitive. Gong Xian Bridge is near the bus station. There are many people playing cards on the bridge, which is very lively, and the piety of the old man who burns incense and worships God has not been discounted because of the noise. At night, the Gong Xian Bridge is decorated with colorful lights, reflecting the beautiful river surface. Shengping Bridge is not far from Gong Xian Bridge, but also in downtown area. Although the surrounding environment has been trying to modernize, the two bridges are still silent, just like two hermits living in a bustling city. Feiyun Bridge is in the suburbs, and there is a Guanyin Pavilion beside the bridge. Every morning and evening, I can see the old lady burning incense at the bridge. The environment around Yangmei Bridge is very rural. This bridge has not been repaired and carved, just like a fresh wind in the field, which makes me reluctant to leave.

Shuiwei Bridge in Xixi Township is the most representative covered bridge in Shouning. Shuiwei Bridge has a large span, and the whole bridge body is surrounded by fenders. There are several gourd-shaped lighting holes on the guard board, and the light in the bridge changes hazy, which is different from the style of the covered bridge in Taishun County.

On the way home, the beautiful image of the covered bridge I saw all the way is still lingering in front of me. The beauty of the covered bridge should be photographed with the film of the mind.

It is not only a bridge, but also a living art.

The old man standing on the bridge with lanterns was immersed in memories.

Gong Xian bridge

Feiyun bridge