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Travel in Anping Quanzhou of China

Travel in Anping Quanzhou of China

Write: Stephanie [2011-05-23]

Travel in Anping  Quanzhou of China

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Ann is also called in the level bridge Five li of bridges ,Span Jinjiang and set up town and the south of sea and is the bay between the flood peak towns is fitted. Establish in Song continue and revitalize for eight years A.D. 1138) ,Build up for 13 years. It is the stone big and heavy stone stone beam bridge where the granite is built, it is the leading long bridge in ancient times of China, there is not this long bridge of a bridge all over the world Good reputation.

Have won fame both at home and abroad, is announced for the first batch of Chinese Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protections by the State Council of China. Bridge 2255 meter long, have square, ship shape, half 361 of pier of ship shape, the intersection of bridge and 3- 3.8 of face width, bridge the intersection of board and 5- 11 of length, weighs up to 25 tons most, there are stone guardrails on both sides; There are 5 pavilions on the bridge: The east of the bridge detached pavilion ,The west of the bridge Buddhist nunnery of the tide , Si s water pavilion in the bridge ,Both ends each set up one pavilion on the way, offer visitor s rest.

Anping Bridge, another name The Five-li Bridge stretching over the bay between Anhai Town of Jinjiang and Shuitou Town of Nan an was first built in the eighth year of Shaoxing in the Song dynasty(1138 A.D.) . It took 13 years to build it. It is a bridge of granite including the piers and girders, once the longest bridge in ancient China admired as There are no longer bridges than this under the heaven .

The bridge as long as 2255 m is supported by 361 piers of square, cymbiform and semi-cymbiform shapes. The road of the bridge is 3 to 3.8 m. The length of the floorings varies from 5 to 11 m. The heaviest weighs 25 tons. There are the stone handrails on both sides of the bridge, five pavilions on the bridge.

Chaoran Pavilion in the east, Haichao Pavilion in the west, Sishui Temple in the middle, another two on either end of the bridge. They were set up for pedestrians to take a rest.