Duyun Baizi Bridge

Duyun Baizi Bridge

Duyun Baizi bridge is located at the south end of Guanghui road in Duyun City. Because the bridge was built solely by Tang Wensheng, also known as "Tangjiaqiao". It was built in 1786 and completed in 56. It is located on Jianjiang River, east-west. It's 140 meters long. It is 8 meters wide and 11.5 meters high. The clear distance of single hole is 10m and the rise height is 3.5m. Tang Mingde, the descendant of Tang Wensheng, built the "Shuo Cui Pavilion" in the center of the bridge, which was destroyed in the war in 1855. In 1908, the sword water rose sharply and destroyed the bridge foundation. Tang Shuheng united his people to repair it five times. It was restored in 1945. In 1956, a hexagonal Bridge pavilion with double eaves and a yellow glazed tile house was built on the top of the bridge.

origin

Duyun Baizi bridge, also known as Tangjia bridge, was built on Jianjiang River in the north of the city at that time. The bridge is 140 meters long, 8 meters wide and 11.5 meters high. The structure is a seven hole stone arch bridge. Because of its long history and repeated expansion and decoration, it has become a model of Duyun bridge. Therefore, there is a local doggerel in Duyun, "Duyun DAQIAOTOU", which means that baiziqiao is catchy in local language, but it can also become a joke to embarrass visitors who are not familiar with the local language. It can be seen that baiziqiao has been deeply integrated into the life of Duyun people.

Baizi bridge is located in the north of goose wings, on the Chaihe river. It is said that Zhou Weibing, an elderly couple, and his wife, Hong, are nearly 50 years old and childless. They donated money to build bridges for pedestrians on both sides of the Chaihe river. A year later, the two people's ages add up to 100 years old, and they are happy to have a noble son, so people call this bridge "Baizi bridge". More than 200 years across the Baizi bridge on Jianjiang River, Sheng Shijiao shows up after the Tang people's training and accumulation of merits

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1: Baizi bridge, a seven hole Qingshi arch bridge, is located in the middle of Jianjiang River in Duyun City, Guizhou Province. It was built in 1786, the 50th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty. Built by Tang Wensheng, governor of Duyun, sun Tingxiang completed a plaque titled "Gong ban Luoyang" for the bridge. In the early years of the Republic of China, Ren Kecheng, governor of Guizhou Province, inscribed "Tangjiaqiao" on the bridge. In 1986, it was rebuilt as a sightseeing bridge. On the bridge, there are classical halls, hexagonal glass pavilions, stone lions, dragons, phoenixes, eight immortals and other exquisite patterns. The ancient and modern construction is integrated. The whole bridge is magnificent, simple, exquisite and elegant, ranking first among Duyun bridges. Duyun inclined bridge is located in the upstream of Baizi bridge, 144 meters long and 14 meters wide, with a clear span of 40 meters and a 45 degree angle with the river. It was the truss arch bridge with the largest inclination among the large and medium-sized bridges in China at that time. He was awarded the excellent design award of Guizhou Province in 1981. 2: Baizi bridge in Duyun, also known as Tangjia bridge, spans the Jianjiang River and is the leading bridge in Duyun, the "Bridge City". The bridge is 140 meters long, 8 meters wide and 11.5 meters high. It is a seven hole stone arch bridge. Duyun, the capital of Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, is known as "Bridge City" because of the water of Jianjiang River. Jianjiang River is the upper source of Qingshui River, the main source of Yuanjiang River. The drainage area of Qingshui River includes 16 counties and cities including Duyun, Danzhai, Kaili, Majiang, Fuquan, Shibing, Huangping, Zhenyuan, Sansui, Liping, Rongjiang, Tianzhu, Jinping, Leishan, Taijiang and Jianhe. It originates from Zhongzhai in the north foot of Doupeng mountain in Miaoling mountains of Duyun City, flows to gujiang in the northeast, and then to Duyun in the southeast. The Duyun section is called Jianjiang. Jianjiang River passes through the city from north to South and contains several streams. The river network density is quite large. The Buyi and Miao people, known as the good custom of building bridges, built various kinds of bridges on the Jianjiang River and its tributaries, among which Baizi bridge was the first.

ancient

Baiziqiao donated money to Tang Wensheng, who was born in 1786. At that time, the Tang family was more than half a hundred years old and had no children. They wanted to build a bridge to succeed them. The ancestors of the Tang family took farming and reading as the foundation, but they thought that "if we accumulate land to leave our descendants, our descendants may not be able to plant; if we accumulate books to leave our descendants, our descendants may not be able to read; if we accumulate virtue to leave our descendants, our descendants will enjoy the blessing of peace.". Adhering to the "family precepts", Tang Wensheng built the bridge with sole investment, which took five years and was completed in 1791. Sun Tingxiang, the then governor of Duyun, inscribed a plaque with "half of Luoyang" to praise his good deeds. Later, Tang Wensheng's descendants added "Shuo Cui Ting" to the bridge. Hong Liangji, a famous Qing Dynasty historian and Guizhou scholar, once visited the pavilion and wrote the poem "climbing the Jianjiang River and towering over the green pavilion to look at the mountains in the northwest": "there are egrets flying along the river, and the empty green always Qinke clothes. Suddenly surprised cliff sudden figure, like Jingming dysprosium mountain fan. Back to the west of the pool, the green clouds are shining on the terrace. But I heard the sound of the sky, and I went into the mountains to fight with the clouds In 1855, the pavilion was destroyed by war. In 1885, Tang Zefang restored the bridge pavilion. Luo Fengyi, then governor of Duyun, presented a plaque of "zuaqu Zonggong". At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Jianjiang River soared year after year, and many parts of the bridge foundation were damaged. Tang Shuheng, the sixth grandson of Tang Wensheng, and his people devoted themselves to repairing it.

Contemporary

At the end of 1944, the Japanese invaders invaded Qiannan and the garrison bombed the bridge and fled. It was later restored. After liberation, it was still used as a highway bridge, and sidewalks and iron guardrails were added on both sides of the bridge deck. In the 1980s, another highway bridge was built to drive the vehicles, and Baizi bridge was abdicated. Therefore, Xieshan bridge house was built on the bridge, and a hexagonal Bridge pavilion was built at both ends. Stone lions were placed at the end of the bridge, and bamboo and wood were planted widely, which greatly changed the social function of Baizi bridge. At the beginning, Tang Wensheng built Baizi bridge in order to accumulate virtue and seek children. The maintenance of Baizi bridge by his descendants came from "zuaqu Zonggong". Nowadays, baiziqiao, with the development of society and the change of the times, has become a place for people's entertainment and cultural activities in Duyun. At the same time, it is also a special shopping mall for buying and selling folk arts and crafts.

The Baizi bridge in Duyun, listed as a cultural relic protection project, has experienced many vicissitudes because of its important historical value,

In 1983, it was announced as a municipal cultural relics protection unit by the Duyun Municipal People's government, and in 1999, it was announced as a provincial cultural relics protection unit by the provincial people's government. People with insight suggest that bridge exhibitions should be held by making use of the buildings on the bridge, and relevant materials such as photos, models and drawings of all kinds of new and old bridges in the city should be concentrated, so as to build a unique Bridge Museum on the Longtou bridge in Duyun, the "Bridge City", so as to add a bright scenic spot for the tourism of the southern route of Guizhou.

Address: Duyun City, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province

Longitude: 107.518847

Latitude: 26.259427

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