Crosses Dragon Creek Height 4.15 m (14 ft) Opened 1213 Width 4.5 m Location Yiwu | Official name 古月桥 Longest span 15 m (49 ft) Total length 31 m Province Zhejiang Bridge type Arch bridge | |
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Locale Yiwu, Jinhua, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China Design Arch bridge
Stone bridge Address Fowang Line, Yiwu Shi, Jinhua Shi, Zhejiang Sheng, China Similar Huangshan Mountain Bamian T, New Fourth Army Suzhe Mil, Shengjing Shanshi Hall, Zhenru Sishita, Tianning Temple Xita | ||
6 seconds to cross it super bridge allows bullet trains to pass at full speed
The Guyue Bridge (simplified Chinese: 古月桥; traditional Chinese: 古月橋; pinyin: Gǔ Yuè Qiáo) is an ancient Chinese arch bridge located in Yiwu, Jinhua, Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China.
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- 6 seconds to cross it super bridge allows bullet trains to pass at full speed
- Jinhua double dragon cave in china
- Introduction
- References
"Guyue Bridge" literally means the bridge of the ancient moon.
Jinhua double dragon cave in china
Introduction
The bridge is located in Chi'an Village (simplified Chinese: 赤岸镇; traditional Chinese: 赤岸鎮; pinyin: Chì'àn Zhèn), and it's about 100-meter western of the Yazhi Street (雅治街). It goes across the Dragon Creek (traditional Chinese: 龍溪, simplified Chinese: 龙溪, pinyin: Lóng Xī).
It is a single span arch bridge. The design is very special: more precisely, its structure feature is girder-arch, and the girders are arranged like ribs. Such a design can be found in the famous painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival of Song dynasty by Zhang Zeduan.
The bridge was completed in 1213, the sixth year of the Jiading Era (Chinese: 嘉定; pinyin: Jiā Dìng), Southern Song dynasty. Since then it has never been rebuilt or repaired.
On the body of the bridge are engraved 12 Chinese characters: Huangsong Jiading Guiyou Jiqiu Runyue Jianzao (simplified Chinese: 皇宋嘉定癸酉季秋润月建造; traditional Chinese: 皇宋嘉定癸酉季秋閏月建造; pinyin: Huáng Sòng Jiā Dìng Guǐ Yǒu Jì Qiū Rùn Yuè Jiàn Zào), which literally means: Constructed in Autumn September Imperial Song Jiangding Era the Year of Guiyou ("Huang" means Imperial. "Song" reveals Song dynasty. "Jiading" is an era 1208-1224 of the Emperor Ningzong of Song. "Guiyou" is the year 1213, it's the Sexagenary cycle-way to record years in traditional Chinese calendar. "Jiqiu" means the late autumn period of a year.