Technical History of Ancient Bridges in China
Mao Yisheng, editor-in-chief, Beijing Publishing House, 1 May 19861Edition, with 377,000 words of color photos, 58 black-and-white photos and 334 photos.
This book is a comprehensive and systematic academic work on the history of science and technology and an authoritative work on the history of Chinese bridge construction. It was written by nearly 20 Chinese bridge construction history experts. This book focuses on the scientific and technological research of ancient bridge architecture and takes it as a chapter. The lower limit is that the railway bridge will appear until 188 1 year. The contents include: overview, beam bridge, arch bridge, cable bridge, pontoon bridge, trestle bridge, bridge construction technology, bridge construction art, bridge monograph and bridge craftsmen in past dynasties. This book discusses the origins of various ancient bridges; The development stage of ancient bridges from Western Zhou Dynasty to Ming and Qing Dynasties: the outstanding achievements of ancient bridges; The origins, forms, characteristics, uses, construction techniques and architectural art of various types of bridges are described and observed from different angles. This book systematically and extensively collected a large number of documents about ancient bridges in China, and organized investigation teams to visit Yunnan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei and other provinces. For the errors and omissions in ancient legends, many authors have made on-the-spot investigation and serious investigation, and made many new discoveries. For example, during the inspection of Anji Bridge in Zhao County, Hebei Province, the writing team organized forces to drill, and got a clear understanding of the stratum structure of the riverbed at the bridge site, and attached the measured map of the Chinese Architectural Society before liberation, and also described the restoration of the bridge in previous dynasties, which made the writing of this book have a scientific and informative basis. During my inspection tour around the country, I also took many precious photos and selected more than 500 plates and illustrations in this book. The book also includes "Bridges Monographs and Famous Bridge Builders in Past Dynasties" and "Selected Works of Ancient Bridges in China". The writing of this book makes people have a comprehensive and systematic understanding of the development and technical characteristics of various ancient bridges in China. The rich bridge photos and illustrations in this paper, combined with comprehensive and concise text descriptions, bring together the achievements of Chinese bridges into one book, which is undoubtedly of great significance to the future study of Chinese bridge history. With the passage of time, many ancient bridges may gradually lose their original appearance beyond recognition, and the descriptions, survey results and photo illustrations of these bridges in the book will play an important role in the protection of cultural relics. Another meaning of writing this book is that Mao Yisheng wrote in the preface: "Any new technology has its roots in the old technology, and often new things sprout in the old things. For example, all kinds of "cable-stayed" ideas can be found in ancient suspension bridges; The concept of "prestress" can be found in ancient architectural methods. Only when modern civilization originates from ancient civilization can the world progress. China used to lead the world in bridge technology. Now, tracing its history and exploring the reasons for its leadership are precisely to gain enlightenment from it, carry forward its inherent tradition and help promote the construction of the' four modernizations'. "