Famous bridges, towers and pavilions in ancient China

Marugou Bridge is located 10 kilometers southwest of Guang'anmen in Beijing. Built in 1189, it is a double-arch stone bridge, about 265 meters long, with 241 pillars, each with a lion carved on it.

Guangji Bridge is located outside the east gate of Chaozhou, Guangdong. It is a comprehensive transportation and commercial bridge in ancient my country. It is also the world's first switchable large stone bridge. It has the meaning of "one mile long bridge, one mile city". " said.

Wuting Bridge is located in Slender West Lake in Yangzhou. The bridge base is made of 12 bluestone piers of different sizes; the bridge body is arched and rolled, combined by 3 different roll holes, with a total of 15 holes, and the holes are connected, and the pavilions are connected by corridors.

Anping Bridge is located in Anhai Town, Jinjiang, Fujian. The bridge deck is paved with seven large stone slabs, and there is a hexagonal five-story brick Song Pagoda at the bridge head. It is the largest beam-style stone bridge in ancient China and has the reputation of "there is no bridge this long in the world".

Zhaozhou Bridge is located on the river in Zhao County, Hebei Province. It is a single-hole stone arch bridge with a bridge deck 10 meters wide and 42 imitation boards on both sides engraved with dragon and beast-like reliefs.

Cross Bridge is located in Jinci Temple, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. The bridge is in the shape of a cross. The whole bridge is supported by 34 iron-blue octagonal stones, with cypress brackets on the top of the columns connected to the longitudinal and transverse beams, and a cross bridge deck on top.

Fengyu Bridge is located on the Linxi River near Chengyang Village, Sanjiang County, Guangxi. It is a structure with stone piers and wooden surface and tile roof. Five tower-shaped pavilions were built on the bridge to provide shelter from wind and rain. The entire bridge does not use a single iron nail and is delicate and strong.

The Iron Cable Bridge is located on the Dadu River in Luding County, Sichuan. It is 136 meters long and 3 meters wide. It is tied to the cliffs on both sides by 13 bowl-thick iron chains. Among them, 9 iron chains side by side are covered with wooden boards, which is the bridge deck, and the other 2 chains on each side of the bridge deck are handrails. Each chain weighs approximately 2,000 kilograms.

Wuyin Bridge is located on the Shinto of Emperor Xiaoling of Shunzhi in Dongling, Hebei Province. There are 126 calcite railings on both sides of the bridge deck, which can make wonderful sounds when struck.

Yudai Bridge is located in the Summer Palace in Beijing. Built of white stone, the arch is egg-shaped and the bridge deck is reversely curved in both directions. The bridge body is carved from white marble, with beautifully carved white railings and pillars on both sides. It is known as the "Fairy Island on the Sea".

Canglang Pavilion is located near Sanyuanfang and has the longest history among the existing gardens in Suzhou.

During the Wuyue Kingdom of the Five Dynasties, it was a villa for princes and nobles. Su Shunqin of the Northern Song Dynasty purchased it as a private garden. In 1045, he built Canglang Pavilion by the water and wrote "Canglang Pavilion Notes", which is famous for its name.

Taoranting is a famous pavilion in the Qing Dynasty and is now one of the four famous historical pavilions in China. In the 34th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty, when Jiang Zao, a doctor from the Ministry of Industry, was supervising the black kiln factory, he saw that "there is a pond to the west with many water plants and a very quiet view without any dust", so he built a small pavilion here. A few years later, the "pavilion and pavilion" were named after the poem "Taoran" by the poet Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty: "When the chrysanthemum and yellow wine are ripe, I will be drunk and intoxicated with you." Taoranting Park and the Taoranting area are named after this.

Drunkard Pavilion: Located in Langya Mountain in Chu County, Anhui Province, in the sixth year of Qingli in the Northern Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu was demoted to Chuzhou as the prefect and called himself "Drunkard Old Man", so this pavilion was named "Drunkard Old Man Pavilion".

Aiwan Pavilion, located in Qingfeng Gorge of Yuelu Mountain, is one of the four most famous pavilions in China, together with Taoran Pavilion in Beijing, Zuiweng Pavilion in Chuzhou and Huxin Pavilion in Hangzhou. Aiwan Pavilion, formerly known as Hongye Pavilion, was named by Luo Dian, a famous scholar in the Qing Dynasty and the director of Yuelu Academy.

It is said that Yuan Mei, a poet of the Xingling School in the south of the Yangtze River, came to Changsha to give lectures. In the name of Luodian, he came to Yuelu Academy to pay a visit. Luo Dian refused to see Yuan Mei because he had violated the rules of the academy by recruiting female disciples. At the same time, students were also sent to accompany you, who were actually supervisors and reported Yuan Mei's remarks to him at any time. Yuan Mei's remarks while traveling in the mountains came one after another. A student reported that Yuan Mei rarely introduced himself, but always asked us to learn about his teacher's academic methods. It's not that we listened to his lectures, but he listened to us introduce his teacher's academic methods. After hearing this, Luo Dian felt warm in his heart, feeling that Yuan Mei's behavior was extraordinary.

Another student reported that Yuan Mei sat on the ground with us on the mountain and discussed knowledge together. He did not look like a gentleman at all, but more like an older student.

After hearing this, Luo Dian suddenly stood up from his seat and praised: "This is a person with real talent and learning!"

Another student reported that Yuan Mei proposed to take down the Hongye Pavilion. The two words "love" and "late" in Du Mu's poem "Far up the Hanshan Mountain are sloping, and there is a family deep in the white clouds. I park my car and sit in the maple forest to love the evening. The frost leaves are as red as the February flowers." The word "love" and "late" in the poem were renamed Aiwan Pavilion. Be poetic. When Luo Dian heard this, he was in awe and said loudly to the students: "Mr. Yuan, you are really a learned man. Hurry up and open the middle door and invite Mr. Yuan to come into the courtyard to give lectures!"

From then on, Luo Dian and Yuan Mei They became friends and the Hongshi Pavilion was renamed "Ai Wan Pavilion".