Basic introduction of wind and rain covered bridge

Yufeng Corridor Bridge is located in Zhuoshui Ancient Town, Qianjiang District, Chongqing. It spans the Apeng River, 303 meters long and 5 meters wide. It is divided into three parts: bridge, tower and pavilion, and is known as the first covered bridge in Asia. 2013165438+1October 28th, its main wood structure was destroyed by fire.

The Feng Shui covered bridge in the ancient town of Zhuoshui is a pure wooden structure. Building materials are connected by tenons and mortises, and the structure is firm and precise. There is a three-story tower pavilion on the bridge, with about 100 carved wooden windows that can be opened and closed freely on both sides, and red painted benches are placed in the bridge.

The ancient town of Zhuoshui, surrounded by mountains, is a rare Tujia water town in Wuling Mountain area. It is a thousand-year-old town integrating Tujia Diaojiaolou community, water transport terminal and commercial market town. History has left many cultural monuments and local cultural heritages for the ancient town of Zhuoshui. Bachu culture, Tujia culture, Daxi culture and Huaxia civilization are intertwined here, forming the unique folk customs and ethnic cultural customs of the ancient town of Zhuoshui, attracting many tourists.

Zhuoshui ancient town is located in the southeast corner of Qianjiang District, next to Tangyan River, the main tributary of Wujiang River. Its main residents are Tujia and Miao. The ancient town of Zhuoshui is 26 kilometers away from the main urban area of Qianjiang, and Huai Yu Railway, Yuxiang Expressway and 3 19 National Road all pass through here, so the traffic is very convenient.

It is understood that the ancient town of Zhuoshui was originally named "Baiheba", which was under the jurisdiction of Youyang Tusi in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. It has an important commercial geographical location and has been an important post station and commercial port since ancient times. Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, it has become the only way for the post road, commercial road and salt road in southeast Sichuan. In 24 years of the Republic of China, people called Zhuoshui "Zhuohe Dam", which has become an important market town with merchants and shops. The increasingly developed commerce and trade has rapidly promoted the exchange of materials between the local and the outside world, creating the most prosperous history. It has even lived above Qianjiang County in the same period, and is also called "Youyang Three Towns" with Youyang Longtan and Gongtan.