Jintangqiao

Jintang Bridge, originally built in 1906, is the earliest large-scale steel structure bridge in Tianjin. Because of the victory of the PLA in the Pingjin campaign, Jintang Bridge has become a symbolic bridge symbolizing the liberation of Tianjin.

Bridges are made of glass, so they are also called "glass bridges". The white bridge is full of lamp posts, and it lights up at night. The night scenery is very beautiful and worth visiting.

Jintangqiao

Jintang Bridge is located on the Haihe River between the west end of Jianguo Road and Shuige street in Tianjin. The bridge's name "golden soup" means "solid as golden soup". The bridge is 76.4 meters long, 10.5 meters wide and covers an area of 802.2 square meters. It is one of the earliest existing large-scale iron bridges in Tianjin.

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Tieqiao was built in 1906, about 20 years earlier than Jiefang Bridge.

Jintang Bridge was originally a pontoon bridge, which was made up of 13 wooden boats, and the deck was paved with movable boards. Originally known as Yanguan floating bridge, commonly known as East floating bridge. Qing Yongzheng eight years (1730) by Qingzhou branch mengzhouyan detailed salt courtyard zhengchanbao build, so also known as menggong bridge. In October 1906 (the 32nd year of Guangxu reign), due to the laying of tramway from Dongfu bridge to Dongzhan station, Tianjin Customs Road, Consulate General of Austria and Italy concession and Tianjin tramway Electric Light Co., Ltd. were jointly rebuilt into a permanent steel beam railway bridge, which has survived to this day. The opening and closing bridge, which used to be started by electricity, was demolished only after the second overhaul in 1970.

Bridge history

On January 2, 1949, the Tianjin front command of the Northeast Field Army held a combat meeting. According to the terrain of Tianjin and the characteristics of defending the enemy, Liu Yalou, the front commander in chief, deployed the operational policy of "moving east and West, blocking the waist and cutting off, cutting South First and then north, cutting first and then encircling, and breaking each other". The meeting place between the East and the west is the upstream and downstream area of Haihe River with Jintang Bridge as the center.

At 10 am on January 14, 1949, the people's liberation army launched a general attack on the Kuomintang garrison from the East, West and south directions, starting the campaign of liberation of Tianjin. After a fierce battle, after breaking through the siege defense, at 5:30 am on the 15th, the people's Liberation Army from east to West met at Jintang Bridge. Bright red flags were put on the bridge, achieving the operational goal of "cutting off the waist", cutting off the North-South ties of the Kuomintang garrison, disrupting its operational deployment, and completely shaking the confidence of the Kuomintang garrison. Jintangqiao became the key to annihilate and defend the enemy. Jintangqiao became the starting point of Tianjin's rebirth.

In the battle for the liberation of Tianjin, which began at 10 am on January 14, 1949, the PLA invested 340000 troops from 22 divisions of five armies to attack the Kuomintang's urban defense simultaneously from the East, South and West. According to the characteristics of the long north-south and narrow East-West terrain in Tianjin urban area and the situation of defending the enemy, the operational policy formulated is to advance from east to west, block the waist and cut off, first South, then north, first cutting, then encircling, and then annihilating. After the beginning of the battle, the 38th and 39th PLA troops broke through the front line of Hepingmen and Xiyingmen and pushed from west to East, the 44th and 45th PLA troops broke through the front line of Minquan and Minzu and pushed from east to west, the 46th PLA troops pushed northward from Cuijia wharf, and a division of yixingbu also pushed southward. At 5:30 a.m. on the 15th, the East-West army successfully joined the Jintang Bridge as planned, completed the task of cutting off the enemy at the waist of the fence, and began the battle of encircling and annihilating the North-South enemy. The enemy troops were in chaos and were finally wiped out. The whole battle to liberate Tianjin took only 29 hours and wiped out 130000 enemy troops. On January 15, 1949, Tianjin was liberated, which contributed to the peaceful liberation of Beijing.

The Jintang Bridge, where the people's Liberation Army joined forces at that time, as a witness of history, is still as majestic as ever. In June 1994, Tianjin municipal Party committee and government listed it as a "patriotic education base". Jintang Bridge will always be a place for people to remember the heroes who liberated Tianjin.

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From the ancient culture street scenic area to the south, walk along Zhangzizhong road.

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Jintang Bridge, founded in 1906, is the earliest steel structure bridge in Tianjin and the only existing three span horizontal swing bridge in China. In the famous Pingjin campaign, the Chinese people's Liberation Army concentrated about 340000 people from five armies and 22 divisions to form two assault groups, East and West, to launch a general offensive against the defending enemy in Tianjin. The Western assault group is composed of 38th army, 39th army, 43rd army and 128 divisions, breaking through from the Xiying gate; the eastern assault group is composed of 44th army and 45th army, breaking through from the nationality gate and the civil rights gate, and the two groups are advancing towards jintangqiao at the same time. At 5:00 a.m. on January 15, 1949, they joined forces on Jintang Bridge. Therefore, Jintang Bridge has become a symbol of Tianjin's liberation.

Jintang Bridge, which has the dual value of cultural relics and historical commemoration, has been used for one hundred years, and some components of the bridge have been seriously corroded and damaged. According to the overall requirements of Haihe comprehensive development, the Jintang Bridge was reinforced and plastic surgery was carried out on the basis of restoring the original design appearance, and the opening function was restored. At the same time, glass approach bridges with steel structure are built on both sides of the bridge.

Memorabilia

In 1730, Meng Yanzhou, the Tianjin Branch of Changlu transportation department, donated his salary to build the bridge, which is called menggong bridge or Yanguan floating bridge. Therefore, the bridge was built outside the east gate, also known as the East floating bridge.

In 1905, a 76.4-meter long permanent steel bridge was built in the south of Qiaonan by joint venture of Tianjin Customs Road, Austrian concession, Italian Concession consulate and Belgium tramcar company to facilitate trams to pass here. The bridge was completed and opened to traffic on November 21 of the following year. It costs 200000 taels of silver to build the bridge. The width of the bridge deck is 10 meters, and 4 meters of which are used to lay the monorail. The coast was busy for a while. Because of its incomparable firmness, it was named "Jintang".

In 1934, the bridge tilted, and the Works Bureau asked the bridge engineer Cai Junjian to undertake the renovation. As the sulfur and phosphorus content of the original bridge steel is far higher than the specified standard, the weldability is very poor, so the riveting and welding method is used.

In 1970, Tianjin carried out another renovation of Jintang Bridge, lifting 1.2 meters, abolishing the opening equipment, and repairing and strengthening the corroded part of the bridge.

On May 13, 1984, Tianjin built a memorial to the reunion of the liberation of Tianjin, which covers an area of about 60 square meters. Therefore, the bridge was listed as a municipal cultural relics protection unit and a municipal patriotic education base. (later, the reporter checked with the responsible comrades of the general affairs department of the Haihe office and learned that the memorial to the meeting as mentioned by some people is actually a meeting Park, which includes "golden soup" sculptures, tanks and artillery. In addition, in order to strengthen the education of patriotism and revolutionary heroism, the relevant departments set up a small monument of patriotism education base in the southeast corner of the bridge. Later, in the protective restoration of Jintang Bridge in 2003, for the consideration of the overall effect and practical significance - Jintang Bridge is well known as the symbol of Tianjin liberation, and there is no need for the monument to exist - the monument was demolished. ）

During the development and reconstruction of Haihe River in 2003, it was decided that the Jintang Bridge should be reinforced on the basis of restoring the original design appearance. The original opening function is completely restored, and the navigation standard is improved. After the renovation, Jintang Bridge became a pedestrian bridge for people to pass and play, and vehicles could not pass. In a sense, great changes have taken place in the function of Jintang Bridge. From the earliest floating bridge to steel bridge, it mainly connects the traffic on both sides of Haihe River. Now, Jintang Bridge has become a pedestrian bridge integrating sightseeing and commemorating the liberation of Tianjin. On the basis of the original steel bridge, supplemented by sound, light, electricity and waterscape, today's Jintang Bridge has taken on a new look, standing on the clear water, becoming a beautiful scene on the Haihe River.

Appearance of the bridge

The renovated Jintang Bridge has become a pedestrian bridge for people to use and play, which can not pass through motor vehicles and non motor vehicles. In order to enhance its ornamental and entertainment, the designers installed fountains and lights around the bridge and on the water surface after the repair of Jintang Bridge, which gave the old bridge new vitality and vigor by modern means. The bridge body is designed and installed with three-dimensional lighting, the glass approach part and the bridge body lighting, and the concept of unifying multi light source treatment is adopted in the park. These colorful lights are distributed on stairs, overpasses and sightseeing platforms.

The fountains installed on the main bridge can spray the effect of the water wall. Dozens of fountain nozzles are also installed in the river under the bridge. When the fountain is started, the water column can spray at least 25 meters high. These fountains are controlled by music and will dance with the music rhythm played by the speakers installed on both sides of the bridge. Ten spotlights are installed on the opposite side of the fountain on the bridge, color floodlights are installed on the lamp posts, and a number of fireworks stands are installed on both sides of the bridge. As the fountain erupts, the water curtain wall and water column change color under the spotlight, and the fireworks on both sides of the bridge are also set off at the same time.

A control room is installed on the East and west sides of the bridge to control the lighting, music, fountains, fireworks and other nightscape effects of Jintang Bridge. After the decoration of the nightscape project, Jintang Bridge has become the first bridge in China that integrates fireworks, lights, fountains and music. Usually, the night scene lights will be on every day, but during the big festival, all four special effects will be on

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