Xuebu Bridge

Xuebu bridge is located in Beiguan Street of Handan city and the west section of Qinhe park. It was originally a wooden bridge structure. Because it was often washed by water, it was rebuilt into an arched stone bridge in the 45th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty. The bridge is 32 meters long, 9 meters wide and 8 meters high. There are 19 blocks and 18 watchposts on both sides of the bridge. Both sides are carved with stories of historical figures and exquisite animals such as lions and monkeys. There are three bridge holes under the bridge, four small holes are attached on both sides of the bridge hole, and a faucet is carved in the center of the bridge hole.

Xuebu Bridge

Xuebu bridge is located in Chuancheng Street (Handan Road), the main urban area of Handan City, Hebei Province. It was originally a wooden bridge structure. Because it was often washed by water, it was rebuilt into an arched stone bridge in 1617. Reconstruction after liberation is no longer the true face of xuebuqiao in the past. Now it is a cultural relic protection unit of Handan city.

Next to the ancient bridge is a stone carving of a young man crawling behind a pair of elegant footprints. It vividly depicts the allusion of "learning to walk in Handan". The bridge is named after it. Li Bai, a great poet of Tang Dynasty, once wrote a poem that "Shouling lost its original step and laughed at Handan people".

history

Xuebu bridge, originally a wooden bridge, was rebuilt into an arched stone bridge in 1617 because it was often washed by water. The existing bridge was rebuilt after liberation.

In the past, the rippling river and the shady willows along the bank were a major landscape of the ancient city of Handan. Li Daoyuan's annotation to the classic of water says: "the flood flows away, and the clear water reflects the two rivers. At that time, Xuebu bridge was the only bridge across the Qinhe River, known as "Sanfu Suoyue" (meaning the capital).

Architectural structure

The bridge is 32 meters long, 9 meters wide and 8 meters high. There are 19 blocks and 18 watchposts on both sides of the bridge. Both sides are carved with stories of historical figures and exquisite animals such as lions and monkeys. There are three bridge holes under the bridge, four small holes are attached on both sides of the bridge hole, and the lion head is carved in the center of the three bridge holes. Although the scale of the bridge is not large, it has strong structure and beautiful shape, and has the artistic style of national bridge architecture.

On the riverbanks at the north and south ends of Xuebu bridge, there is a landscape garden with idioms as the main atmosphere. The fences beside the green belt are made into columns, each of which is engraved with an image reflecting the ancient historical relics of Handan, reflecting the heroic, rough and solemn details of Yanzhao culture in northern China. Xiangtang grottoes, the representative of grottoes art in the Northern Qi Dynasty, Tongque Chunshen, the embodiment of Santai in Yecheng, and Lanling array, Wuchan, Taiji Zhongxing, Wanglang relics, etc. The most beautiful statue is a huge stone engraved with Handan idioms written by calligraphers from all over the world. They read idioms on the stone one by one. These idioms almost completely describe the ancient history of Handan and contain many fables and anecdotes of ancient Handan.

Taking the history and culture of Handan as the main line, xuebuqiao square skillfully combines the ancient Zhao Culture with the natural garden by using ancient bridges, rivers, antique buildings, sculptures, stone carvings, plants, etc. according to the idioms, folklores and important historical events from Handan, creating a unique garden cultural landscape. Handan is famous for its idioms and allusions. According to textual research, there are more than 200 idioms and allusions directly from Handan. Handan people have a special love for idioms and allusions. They can say more than ten idioms and allusions casually, such as "Hufu riding and shooting", "suisui recommending himself", "talking on paper", "yiyanjiuding" and so on. Each idiom and allusion has a moving historical story or legend.

Architectural features

(1) The adoption of circular arch has changed the tradition that most of Dashi bridges in China are semi-circular arch. The arch shape of ancient Chinese stone bridge is mostly semicircular, which is more beautiful and complete, but there are also two defects: first, the traffic is inconvenient. Semicircular arch is suitable for small span bridges, and the selection of semicircular arch for large span bridges will make the vault very high, resulting in the high slope of the bridge and the inconvenience for vehicles and pedestrians to cross the bridge. Second, the construction is unfavorable. The scaffold used for semi-circular arch stone masonry will be very high, increasing the risk of construction. Therefore, the Xuebu bridge adopts the form of circular arch, which greatly reduces the height of stone arch, realizes the dual purposes of low bridge deck and large span. The bridge deck transition is stable, and it is very convenient for vehicles and pedestrians. It also has the advantages of saving materials and convenient construction.

(2) Open shoulder is adopted, that is, two small arches are set at each end of the large arch. The open shouldered arch with large arch and small arch has excellent technical performance. Firstly, it can increase the flood discharge capacity and reduce the impact of flood on the bridge due to the increase of water volume in flood season. Secondly, compared with the full shouldered arch, the open shouldered arch can save a lot of earth and stone materials, reduce the dead weight of the bridge body, thus reducing the vertical pressure and horizontal thrust of the bridge body on the abutment and bridge foundation, and increasing the stability of the bridge. Third, the beauty of the shape is increased. The four small arches are balanced and symmetrical. The large arch and the small arch form a complete picture, which is more light and beautiful, reflecting the complete unity of architecture and art. Fourth, in line with the theory of structural mechanics, the open shoulder arch structure makes the bridge in a favorable condition when carrying, which can reduce the deformation of the main arch ring and improve the bearing capacity and stability of the bridge.

(3) Single hole. In the traditional construction method of ancient China, the long bridge usually adopts the porous form, so that the span of each hole is small, the slope is gentle, and it is easy to build. However, the multi span bridge also has some disadvantages, such as many piers, which is not conducive to the navigation of ships, but also hinders the flood discharge; the piers are subject to the impact and erosion of water for a long time, and are easy to collapse over time.

Peripheral facilities

Scenery

Chuancheng street, where Xuebu bridge is located, is a historical block with Han style. It is the central road of ancient Handan City, the hometown of Qin Shihuang, and an important carrier of Handan history. Wuling Pavilion, Yuhuang Pavilion, Memorial Hall of the birthplace of Qinshihuang (zhujiaxiang and Qinshihuang's hometown), Lin Xiangru's return lane, Lin Xiangru's mansion, Jiangjun's mansion, xuebuqiao, Cixi palace, Hanshan academy, Zhang Guoyan's ancestral temple, former residence of wangqintang, zhaoque, mosque, former site of Bank of Hebei, cavalry statue group and other cultural landscapes gather.

traffic

If you are driving by yourself, you can get off at the north entrance of Handan on the Beijing Shenzhen Expressway, go westward to the south of Northwest Lingling street, and xuebuqiao square is on the east side of the road. Take bus No.6, 46, 205, 25, 26 from the city.

It is no more than three kilometers away from the famous Congtai Park and Zhaoyuan park. It is only 100 meters away from the old campus of Handan No.1 middle school.

diet

Xuebuqiao is located in the center of the city. There are many hotels. Handan Hotel and Jinan Hotel on Zhonghua street, Handan Hotel and Jinshan Hotel on Renmin Road are all three-star hotels.

Through the Xuebu bridge is a famous snack street, there are all kinds of snacks. The more popular ones are stinky tofu, pickled string and baked gluten. In summer, there will be night markets on both sides of Xuebu bridge every night. Many people will come to Xuebu bridge to dance, walk and eat.

City profile

Handan has a long history and is a famous historical and cultural city. As early as 8000 years ago, there was human reproduction here, which gave birth to the early Neolithic Cishan culture; during the Warring States period, Handan, as the capital of Zhao state for 158 years, was the political, economic and cultural center of northern China at that time, and the birthplace of compass; after the unification of China by Qin Dynasty, it was one of the 36 prefectures in the world; Han Dynasty shared the "five capitals" with Chang'an, Luoyang, Linzi and Chengdu In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Wei Group established its capital in the southern part of Handan, and in the Northern Song Dynasty, Daming in the eastern part of Handan became the "auxiliary capital" of Bianliang, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.

During the war, Handan was the birthplace of Liu Deng's army and the seat of the government of the Shanxi Hebei Shandong Henan border region. North China Xinhua radio, the predecessor of the Central People's broadcasting station, started broadcasting in Handan. People's daily and people's pictorial were first published in Handan. The predecessor of the people's Bank of China, the Bank of Southern Hebei, was born in Handan. Zuo Quan, Xu Qianqian and Liu Bocheng are all buried in the red land.

Handan is one of the 18 "bigger cities" with local legislative power approved by the State Council and a mega city with a population of over one million. It is a national historical and cultural city, a national garden city, a capital of Chinese idioms and allusions (1500 idioms originated in Handan), a city of Chinese prose, a town of Taiji, and one of the five sacred places for ancestor worship (WA Palace). It has been selected as one of the first batch of national smart cities Point. In 2005, Handan became one of the top 50 cities in China. In 2013, the GDP of Handan City reached 326.15 billion yuan, an increase of 7.3%. In 2013, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences released the report No.11 on China's urban competitiveness, ranking Handan 59th in China.

allusion

It is said that two thousand years ago, there was a young man in Shouling of the state of Yan who did not worry about food or clothing. He was considered a middle-class person in terms of appearance. However, he lacked self-confidence and often felt that everything was inferior to others for no reason. Clothes were good for others, food was fragrant for others, and standing and sitting were elegant for others. He learned what he saw, and lost what he learned. Although he had a new look, he couldn't do a good job. He didn't know what he should look like. The family advised him to change the problem. He thought that the family was in charge too much. Relatives and neighbors said that he was a bear breaking a stick, but he didn't listen at all.

As time went on, he doubted whether he should walk like this. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that his walking posture was too stupid and ugly. One day, he met a few people on the road talking and laughing, only to hear people say that Handan people walking posture is very beautiful.

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