Single stone bridge

Danqiao stone bridge is located in danqiao village, Leshou Town, 6 km south of Xianxian County in the west of Cangzhou. Danqiao stone bridge, 1 km west of national highway 106, is a five hole big stone bridge built in 1632. The bridge is 69 meters long, 9.6 meters wide and 8 meters high, with a span of about 9.8 meters. The stone material of the bridge body is made of iron tenon on the surface and wood column in the middle to connect and reinforce the whole bridge. What is particularly interesting is: the south of the bridge is higher than the north according to the terrain water potential, the South three holes are slightly wider and higher, and four small abdominal arches are added between the arches to reduce the weight of the stone bridge, improve the drainage capacity, and make the bridge beautiful and unique. At both ends of the nine vaults, 18 dragon heads are carved, and different animal patterns are carved on the balustrades and pillars. Up to now, the local people have praised the "three thousand lions, six hundred monkeys, seventy-two tongjiaolong stele" of the single bridge. This bridge is a key cultural relic protection unit in Hebei Province.

Single stone bridge

Danqiao is a national key cultural relic protection unit. It is located between nandanqiao village and beidanqiao village in nanhetou Township, 6 km south of Xian County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. On March 23, 2012, the bridge successfully set the world record of "the longest asymmetric stone arch bridge in the world".

brief introduction

The single bridge is a five hole stone arch bridge built in 1629. It is of bluestone structure. The bridge is 69 meters long, 9.6 meters wide and 8 meters high. The span and vault elevation of the bridge are different. The height difference between the north and South bridgeheads is 1.785 meters, showing an asymmetric form between the north and the south. The stone material of the bridge body is made of iron tenon on the surface and wood column in the middle to connect and reinforce the whole bridge. It is worth mentioning that: the bridge is designed according to the terrain water potential, with the South high and the North low, the South three holes slightly wide and slightly high, and four small abdominal arches are added between the arches, so as to reduce the weight of the stone bridge, improve the drainage capacity, and make the bridge beautiful and unique. At both ends of the nine vaults, 18 dragon heads are carved, and different animal patterns are carved on the balustrades and pillars. Up to now, the local people have praised the "three thousand lions, six hundred monkeys, seventy-two tongjiaolong stele" of the single bridge. This bridge is a national key cultural relic protection unit.

Review

The single bridge successfully set the world record of "the longest asymmetric stone arch bridge in the world" on March 23, 2012. On that day, the staff of the World Records Association went to Xianxian County for certification and issued the world record certificate. The World Records Association is established with the approval of the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the people's Republic of China. It is a collection organization of non sports world records, which truly records the achievements of non sports world records. After strict examination and approval, data analysis and comparison, as well as on-site confirmation, the world record association determined that the single bridge has set the world record of "the longest asymmetric stone arch bridge in the world".

Human history

Single bridge, because it is located at the intersection of Jingde ancient imperial road and Hutuo River, has been the North-South main road since ancient times. After the Ming Dynasty established its capital in Beijing, people came and cars went, which made it even more inconvenient to have no bridge. The wooden bridge was built in 1441, the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty. Because of the turbulent water of the Hutuo River, the wooden bridge was destroyed repeatedly, which cost a lot of manpower and property. Wang Fengyuan, the governor of Hejian, proposed to build a stone bridge for a long time. Li Cui, the governor of Xian County, majored in donation. Liu Shangyong, Shi Shouzhi, Zhang Jiuxu and other people from Yi County donated money to raise money, and made efforts to do so. For this reason, countless people contributed to the project. Even the stone materials were transported by merchant ship and trackers from the Taihang Mountains thousands of miles away. After eight years of hard work, it was completed in 1570 and became the traffic throat of South Beijing. So far, there are still 20 cm deep ruts on the bridge deck, which shows the prosperity of Shiqiao in those years. Since the Ming Dynasty, danqiao has been guarded by heavy troops. When the Japanese imperialists occupied North China, they took the method of avoiding the village and crossing the wild, cutting the bend and straightening the road. They moved one kilometer westward and rebuilt the new bridge. As a result, the single bridge, which had been prosperous for hundreds of years, was left in the cold, and the stone bridge had to be well preserved.

local specialities

Jinsixiaozao is also known as Hexi jujube. Because the dried jujube is connected with golden yellow silk when it is peeled, the entrance is sweet as honey, and the shape is like a pearl, so it is called golden silk jujube. It is characterized by bright red color, thin skin, thick meat, small core, sweet taste and high nutritional value. The sugar content of Jinsixiaozao is as high as 65%. Every 100 grams of fresh jujube contains vitamin c300-600 mg, and also rich in protein, fat, crude fiber, phosphorus, calcium, iron, potassium, sodium, magnesium, chlorine, iodine, niacin, vitamin A, B1 and other vitamins. It is regarded as a good tonic with the functions of benefiting heart and lung, harmonizing spleen and stomach, benefiting qi and body fluid, nourishing blood and skin. "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: "jujube taste sweet and warm, sweet can Buzhong, warm can Yiqi". Besides raw food, it can also be cooked, boiled soup or used as ingredients of stew, and can also be made into various traditional sweet and sticky foods. It can also be processed into popular flavor drink food such as honey date, sugar date, crisp date, smoked date, drunk date, date tea, date wine, etc.

Xianxian patchwork is a famous local handicraft. Patching is to use exquisite art and ingenious techniques to patch the flowers on the bottom cloth of various colors, showing the characteristics of natural beauty and unique artistry. There are many kinds of needling methods, such as willow ridge, set flower, patching needle, bahuo, cutting mending, plucking flower and rosette. They are required to be tight, even, shallow and even. If it is tight, the cutting thread should be buckled on the lace and the bottom cloth, and the flower piece should lie down; if it is even, the length of the cutting thread should be the same; if it is shallow, the cutting thread should be based on the two pieces of cloth at the joint of the flower piece and the bottom cloth, and there should be no obvious needle marks on the flower piece; if it is even, the needle spacing should be even and not inclined. The craft of patchwork products is mainly based on flower pattern, with ingenious conception, clear figure, gorgeous color and symmetrical structure. It is not only elegant and beautiful, but also durable after washing.

tourist guide

Xianxian danqiao stone bridge traffic guide self driving traffic: Xianxian danqiao stone bridge is located between nandanqiao village and beidanqiao village of nanhetou Township, 6 km south of Xianxian City, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. From Chenzhuang exit of Shihuang expressway, go northbound along national highway 106 to danqiao Shiqiao in Xianxian county. Visitors from Beijing can also walk directly from national highway 106 to danqiao Shiqiao. Danqiao village is surrounded by trees. When the leaves fall, looking east from national highway 106, you can easily see the ancient stone bridge on Hutuo River passing through the village.

The best travel time: Xianxian danqiao Shiqiao is located in the southeast of Hebei Province, Bohai Bay, belongs to the typical warm temperate semi humid continental monsoon climate. It is cold in winter and hot in summer with four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is about 12 ℃, and the best time to travel is autumn.

Address: danqiao village, Leshou Town, 6 km south of Xian County, Cangzhou West

Longitude: 116.85958984375

Latitude: 38.307082555194

Ticket information: free visit

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