Where is the longest wooden arcade bridge in the country?

Among all types of covered bridges, wooden arcade bridges have the most special structure. The wooden arcade bridge is also called the stacked beam wind and rain bridge. Because it looks like a rainbow, it is also called the rainbow beam wooden gallery bridge. Let me introduce to you the longest wooden arcade bridge in China.

Wan'an Bridge in Pingnan, Fujian

Wan'an Bridge is located in Changqiao Village, Changqiao Town, Pingnan County, Fujian Province. It was originally named "Longjiang Gongji Bridge" and later renamed "Rainbow Bridge". It is now It is called "Wan'an Bridge".

Types of Wan'an Bridge

The wooden arch bridge is also called the wooden arch wind and rain bridge, commonly known as "Cuo Bridge". It uses beams interspersed and pressed to form an arch bridge, which looks like a rainbow. It is a Chinese Among the traditional wooden bridges, the category with the highest technical content is the Hong Bridge across the Bian River in the famous painting "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is a typical representative of the wooden arcade bridge. The famous bridge expert Tang Huancheng wrote "History of Chinese Science and Technology Bridges Volume" and said that covered bridges are unique to China in the history of bridges in the world. The wooden arcade bridge in eastern Fujian, with its long history and exquisite craftsmanship, occupies an important position in the history of Chinese bridges. It was called the "Jurassic Park" in the history of Chinese bridges by the famous bridge expert Mao Yisheng.

Characteristics

Wan’an Bridge is a wooden arcade house bridge with five piers and six holes. The bridge is 98.2 meters long and 4.7 meters wide, with boat-shaped piers and unequal spans. The shortest arch span is 10.6 meters and the longest arch span is 15.2 meters. The bridge house has 38 bays, 156 columns, a bucket-type wooden frame, a double-slope roof, and wooden benches on both sides. There is a stone tablet embedded in the pier in the middle of the bridge. The inscription reads: Disciple Jiang Ji gave away a pile of money, three guans, and thirty-two stones, and built a stone pier to inherit this good cause from his concubine and his two relatives, and to pray for the safety of his family, men, and himself. . I would like to write this title in the ninth month of Gengwu, the fifth year of Yuanyou. There are 10 stone steps at the east end of the bridge and 36 stone steps at the west end of the bridge. There are 13 couplets under the eaves of the bridge house. There is a double eaves bridge pavilion built in the northwest of the bridge. It has bucket-shaped beams and flying eaves, and the roof is covered with double green tiles. The craftsmanship is ingenious, majestic, simple and dignified. It is worthy of being the best ancient wooden arcade bridge in China and is of great value to the study of ancient bridge architecture.

History

Wan'an Bridge is located in Changqiao Village, Changqiao Town, Pingnan County, Fujian Province. It was originally named "Longjiang Gongji Bridge" and later renamed "Rainbow Bridge". It is now called "Wan'an Bridge". ?. According to "Yutian Zhilue", the bridge was built in the Song Dynasty. It has a history of 917 years. It was burned by fire in the 47th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, and rebuilt in the 7th year of Emperor Qianlong (1742). It has been repaired in subsequent dynasties. It was approved as a county-level cultural relics protection unit on October 9, 1990, and a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit in March 1991. On May 25, 2006, it was announced as one of the "Northeast Fujian Corridor Bridges" and was announced as the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection. unit.

It is understood that Pingnan County currently has 13 wooden arch bridges, 18 stone arch bridges, and 22 flat-beam wooden bridges. It is the county (city) with the largest number of existing wooden arch bridges in the country. one. Huang Lexi, the mayor of Changqiao Town, introduced that the town is currently relying on rich tourism resources such as Wan'an Bridge to actively build a "livable and industrial eco-tourism town", actively integrate into Pingnan tourism planning, and strive to create a "white water ocean in the north" "Yuanyang River" and Pingnan's grand tourism pattern of "Wan'an Bridge" and "Fairy Mountain Grassland" in the south.

Now let me introduce a few wooden arcade bridges to you.

Ancient Covered Bridge

In the 1970s, Mr. Mao Yisheng, a well-known bridge expert, organized scientists to conduct field inspections and comparative studies on stacked beam wooden arch bridges in southern Zhejiang, and determined that a large number of them remained in the The stacked beam wooden arch bridge in the mountainous area of ??southern Zhejiang is the Hongqiao structure that was popular in the Central Plains during the Northern Song Dynasty. The book "History of Ancient Bridge Technology in China" edited by Mao Yisheng records four wooden arch bridges in Taishun. Taishun Covered Bridge is world-famous because its structure is very similar to the Hong Bridge in "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" painted by Zhang Zeduan in the Northern Song Dynasty. It uses beams interspersed and pressed to form an arch bridge, which looks like a rainbow, so it is named Hong Bridge. In the history of Chinese bridges, it has a very high status. It is one of the four ancient bridges in China along with Anji Bridge (Zhaozhou Bridge) in Zhao County, Hebei, Wan'an Bridge in Quanzhou, and Guangji Bridge in Haiyang County, Chaozhou. Three of the bridges are still preserved in the world, but the Bianshui Hong Bridge only remains in paintings. Now a covered bridge with a similar structure to the Hong Bridge has been discovered in Taishun, which has attracted worldwide attention.

On September 15, 2016, Typhoon Meranti caused the river water to surge in Taishun County, Zhejiang Province. Six ancient covered bridges in Taishun County were damaged, among which were rated as national cultural preservation units. Three ancient covered bridges including Xuezhai Bridge, Wenxing Bridge and Wenzhong Bridge were completely washed away; on the same day, Dongguan Bridge, an 871-year-old covered bridge in Yongchun County, Fujian, was washed away by floods.

Shouning County Wooden Arcade

Shouning County Wooden Arcade Bridge: Wooden arcade bridge, commonly known as Cuoqiao, wooden arcade house bridge, is made of beams interspersed and pressed to form an arch bridge, which looks like Rainbow bridges are the category with the highest technical content among traditional Chinese wooden bridges. The rainbow bridge across the Bian River in the famous painting "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" in the Northern Song Dynasty is a typical representative of wooden arcade bridges. "History of Science and Technology in China" calls the covered bridge "the only one in China in the history of bridges in the world", and evaluates the covered bridge in Fujian as "the best bridge in central Fujian". Shouning Covered Bridge has the largest number of counties in the country, the Xiadangluanfeng Bridge with the longest single arch span in the country, the smallest Xixi Wengkeng Bridge in the country, the youngest Yangxitou Bridge in the country, and the last covered bridge in the country. Master Zheng Duojin.