Floor wind and rain Bridge

The Fengyu bridge on the ground floor is made of Cunninghamia lanceolata. It is built by using the principle of lever mechanics instead of one nail and one rivet. It is a wonderful flower of Dong architectural art and the crystallization of Dong People's wisdom.

The bridge is 57.62 meters long and 4.5 meters wide, more than 10 meters above the normal water level. The bridge was built in 1882. It was destroyed in 1959 and rebuilt in 1964. It was damaged in the cultural revolution. In 1981, the National Affairs Committee of Liping County appropriated funds to repair it and restore its original appearance.

Floor wind and rain Bridge

Diping Fengyu bridge, located in Diping Township, Liping County, Guizhou Province, is commonly known as Huaqiao. It was built in 1882 and has been repaired many times in history.

The bridge is 57.61 meters long and 5.2 meters wide. It spans the Nanjiang river. The bridge is 10.75 meters away from the normal water level. There is a Qingshi bridge pier supporting the wooden beam structure in the middle of the river. There are two rows of eight thick Cunninghamia lanceolata in the lower part of the bridge, which are connected by tenons and connect the two banks.

The origin of history

The Chinese fir bridge slab is laid on the Chinese fir beam, and there are more than 20 rows of columns, interweaved with Fang wood, pressed and connected with tenon to form a long corridor. Comb railings of 1 meter high are set on both sides of the corridor. There is a 1.4-meter-long peach eaves under the railing, which not only beautifies the bridge, but also protects the wood members from rain. There are benches in the bridge corridor, which can not only facilitate the access of pedestrians, but also provide them with rest, shelter from rain, cool, meeting friends, welcoming and seeing off guests and enjoying the scenery. It is a multi-functional Dong architecture.

Diping Dong village is located in the south of Liping County. It is now the seat of Diping township government, 102 kilometers away from the county, including Shangzhai, Xiazhai and Ganlong villages. The south river meanders through the stockade. On the river, there is a well-known Fengyu bridge, also known as Huaqiao, connecting the three stockaded villages.

Layout structure

The floor wind and rain bridge is 56 meters long, 4.5 meters wide, and the bottom of the bridge is nearly 10 meters away from the daily water level. There are long corridors and bridge towers on the bridge, which are covered with green tiles and can keep out wind and rain, so it is called Fengyu bridge.

At this point, the flow of Nanjiang river is stable. In the center of the river, a bridge pier is built with bluestone, and the bridge body is placed on the stone pier, connecting the two sides. It is a wooden beam structure. The lower part of the bridge has two floors, each of which is connected by eight thick Chinese fir through tenons. It is cantilevered to both sides in the form of a balance, and each floor is about 2 meters out, so the space span is cleverly reduced. The upper two layers are connected into a row by four thick and long Chinese fir tenons, which are erected between the piers and banks. Then the bridge slab and Bridge Gallery are paved on them. There are comb shaped railings about 1 meter high on both sides of the bridge corridor. A bench is set up on the inside of the railings. Pedestrians can sit on the bench and have a rest. Under the railings, there is a overhanging eaves of more than 1 meter, covered with green tiles, which looks like the wings of the bridge. It not only beautifies the bridge, but also protects the wooden members under the bridge from the rain. There are three buildings on the bridge. The tall middle tower is built on the stone piers in the middle of the river, with five double eaves and four sharp corners. The bottom floor is wider than the bridge deck, and the roof is about 5 meters higher than the roof of the Bridge Gallery at both ends. There is a gourd top on the top and Ruyi decoration under the top.

Main features

At the north and south ends of the bridge, there is a side building with triple eaves and Xieshan style. The top of the building is about 3 meters higher than the top of the corridor, and the buildings are connected by long corridors.

If you stand on the river and look up at the Fengyu bridge, the roof of the bridge corridor has eaves, and there are eaves under the corridor feet, a total of two floors; the eaves layer from the bottom of the foot to the top of the middle building changes from five floors to seven floors; the eaves layer of the north and south buildings changes from three floors to five floors. In this way, people have to admire the ingenuity of Dong architects. What's more impressive is that all the wooden members of the bridge, such as beams, columns, imitations and plates, are connected and assembled by tenons and buttons. They don't need to be nailed and riveted. They are well knit everywhere. They haven't been loose and out of shape for a long time, which shows the exquisite craftsmanship. On the platform not far from the bridge head on the north bank, there is also a 9-meter-high hexagonal pavilion with a stone tablet beside it. The pavilion and the bridge echo each other.

It was built in 1883 and burned down in 1959. It was restored in 1964 with funds from the people's Government of Liping County. It was damaged again in the cultural revolution in 1966. In February 1982, the people's Government of Guizhou Province announced that the rain bridge in Diping city was a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit. In 1997, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications designed the bridge as a stamp issue.

Great significance

Three towers are built on the bridge. The middle tower is similar to the drum tower with five double eaves and four sharp corners. It is called the drum tower on the bridge. It is 10.2 meters high. The two ends of the bridge are triple eaves and four sharp corners. The top of the bridge is 5.8 meters high. On the ridge of the bridge corridor, there are clay sculptures for boiling fish, Double Dragons for treasure and double phoenixes for sunrise. The four columns of the middle tower are painted with green dragons and phoenixes, which are lifelike Couplets, etc.

The structure of the whole bridge is ingenious. Using the lever mechanics principle, the big and small columns, beams, purlins, benches and railings are all made of Cunninghamia lanceolata through tenons, without one nail and one rivet. The building is beautiful in shape, rigorous in structure, exquisite in workmanship, magnificent in shape and structure, ranking first in the country. It shows the unique style of Dong architectural art and is the crystallization of Dong People's wisdom.

Cultural relics protection

Due to the important historical, scientific and artistic value of the Fengyu bridge, on August 14, 1981, the people's Government of Liping County announced it as a key cultural relics protection unit at the county level, on February 23, 1982, the people's Government of Guizhou Province announced it as a key cultural relics protection unit at the provincial level, and on June 25, 2001, the State Council of the people's Republic of China announced it as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units Some cultural relics are protected.

In the summer of 2004, there was heavy rain in the upper reaches of the river, and the wind and rain bridge on the ground was partially destroyed. It was rebuilt on August 18, 2008.

tourist guide

1. Ticket price: 5 yuan / person;

2. Transportation Guide: it takes about one and a half hours from Zhaoxing to the ground, and the cost is 8 yuan.

Address: Diping Township, Liping County, Guizhou Province

Longitude: 109.24900054932

Latitude: 25.839799880981

Chinese PinYin : Di Ping Feng Yu Qiao