Natural bridge

Natural bridge

Tianshengqiao is located in Honglan street, Lishui District, Nanjing city. It was built after Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, established the capital of Nanjing to connect the water transportation between Nanjing and Zhejiang. Tiansheng bridge is also the only ancient man-made canal in China, which is made of huge stones across both banks. This kind of Tiansheng bridge is the only one in China and has been listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province.

Tianshengqiao was built in 1393, the 26th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. It is 7.5km long, reaching Qinhuai River mouth in the north, honglanbu in the South and Shijiu Lake in the south. It took more than ten years to organize hundreds of thousands of migrant workers. It burned stones and chiseled rivers for 15 Li, making the rocks mixed with purple, like rouge. Hence the name of Yanzhi river. Tianshengqiao is known as "small Three Gorges in the south of the Yangtze River" because of its precipitous, steep, beautiful and deep banks. In the early 1990s, Professor Hu Jiaming, President of the national water transport planning and Design Institute, called it "unique in China and even in the world".

Cause of formation

Yanzhi river was excavated in Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty, reaching Qinhuai estuary in the north, honglanbu in the South and Shijiu Lake in the south, with a total length of 7.5 km. The digging of this river connected the water transportation between Nanjing and Zhejiang. The deepest part of the river is 35 meters, the bottom is more than 10 meters wide, and the upper part is more than 20 meters wide. The arduous engineering and huge cost are rare in water conservancy construction at that time.

When digging the Yanzhi River, the craftsmen chose the place with hard stone and high terrain as the channel to the west of the county. "With the huge stone surface left as the bridge, more than ten feet of stone holes were drilled to connect the boat, and the bridge was formed according to the situation." So it's called "born". After the completion of the river, a huge stone will be chiseled under, under which boats can be connected. This is the famous Tiansheng bridge. It is a pioneering work of craftsmen to leave stones as bridges on the artificial canal. Unfortunately, the south bridge collapsed as early as 1528, leaving only the north bridge now.

The bridge is 34 meters long, 9 meters wide and 8.9 meters thick, and the deck is 35 meters from the water. Now this place has become a great scenic spot. When you enter the Yanzhi River by boat, you can see strange rocks hanging high on both sides of the river, cliffs and dangerous rocks, and a huge stone across both sides, which is very spectacular. The stone bridge crosses both banks, forming a natural beauty of "Changhong Wobo". Since then, Tiansheng bridge has become famous. In the early 1990s, Professor Hu Jiaming, President of the national water transport planning and Design Institute, called it "unique in China and even in the world". Yanzhi River, Tiansheng Bridge, has been listed as a "cultural relic protection unit of Jiangsu Province", and one of the new 48 scenic spots in Jinling, Ningzhi Chenxia, is dangerous on both sides of the river Steep, steep, beautiful, deep, known as "Jiangnan small Three Gorges".

Historical records

According to historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang established his capital in Nanjing and sent Li Xin to dig the Yanzhi river. There was a huge natural stone across the river to block the way. Therefore, he used the principle of heat expansion and cold contraction to burn the stone to dig the river for 15 Li and cut a stone hole for more than 10 Zhang in order to connect the boat, Shijiu lake on the top and Qinhuai River on the bottom. Ten thousand people died after 10 years of labor, and finally created a miracle like the natural bridge, the Yanzhi river. The bridge is formed by the situation, so it is named "born". Later generations built the pavilion to commemorate it, pointing out that Tiansheng bridge is a unique bridge in the world. There is a stone tablet beside Tianshengqiao, which well illustrates the magic of Tianshengqiao. On the tablet, it says: "the rain gathers in the yanzhihe River, and Tianshengqiao works miraculously!"

Main attractions

Tianshengqiao scenic spot in Nanjing is a national AAAA scenic spot

It is located 3 kilometers west of Lishui City and 50 kilometers away from Nanjing city. The overall planning area of the scenic spot is 6 square kilometers, and the core area is about 2 square kilometers. It is a scenic spot integrating ecological landscape, tourism and leisure, vacation and health preservation, and cultural landscape. It is a suburban tourist resort in Nanjing with Qinhuai culture, Ming culture, river transport culture as the focus, and "cultural leisure" as the core. It is also the permanent venue of the National Water Conservancy Scenic Spot, the cultural relics protection unit of Jiangsu Province, the tourist holiday (experimental) area of Jiangsu Province, the self driving tour base of Nanjing city and the "Midou Music Festival".

At present, the scenic area is divided into Tianshengqiao Museum, love sea viewing area, Fenghuangjing sightseeing area, Tianshengqiao music Valley Theme leisure area, Tianshengqiao Yanzhi river landscape sightseeing area, Hexi leisure experience area and tourist center service area. Yanzhi river is a famous man-made canal dug by Zhu Yuanzhang to connect the water transportation between Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In 1393, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Li Xin, Marquis of Chongshan, to Lishui to dig Yanzhi river. Li Xin organized tens of thousands of migrant workers in the two provinces to use the principle of heat expansion and cold contraction to burn stones and chisel rivers for 15 Li, connect Shijiu lake on the top and Qinhuai River on the bottom.

Preferential treatment information

In February 2020, in order to pay homage to the benevolence of doctors and praise the great love of the world, Nanjing Municipal Bureau of culture and tourism, together with Zhongshan Cemetery Administration, Nanjing Tourism Group and Nanjing Cultural Investment Group, issued an initiative to the cultural and tourism units in the city's tourist attractions, museums and so on, to implement a free visit policy and provide a series of free and intimate services for all medical workers across the country.

1、 Preferential treatment object

All medical workers in the whole country (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) should go to Nanjing scenic spot and Museum ticket office for admission free with valid certificates (doctor's certificate, nurse's certificate or other qualification certificates related to medical work). Medical workers can make an appointment with scenic spots and museums in advance.

2、 Preferential treatment content

1. National scenic spots and museums invested by the government (see the list for details);

2. During my stay in Nanjing, I will take the bus for free with my valid certificate;

3. Preferential treatment window and green channel are set up for medical workers in peak tourism season.

3、 Preferential time

Within one year from the day when the scenic spots and museums resume operation (unified release at that time).

Address: Jiyi Great Rift Valley Scenic Area, Jiyi Township, Wuding County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture

Longitude: 102.25919679423

Latitude: 26.092330418601

Ticket information: no ticket required.

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