China people's theory of "crazy infrastructure" is a strength that has existed since ancient times. Throughout the development of Chinese bridge history, bridges built by China people are gradually going to the world. Among them, there is such a bridge that is really "domineering", that is Baling Bridge in Weiyuan County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province. Because there is a saying that "Wei River goes around Chang 'an and Fuling, which is Baling Bridge with jade railings", it is named "Baling Bridge".
Baling Bridge was built in the early years of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. It is a horizontal cantilever arch bridge with pure wood structure, with a total length of 40m, a span of 29.5m, a height of 15.4m and a width of 4.8m It is a unique stoplog arch bridge with pure wood structure in China. Baling Bridge is now a national key cultural relics protection unit. Because the arch of the bridge looks like Changhong, it is called "Weihe Changhong". It is a century-old bridge that Weiyuan must visit.
History of Baling Bridge
19 19 Reconstruction of Tanlei River Bridge. After the earthquake, the bridge tilted, endangering the safety of passers-by 1920, 1933, 1934, rebuilt many times. 1984 demolish the old one and build a new one, which is a horizontal cantilever arch bridge with wooden structure. The bridge has a total length of 40m, a span of 27.4m, a height of 15.4m and a width of 4.5m It has 13 rooms and 64 columns.
There are three stepped passages on the bridge deck, which are wide and narrow in the middle, with wooden railings on both sides, and the bridge corridor is covered with a blue tile roof. Each row of bridges is tied into eleven groups with ten thick logs, which are gradually hoisted from the piers on both sides of Qingyuan River to support the bridge to leap over Qingyuan River.
There are verandahs at both ends of the bridge, with upturned corners and cornices on the roof. The top of the bridge is veranda-shaped, and the bridge body is all made of wood, which is exquisite and spectacular. Later, because of the time, the rain washed away, making the bridge unstable, and then fixed it with steel nails, steel pipes and other things. Sun Ke's inscription "Wei Shui Changhong" is embedded in the main wall of the south bank cloister. There were many plaques inscribed by famous writers, but unfortunately they were all destroyed in the long river of years.
At present, there are two plaques hanging in the Nan 'an Corridor, namely "Baling Bridge" inscribed by Pei Jianzhun, a calligrapher in modern Gansu Province, and "Journey to the Avenue" inscribed by Yu Youren, a modern educator. This kind of wooden classical bridge is rare in China and has high architectural and artistic appreciation value. In June 2006, Baling Bridge was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.
Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Baling Bridge