Beiyang Bridge

Beiyang Bridge

Wuhan Beiyang bridge is a stone arch bridge with a long history in Wuhan. According to Hongshan literature and history, Beiyang bridge is the oldest ancient bridge in Wuhan City, and it is also the original ancient arch bridge in Wuhan City, with a length of 50 meters and a width of 7-11 meters. The arch bridge is wide at both ends and narrow in the middle, with a span of 14 meters.

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Beiyang bridge is the original stone arch bridge in Wuhan. Its structure is similar to that of Zhaozhou Bridge. It was built in Tang Dynasty and has been destroyed and built many times. The Beiyang bridge, rebuilt in 1504, is located in beiyangqiao village, Heping Township, Hongshan District, 500 years from 2010. On the broad river, Beiyang bridge is like Changhong River, full of strong sense of hierarchy and rhythm.

In 2004, the villagers' Congress of beiyangqiao village, Heping Township, Hongshan District agreed to include the protection of beiyangqiao in the villagers' autonomy constitution of the village, and assign special personnel to protect the ancient bridge.

"The Beiyang bridge has survived many vicissitudes, thanks to the protection of the ancient bridge by the villagers here from generation to generation." Sun Dafang, Secretary of beiyangqiao village committee, said so.

The most tragic struggle to protect the Beiyang bridge occurred in 1938. Chen Dahua and Gao Tianbao recall: one day, a group of Japanese soldiers were driving a tank trying to pass through the Beiyang bridge. When a hundred villagers in the sky were guarding the bridge with hoes, sickles and sticks, they had a "conflagration" with the Japanese soldiers, and two Japanese soldiers were killed. The next day, a villager was shot dead and all young men and women fled, but the Beiyang bridge was preserved.

Chen Guoyong, a 68 year old man, stood by the bridge and said that during the "Cultural Revolution", the eaves of the stone steles on the bridge were smashed and the stone steles were pulled down. The villagers wept with heartache. Wang Shusheng, a villager, and several other villagers "ox carts" recorded the largest piece of "this bridge was built in the Tang Dynasty..." The stone tablet was transported to a ditch and pretended to be used as a "springboard". The stone tablet escaped the disaster.

In 1988, Beiyang bridge was listed as a cultural relic under municipal protection. In the following ten years, the villagers took Beiyang bridge as "treasure" and showed many touching stories. In order to prevent large vehicles from rolling over, they worked with the cultural relics department to build "protective piers" on both sides of the bridge to prevent vehicles of more than 2 tons from passing through. In the autumn of 1994, a large truck passed by at night and damaged one corner of the bridge. Several villagers chased back the maintenance compensation overnight.

It is reported that the planning of beiyangqiao village takes the ancient bridge as the center to build a "street imitating the Ming and Qing Dynasties", so as to bring greater economic and social benefits to this cultural relic.

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On the 28th of January, heavy fog filled the sky of Wuhan. The light, thin and floating scenery of the new railway station, which was featured by the "Millennium crane return", made the new railway station more mysterious! I didn't buy a train ticket to go home for the Spring Festival. Then I walked through the landscape of the new train, from the east end to the west end of the spacious road. Along the highway, I began to look for the 500 year old bridge - "Beiyang bridge"!

The ancient cloud Mengze disappeared, and many lakes and branches were broken down.

Wuhan is a pattern of three towns across the river, with the reputation of "city of lakes". Boats and bridges have become the necessities for the survival, communication and communication of the people of Wuhan.

Because of the construction of the new railway station, the old bridge "Beiyang bridge", which has been sleeping for more than 500 years, has been broken once again.

According to investigation, Beiyang bridge is a stone arch bridge with the original appearance in our city. It is similar to Zhaozhou Bridge in structure. It was built in the Tang Dynasty and has been destroyed and built repeatedly after wars. The Beiyang bridge that people see was rebuilt in 1504, 506 years from 2010.

Also known as Baiyang bridge, Baiyang bridge. Located 8 kilometers north of Wuchang City, it is on Donghu port, beiyangqiao village, Heping Township, Hongshan District. It was first built in the Tang Dynasty, rebuilt in 1602 of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and repaired repeatedly in the Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The bridge is a single hole vault with a total length of 50m, a width of 7.76m and a clear span of 10m. Double center arch, the bridge body for red sand stone masonry. The bridge deck was fully repaired in 1995. It was designated as a cultural relic protection unit by Wuhan municipal government in 1988, and was redecorated in 1996. It continues to play the role of pedestrians and drivers.

I asked all the way down the road, along a quiet path in the countryside, in the village of beiyangqiao Village East Lake port. An ancient bridge with single hole stone arch and red sand stone comes into view. Maybe it is a cold winter day, the ancient bridge without scenery, so that I can see the ancient bridge. The bridge extends to both sides, like a small rainbow, landing on earth.

Along both sides of the river are houses; from the north side of the bridge, I walk slowly past the approach bridge. The approach bridge and the deck are paved with Qingma stone. Two stone lions at the end of the bridge stand by the road, waiting for the ancient bridge year after year!

The bridge deck is not wide enough, and it even runs through the stairs on both sides, forming a diversion of people and vehicles. On both sides of the approach bridge is an octagonal low pier, which is "load limiting pier".

The bridge deck is composed of three roads: there are 48 vertical and horizontal rows of bricks and stones in the bridge (I counted them myself), about 2.5 meters wide ramp for cars.

On both sides are pedestrian stairways, about 1 meter wide, counting the stairways on the bridge deck, the upper nine stairways and the lower nine stairways (I counted them myself). It's just the unique meaning and symbol of the "Nine" numbers used in ancient times!

From time to time, one or two pedestrians and cars pass through the bridge in a hurry.

Standing on the "Beiyang bridge", we can see that there are a lot of industrial waste, withered water plants and domestic waste floating on the river. What's the fate of the "River"??? From a distance, there are new bridges under construction and spacious new roads.

At the south end of the ancient bridge, there are three stone tablets. According to the inscriptions, the bridge was rebuilt in the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, and repaired twice in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and the fourth year of the Republic of China.

The most spectacular is the red sand stone pier of the ancient bridge. The west side of the ancient bridge is a complete plane, while the east side of the ancient bridge has a small square red sand bar masonry. I wonder if the east side of the old bridge has been repaired many times???

Historical records (online search): the "Beiyang bridge" here is the intersection of Qizheng Lake in the southeast and Yujia Lake in the northwest. It was once a necessary place for merchants from Huaiyang, Jingxiang, Mianyang, huangqi and other places. The bridge site used to be a ferry, which was once the only way for merchants from Anhui, Jiangxi and other places to come to Han Dynasty. Over time, it became a market town.

In the early Ming Dynasty, an official surnamed Zhou passed the ferry and saw more than 200 people waiting for a boat. He convinced his good friend Chen Tingying to donate more than 1000 liang of silver and 400 Dan of rice to build a stone bridge here. Because the name of the ferry was baiyangdu, the stone bridge was named baiyangqiao, which was later falsely called Beiyang bridge.

But throughout history, it has been ill fated

(information) the most tragic struggle to protect the Beiyang bridge in modern times took place in 1938. One day, a group of Japanese soldiers tried to pass the bridge with a tank. When hundreds of villagers rushed to the bridge with hoes, sickles and sticks, they confronted and clashed with the Japanese soldiers. Two Japanese soldiers were killed. The next day, a villager was shot dead and all the young men and women fled, but the "Beiyang bridge" was preserved.

(information) during the "Cultural Revolution", the "four old" were broken. The eaves of the stone tablets on the bridge were smashed and the stone tablets were pushed down. The villagers wept with heartache. Wang Shusheng, a villager, and several other villagers' ox carts transported the largest stone tablet to Yidi ditch, pretending to be used as a "springboard". The stone tablet escaped the disaster.

More than 500 years? Day after day, year after year, time passes like a fleeting horse, the river flows under the bridge, but the old bridge stands upright.

I sigh!

Single hole small stone bridge: simple and simple, strong and durable, exquisite structure, beautiful lines, bridge mottled, majestic still!

"Beiyang bridge" shows the diligence and wisdom of the ancestors, which shows the ancient people's humanistic thought!

Address: Donghu port, beiyangqiao village, Heping Township, Hongshan District, Wuhan

Longitude: 114.409408

Latitude: 30.614647

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