Feilong Bridge

Feilong bridge is located between two cliffs in the middle section of Zhichang River in Jianiang Township, east of Yuanyang County. It was built in 1924. Because of the high mountains and dense forests, the cliffs stand up, and the bridge is like a flying dragon in the clouds. Feilong bridge is a single span stone arch bridge with a total length of 24 meters, a width of 5 meters, a height of 20 meters and a span of 13 meters. Both sides of the bridge deck are decorated with relief stone guardrails, and the south side is inlaid with "bridge stele" and "merit stele". On the north side, there is a Guanyin stone pagoda 3 meters high and 1.2 meters wide. It was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Yuanyang County in 1990.

Feilong Bridge

The Wangjiang tower on the west side of Feilong bridge was built with the bridge when it was built. The upper and lower floors are square, 8 meters in length and width, and 11 meters in height. With double eaves, Xieshan and Dou arches, it is magnificent. Thirteen bridge inscriptions are embedded in the bottom wall, which are important historical materials for studying Du Wenxiu's uprising. The plaque of "Lan Jin Sheng Lan" was inscribed by Zhang Li Tang (Mianyang people's Congress) in the 12th year of Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1886 AD). On the door, there is a long couplet written by Yin Chen mo of the Qing Dynasty. The first couplet and the second couplet have 87 words each (3 words less than the famous Daguanlou couplet in Kunming). The style of writing is fluent, the antithesis is neat and well preserved. It is one of the important cultural relics in Yunlong, and is now a county-level cultural relic Protection unit.

geographical position

It is located in the east of Shuijing street, Gongguoqiao Town, Yunlong County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, across the Lancang River.

Introduction and history

Feilong bridge is the first chain bridge across the Lancang River in Yunlong. It was built in the second year of Tongzhi reign in the Qing Dynasty. In 1863, Du Wenxiu, a peasant uprising army in western Yunnan, ordered the construction of the bridge. On November 17, 1962, the water of the Lancang River surged, the bridge piers were destroyed and the chain fell into the river. In 1963, a new 173.3m long and 3.2m wide cable man horse suspension bridge was built 1000 meters away from the old bridge.

Address: between the two cliffs in the middle section of Zhichang River, Jianiang Township, Yuanyang County, Honghe City, Yunnan Province

Longitude: 102.92143249512

Latitude: 23.076663970947

Chinese PinYin : Fei Long Qiao