Mingyuan Bridge

Mingyuan Bridge

Mingyuan bridge is in Fengjian Township, Xingtan town,

According to Shunde county annals, the bridge was built by Li Shixiu in Song Dynasty. This is one of the earliest recorded three hole stone arch bridges in Shunde. After being rebuilt from generation to generation, it is difficult to find the style of Song Dynasty, only the style of Ming Dynasty.

According to historical records, Li Shixiu, whose name is Jianye, was born in Fengjian, Xingtan town. In the Song Dynasty, Qingyuan was no longer a Jinshi (1199). He was appointed as the governor of Fujian suzhenglian, and was promoted to Zhejiang Province to participate in politics. He once built several dashiqiaos in the countryside to facilitate pedestrians.

The bridge is a beam type three hole stone arch bridge, constructed of red sand and rock. The total length is 24.8m, the top width is 4.7m and the height is 4.5m. The arch of the bridge is built longitudinally, and the Chinese plate of the bridge railing is engraved with various patterns. There are 14 pillars on each side, and one stone lion is carved on the head of the pillar. Now there are only ten.

The ramps on both sides of the bridge are not built with stone steps, and the traffic between pedestrians is like going up and down the slope. Ancient vehicles and horses can cross the bridge without obstruction. Standing on the bridge, looking from left to right, on both sides of the wide river, neat stone walls are close to the river wall. On the ground of banana forest and sugarcane, the foundation of old shops can be discerned, which outlines a prosperous scene of ancient water town market for us.

Mingyuan bridge is the longest existing stone arch bridge of Ming Dynasty in Shunde. It was designated as a county-level cultural relic protection unit in 1991 and a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit in 2002

Address: Fengjian Township, Xingtan town, Shunde District, Foshan City

Longitude: 113.15232849121

Latitude: 22.814779281616

Ticket information: no ticket required.

Chinese PinYin : Ming Yuan Qiao