The trestle bridge in Qingdao has a long history of 100 years. It can be said that she has seen the rise and fall of Qingdao in the past century, the rise and fall of honor and disgrace, and historical changes. She witnessed the development of Qingdao architecture. As early as 100 years ago, during the reign of the Qing government, Li Hongzhang, governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang, accompanied by Zhang Yao, governor of Shandong Province, visited Jiaoao at that time. After returning to Beijing, she decisively proposed to the Qing court that she should fortify the area around Qingdao.
On June 14 of the same year, the Cabinet issued an imperial decree: "It is planned to build castles in Jiaozhou and Yantai seaports as required." At the same time, it is required to move the company commander yamen of Dengzhou Town from Dengzhou (now Penglai) to Qingdao. Gaoyuan Zhang, the company commander of Dengzhou Town, built the company commander yamen in Qingdao, which is the origin of Qingdao's organizational system.
Qingdao trestle bridge was built in the 18th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1892). 1892, the Qing government sent Gaoyuan Zhang, a general in Dengzhou, to Qingdao with four battalions of officers and men. In order to facilitate the transportation of military materials, two docks were built, one of which was a trestle. In the past, it was called the Grand Pier and the South China Sea Trestle. At that time, it had many names.
But this trestle was particularly important at that time and played a pivotal central role. If anyone can control the trestle, it is equivalent to controlling the whole Jiaozhou Bay. At that time, Germany first controlled the trestle, and then occupied Qingdao on the grounds of sergeant training. The trestle is the best witness of German invasion. After Germany took control of Qingdao, the trestle was further transformed and used for military purposes.
Later, after a larger pier was built, the main function of the trestle was not just the pier, but began to open to tourists. Later, after Japan occupied Qingdao, it also marched on this bridge to prove its existence. Later, Qingdao was taken back by Beiyang government, and sailors from China marched here. Later, the Nanjing National Government invested more than two years to rebuild the trestle, and the rebuilt trestle became the first scene in Qingdao, which continues to this day.
Later, New China was established, and the government also invested in the maintenance of the trestle bridge many times. In the 1980s, the government funded the maintenance again, and installed iron rope guardrails and bridge lights on the bridge. In 1990s, it was overhauled, and on the basis of keeping the original style unchanged, bank protection measures were added to make the building more beautiful. After many renovations and reconstructions, the length of the existing bridge is 40 1.45 m, of which the length of the approach bridge is 236. 1 m and the length of the span bridge is 149.7 m. ..
The bridge head of Huilan Pavilion Triangle is15.65m long. "Huilan Pavilion", a two-story octagonal pavilion with cornices at the southern end of the trestle, covered with yellow glazed tiles and surrounded by 24 circular columns. The exhibition hall covers an area of 1, 5 1 m2, with a total construction area of 340 m2. It is a two-story circular pavilion with 34 spiral steps in the middle. It is one of the top ten scenic spots in Qingdao.
The story of Qingdao trestle:
In other words, Gaoyuan Zhang, the company commander of Dengzhou, had a hobby every morning when he was stationed in Qingdao. He took his entourage to see the sea view at the seaside, listen to the sound of the waves, and when he was in high spirits, he would drive a boat to go fishing in deep water. One day, Gaoyuan Zhang was fishing in deep water when a big wave came. The boat suddenly capsized and Gaoyuan Zhang and his entourage fell into the water. Fortunately, the soldiers on the shore rescued him in time.
That night, Gaoyuan Zhang had a dream that when he was fishing in the sea, the bow of the boat flashed red, and 36 pairs of handsome fairies in red and green skirts lined up face to face in two rows, from deep water to the seaside reef. Then, 36 pairs of fairy arms stretched out horizontally, hugged together and held a wide and long green silk to build a silk bridge.
A little fairy dressed in green took him by the arm in one hand and a shiny parasol in the other, and took him to the Silk Bridge and helped him ashore step by step. When Gaoyuan Zhang woke up, he immediately asked his men to invite a painter and embellish his dream so that the painter could draw a bridge over the sea.
After listening to this, the painter drew the sea bridge in less than half a day. He changed 36 pairs of fairies in a row into 36 pairs of log bridge piles in two rows, changed long green silk into a deck painted with green paint, and changed 36 pairs of fairies' necks and heads into 36 pairs of domes, waist-high railings painted with red paint. Gaoyuan Zhang was very satisfied after seeing the map of the sea bridge, and immediately ordered people to work overtime day and night at the seaside to build the bridge.
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The three words on the plaque of Gefei Huilan "Huilan Pavilion" were originally inscribed by Shen Honglie, the former mayor of Qingdao. This plaque was plundered by Japan when it occupied Qingdao for the second time. It is displayed in the Army Museum in Tokyo, Japan, to show its "achievements" in the war of aggression against China. At present, the word "Huilan Pavilion" is inscribed by the famous calligrapher Shu Tong. This pavilion is an octagonal pavilion on the second floor, covered with colored glazed tiles.
The exhibition hall is supported by 24 red painted columns, with spiral stairs in the center and glass windows around the upstairs, which is called "one window, one scene, one painting". We can look out from the window and see the beautiful Qingdao Bay and the surrounding scenic spots and famous buildings in all directions. The length of trestle increased from 350M to about 440M, the bridge deck was all paved with cement, and the drainage system was added to the bridge body.
Two rows of cast iron air holes with a spacing of about 2M and a diameter of about 20 cm are added to the extension. During the spring tide, the spray of seawater hitting the pier can go straight to the bridge deck from the air hole. At the end of the south side of the bridge, a semi-circular breakwater was built. A two-story cornice octagonal pavilion with traditional China style is built in the breakwater. The pavilion named "Huilan Pavilion" is covered with blue glazed tiles and surrounded by 24 columns.
The exhibition hall is a circular hall with 34 steps hovering in the middle. Climb to the second floor, with the red tiles and green trees in Qingdao market in the north and the blue sea and blue sky in Jiaozhou Bay in the south. 1936, among the "Ten Scenes of Qingdao" jointly selected by experts and citizens in our city, "Gefei Huilan" with trestle as the main scene became the first scene.
Since the completion of Huilan Pavilion, Qingdao trestle has been repaired many times, but its style has remained basically unchanged. "The fog is full moon, the fishing boat stays at the west of the trestle bridge at night, enjoying the cool, and people beat the embankment and lean on the railing water at dusk", a poem published in 1933 in Qingdao Guide, is a true portrayal of Qingdao trestle bridge.
Qingdao trestle bridge was originally a military facility built by the Qing army for military purposes, and now it has become a landmark attraction in Qingdao. This "bridge" connecting the landing and the sea, with the vicissitudes of the island city for more than a hundred years, connects the past, present and future of the city. ?
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