Historical materials and short stories about Qingdao trestle bridge

Historical data:

The trestle bridge in Qingdao has a long history, which has been a hundred years. It can be said that Qingdao's century-old rise and fall, honor and disgrace, and historical changes are all in her eyes. She witnessed the development of Qingdao architecture. As early as 1 years ago, during the Qing government's rule, Li Hongzhang, governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang, accompanied by Zhang Yao, governor of Shandong Province, inspected Jiaoao at that time. After returning to Beijing, she decisively proposed to the Qing court that the area around the mouth of Qingdao should be fortified.

On June 14th of the same year, the Cabinet issued an imperial edict: "It is planned to build additional forts at the seaports of Jiaozhou and Yantai, as requested." At the same time, it is required that the company commander yamen of Dengzhou Town be moved from Dengzhou (now Penglai) to Qingdao. Then Gaoyuan Zhang, the company commander of Dengzhou Town, built the company commander yamen in Qingdao, which was the origin of the establishment for Qingdao.

Qingdao trestle bridge was built in the 18th year of Guangxu reign in Qing dynasty (1892). In 1892, the Qing government sent Gaoyuan Zhang, the general commander of Dengzhou, and four battalions of officers and men stationed in Qingdao. In order to facilitate the transportation of military supplies, two docks were built, one of which was the trestle bridge. In the past, it was called Grand Pier and Nanhai Trestle. At that time, there were many names for it.

However, this trestle was very important at that time, and it played a pivotal and central role. If anyone can control the trestle, it is equivalent to controlling the whole Jiaozhou Bay. At that time, Germany first controlled the trestle and then occupied Qingdao on the grounds of sergeant drills. The trestle bridge is the best witness of the German invasion. After Germany took control of Qingdao, the trestle was further transformed and used for military purposes.

Later, after another larger pier was built, the main function of the trestle was not just the pier, and it began to open to tourists. Later, after Japan occupied Qingdao, it also paraded on this bridge to prove its existence. Later, when Qingdao was taken back by the Beiyang government, sailors from China also paraded here. Later, the Nanjing National Government invested more than two years to rebuild the trestle bridge, and the reconstructed trestle bridge became the first scene in Qingdao, which continues to this day.

Later, the New China was established, and the government also invested many times to maintain the trestle bridge. In 198' s, the government once again funded the maintenance, and installed iron rope guardrails and bridge lights on the bridge. In the 199s, it was overhauled, and on the basis of keeping the original style unchanged, bank protection measures were added, making the building more beautiful. After several rebuilds and reconstructions, the bridge body is now 41.45 meters long, including 236.1 meters for the approach bridge and 149.7 meters for the hole bridge.

The triangular bridge head at Huilan Pavilion is 15.65m long. The octagonal pavilion with double cornices at the southern end of the trestle-Huilan Pavilion, with yellow glazed tiles at the top and 24 circular pavilion columns around it, covers an area of 151 square meters, with a total construction area of 34 square meters. The pavilion is a two-story circular pavilion with 34 spiral steps in the center. When you climb the building, you can have a panoramic view of the Qianhai, which is one of the ten scenic spots in Qingdao.

Story of Qingdao Trestle:

In other words, when Gaoyuan Zhang, the general commander of Dengzhou, led his troops to Qingdao, he had a hobby every morning, taking his attendants to watch the sea view and listen to the sound of the waves at the seaside, and when he was in high spirits, he would drive a boat to fish in deep water. One day, Gaoyuan Zhang was fishing in the deep water, and suddenly a big wave struck. The boat suddenly turned upside down, and Gaoyuan Zhang and his attendants fell into the water. Fortunately, the soldiers on the shore rescued him in time.

that night, Gaoyuan Zhang had a dream that when he was fishing in the sea, there was a red light flashing at the bow, and 36 pairs of handsome fairies in red and green skirts lined up face to face in two rows, all the way from deep water to the seaside reef. Then, 36 pairs of fairy arms stretched out horizontally and held together, holding a wide and long green silk to build a silk bridge.

A fairy boy dressed in green held his arm in one hand and a glittering parasol in the other, connected him to the silk bridge and helped him ashore step by step. When Gaoyuan Zhang woke up, he immediately asked his men to invite the painter, and embellished what he had dreamed, so that the painter could draw a picture of a sea bridge.

After listening to this, the painter finished painting the sea bridge in less than half a day. He changed 36 pairs of fairies arranged in two rows into 36 pairs of log bridge piles arranged in two rows, changed the long green silk into a bridge deck painted with green paint, and changed 36 pairs of fairies' necks and heads into 36 pairs of railings with round tops and waist-high and painted with red paint. After seeing the map of the sea bridge, Gaoyuan Zhang was very satisfied and immediately ordered people to work overtime day and night at the seaside to build the bridge.

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The three words on the "Huilan Pavilion" plaque of Feige Huilan were originally inscribed by Shen Honglie, the former mayor of Qingdao. During the second occupation of Qingdao by Japan, this plaque was plundered to Japan and exhibited in the Army Museum in Tokyo, Japan, to show its "achievements" in the war of aggression against China. At present, the word "Huilan Pavilion" was written by the famous calligrapher Shu Tong. This pavilion is an octagonal pavilion on the second floor, and the pavilion is covered with colored glazed tiles.

supported by p>24 red paint pillars, the pavilion has a spiral staircase in the center and glass windows around the upstairs, which is called "one window and one scene, one scene and one painting". We can look out from the window and see the beautiful Qingdao Bay and the surrounding scenic spots and famous buildings in all directions. The length of the trestle bridge increased from 35M to about 44M, and the bridge deck was all paved with cement, and the drainage system was added to the bridge body.

Two rows of cast iron air holes with a distance of about 2M and a diameter of about 2CM are added to the extension part. During the spring tide, the spray of seawater hitting the pier can go straight to the bridge deck from the air holes. At the end of the south side of the bridge, a semi-circular breakwater was built. A two-story cornice octagonal pavilion with traditional China style was built in the breakwater. The pavilion named "Huilan Pavilion" was covered with blue glazed tiles and surrounded by 24 circular columns.

The pavilion is a circular hall with 34 steps hovering in the middle. Climbing the second floor, you can see the red tiles and green trees in Qingdao market to the north, and the blue sea and blue sky in Jiaozhou Bay to the south. In 1936, among the "Ten Scenes of Qingdao" selected by the city together with experts and citizens, "Feige Huilan" with trestle as the main scene became the first one.

Since the completion of Huilan Pavilion, Qingdao Trestle has undergone many repairs, but its features have remained basically unchanged. "The misty water is full of moonlight, the fishing boat berths at the west of the trestle bridge at night, enjoying the cool, and after dusk, people pat the embankment against the railing water." This poem published in "Qingdao Guide" in 1933 is a true portrayal of Qingdao trestle bridge.

Qingdao trestle bridge has been transformed from a military facility originally built for the Qing army for military purposes into a landmark scenic spot in Qingdao. This "bridge" connecting the landing and the sea, along with the vicissitudes of the island city for more than a hundred years, connects the past, present and future of the city. ?

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