Tunxi District Zhenhai Bridge Tunxi Ancient Bridge, also known as Zhenhai Bridge, is located in Tunxi District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, and is a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit.
20 19, Zhenhai bridge in Tunxi district was selected as the national key cultural relics protection unit. Zhenhai Bridge, also known as Tunxi Bridge and commonly known as Old Bridge, is located at the mouth of Hengjiang River at the intersection of Hengjiang River and Lvshui River in Tunxi District. Qing Daoguang's "Xiuning County Records" contains: "Tunxi Bridge was built in Tunxi, 25 miles southeast of the county. In the fifteenth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, Dai Shiliang, a Yi nationality, was founded. The bridge in the middle is a pavilion and the center of the city. The bridge was built in China in the fifteenth year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. It was rebuilt by Yi Cheng Ziqian and rebuilt in the thirty-fifth year. " Zhenhai Bridge, with a total length of 133m and a width of 7.53m, is an arch bridge with 6 piers and 7 holes.
The bridge deck is paved with bluestone slabs, and the railings are stacked with three layers of big stones. The bridge body is made of kenaf stone, and it is jointed with white mortar. The upper part is a solid-bellied stone arch with equal cross section, and the lower part is a gravity pier built with mortar. The arch is laid horizontally, and there are three arch holes at the bottom.
The pier is an isosceles triangle, and the tip of the diversion pointed stone is inclined and arched. Zhenhai Bridge is an important transportation hub connecting Tunxi Old Street and Liyang. It is a landmark building in Tunxi and one of the rare large stone arch bridges in Ming Dynasty in Anhui Province.
As early as June 20 12, Zhenhai Bridge was listed as a provincial cultural relics protection unit. Huangshan City Cultural Tourism Bureau said that the promotion of Zhenhai Bridge cultural relics protection units is of great significance to improving the cultural taste of the city, promoting the deep integration of cultural tourism and promoting economic and social development. At the same time, it also urges local governments to continue to do a good job in cultural relics protection and strive to create a new situation in cultural relics work.
On July 6, 2020, at 9: 50 on July 7, 2020, the Zhenhai ancient bridge built at Tunxi District 1536 in Huangshan City was hit by floods and its middle section collapsed. The bridge is a national key cultural relic protection unit.
Affected by continuous heavy rainfall, a six-pier and seven-hole stone arch bridge and Tunxi Zhenhai Bridge in Tunxi District, Huangshan, Anhui Province were washed away by floods. The bridge was built in the 15th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1536), and it is located in Sanjiangkou, Tunxi. It used to be the gateway to Tunxi, but now it is an important passage to Huangshan Airport, the western suburbs and Wuyuan, Jiangxi. 20 19 and 10 were approved by the State Council as the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units in June.
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