What are the four ancient bridges in China?

The four ancient bridges in China are Guangji Bridge in Chaozhou, Guangdong, Zhao Zhouqiao in Zhaoxian, Hebei, Lugou Bridge in Beijing and Luoyang Bridge in Fujian.

China, the hometown of bridges, has been called "the country of bridges" since ancient times. It developed in Sui Dynasty and flourished in Song Dynasty. Bridges all over China are woven into a transportation network extending in all directions, connecting all directions of the motherland. The architectural art of ancient bridges in China, many of which are pioneering works in the history of bridges in the world, fully shows the extraordinary wisdom and talents of the working people in ancient China.

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China's bridge culture takes the bridge as the entity, reflecting the ideological and cultural achievements and scientific and technological achievements of each era. It is a typical specimen of the level of social productive forces in various historical periods, showing the ability of human beings to conquer nature.

1. Bridge culture is rich in connotation. Politicians focus on creating a bridge political culture. In ancient times, "serving as an official and benefiting one party" was the ideal of honest officials, building bridges and roads was their important political goal, and it was an excellent political and cultural tradition for politicians to personally preside over bridge construction.

2. Religious believers inject religious culture into the bridge. Religious believers who donate money to build a bridge will leave the names of good men and women on the bridge and on the bridge monument. The lotus stone carvings on the bridge belong to Buddhist culture. The patterns of the Eight Immortals belong to Taoist culture. There is a saying in China that the three religions are of the same origin, and the ancient bridge has a cultural phenomenon of three religions sharing a bridge.

3. The bridge technologists create wonderful sculptures on the bridge. Craftsmen design various bridge decorative works according to the needs of folk culture. The stone lions at the bridgehead and the stone carvings of various water-absorbing animals bear the role of the patron saint of the bridge. The lion stone carving, unicorn stone carving, elephant stone carving and gourd stone carving on the bridge column, as well as the bridge decoration with traditional national themes such as dragon playing unicorn and double lion playing hydrangea stone carving on the bridge column, all have different local characteristics. The cast iron embedded railing on the railing of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge is even more exquisite, and it is still full of praise.

4. All kinds of literati create bridge culture from different angles. For example, many bridge links, bridge monuments, bridge names, bridge paintings, bridge photography, bridge calligraphy, bridge science and technology theory, bridge social science theory, bridge monographs, bridge papers, bridge stories, bridge literature works, bridge film and television works, bridge websites, etc. are all products of bridge culture.

5. Historical events and figures related to the bridge will also give the bridge culture a specific connotation. For example, Luding Bridge has the military culture of the Red Army crossing the river; Lugouqiao has the political culture that "July 7th Incident" started War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. Tingsi Bridge has the celebrity culture of Ye Ting, a famous Northern Expedition star, and so on.

6. Bridge culture has many sociological contents. In the ancient society of China, the whole people donated money to pave the way and build bridges. With this special ancient bridge, there is a rule that "the civilian gets off the sedan chair and the military attache gets off the horse". This is the ethical culture and folk culture of the ancient bridge. There are specific measures and regulations for the financing, management and use of ancient bridges, the management of bridge construction and maintenance, and the setting of checkpoints, post stations, docks, temples, bridge pavilions, towns, markets and theaters in the construction of ancient bridges.

This is the organizational management culture of the ancient bridge. The study of bridge culture is giving birth to a new category of bridge culture. Such as bridge archaeology, bridge tourism economics, ancient bridge value evaluation, ancient bridge maintenance and protection, antique bridge architecture, etc. These new cultural categories will promote the development of new industrial categories.

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Baidu encyclopedia-four ancient bridges