Historical situation of Shuanglong Bridge

What does "Shuanglong" mean? In other words, Kuchong and Lujiang rivers meet together, and a bridge town locks "Shuanglong", hence the name. The Shuanglong Bridge on Li Sanhu River in the west of Jianshui City was built during the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. At that time, only three stone bridges were built on the Hujiang River. Later, due to the flooding of the Hujiang River, the river channel collapsed and the riverbed gradually widened. The three-hole bridge is isolated in the river and cannot cross the shore. In the 19th year of Daoguang (1839), local officials and people continued to build fourteen bridges, which were connected end to end with the original three-hole bridge, and the geese were connected and integrated. The bridge is 9 meters high, with three 5-meter-wide holes at the starting point and 14 3-meter-wide holes at the ending point. Full bridge length148m. The bridge is made of about 500 very smooth stones, and the poles on both sides are columns. Three cornice attics were built on the bridge. The attic at both ends is slightly smaller, and the one in the middle is big and spectacular. Later, during the Xianfeng period, it was completely destroyed by war. In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), three cornice attics were rebuilt, which were more magnificent than the original ones. There are three pavilions on the bridge, with overlapping eaves. As the inscription says, "There are three flying pavilions on the bridge, and the middle pavilion is two, reaching as high as the sky." More are two pavilions, reflecting each other and looking at the grand view from the west! "Mao Yisheng, a famous bridge expert, once listed Jianshui Shuanglong Bridge as the most famous masterpiece among many ancient bridges in China 10 in his monograph The Ancient Bridge in China, and introduced Jianshui Shuanglong Bridge and the 17-hole bridge in the Summer Palace.