Where is the oldest bridge in China, the oldest existing bridge in the world

<> Zhaozhou Bridge is also known as Anji Bridge.

It is located on the Huhe River in Zhaoxian County, Hebei Province, across the north and south banks of the Hushui River, because the bridge body is all built with stone, commonly known as the "big stone bridge".

Built in 595-605 A.D. during the Sui Dynasty, designed and built by the famous craftsman Li Chun, it has a history of about 1500 years, and is the earliest and most complete ancient open-shouldered stone arch bridge in the world today. Zhaozhou Bridge embodies the wisdom and crystallization of the ancient Han working people, and creates a new situation in China's bridge construction.

It was only after about 1397 (some sources say about 700) that similar stone arch bridges were built in Europe. But before that, there were already three-tiered stone arch bridges in Europe. In 1961, it was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

In 2015, it was awarded one of the top ten city business cards of Shijiazhuang. It is the first stone arch bridge in China, in the long years, although after countless floods, wind and rain, ice, snow and frost erosion and 8 times of ** test, but safe and sound, standing majestically on the Qingshui River.

The bridge is an arc-shaped stone arch bridge with an empty belly, which is the earliest and best-preserved giant stone arch bridge in China. Zhaozhou Bridge was selected by the World Records Association.

The world's earliest open-shouldered stone arch bridge, creating the world's largest. Hebei folk will Zhaozhou Bridge and Cangzhou Iron Lion.

Dingzhou Kaiyuan Temple Tower, Zhengding Longxing Temple.

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The length of the bridge is meters, the span is meters, the height of the bridge is meters, and the width of both ends is meters, the design of the bridge is completely in line with scientific principles, and the construction technology is ingenious. Zhang Jiazhen of the Tang Dynasty said that it was "peculiar, and people don't know what it does". The characteristics of the bridge are:

1. The whole bridge has only one large arch, which is meters long, which can be regarded as the longest stone arch in the world at that time. The bridge hole is not an ordinary semicircle, but resembles a bow, so that the road above the arch has no steep slope, which is convenient for cars to get up and down.

2. On the shoulders of the large arch, there are two small arches each. This is a creative design, which not only saves stone and reduces the weight of the bridge, but also increases the amount of water passing through the bridge tunnel when the river rises, and reduces the impact of floods on the bridge. At the same time, the arch is added to the arch, and the bridge body is also more beautiful.

3. The arch is surrounded by 28 arches.

Together, like so many bows of the same shape, they were made into an arc-shaped bridge hole. Each arch ring can independently support the weight above, and if one is broken, the others will not be affected.

Fourth, the structure of the whole bridge is symmetrical, and the surrounding scenery is very harmonious; The stone railings on the bridge are also carved in a quaint and beautiful way. Zhang Ling of the Tang Dynasty said that looking at this bridge from a distance is like "the first moon rises out of the clouds, and the rainbow leads the stream". The high technical level and immortal artistic value of Zhaozhou Bridge fully demonstrate the wisdom and strength of China's working people.

The design concept and craftsmanship of Zhaozhou Bridge are not only second to none in China's ancient bridges, according to the research of the world's bridges, such open-shouldered arch bridges only appeared in Europe until the middle of the 19th century, more than 1,200 years later than China.

Shuangmen Bridge, the oldest wooden arcade bridge in China, is said to have been built by a family with two jinshi in ancient times.

Zhejiang**October 26th Lishui Qingyuan News (Reporter Zhu Xiaoyan) Do netizens who have watched "The Dream of the Covered Bridge" have a beautiful memory of the covered bridge? Today, the reporter and netizens went to see the ancient corridor bridge in Qingyuan.

It is understood that the national covered bridges mainly exist in southern Zhejiang and northern Fujian, and Qingyuan is the county with the most covered bridges in the country, it has 89 ancient covered bridges of all kinds, including 22 wooden arcade bridges. At the same time, the oldest covered bridge in China is also in Qingyuan, which is the Futian Bridge and Shuangmen Bridge in Daji Village.

According to relevant experts, among all kinds of covered bridges, wooden arch bridges have the highest technical content among traditional wooden bridges in China and even the world. Qingyuan County has China's only wooden arcade bridge, the only national cultural relics protection bridge, that is, the Dragon Bridge, and the largest existing single-hole span wooden arcade bridge in the country, that is, Lanxi Bridge.

The oldest wooden arcade bridge in China is the Shuangmen Bridge, and the oldest existing open-shoulder arch stone bridge is the Zhaozhou Bridge in Zhaoxian County, Hebei Province.

The oldest catenary arch bridge in China is Yingxian Bridge, located in Taoshuwu Village, Bamao Town, Xinchang County, Zhejiang Province.

Zhaozhou Bridge or Zhaozhou Bridge.

The bridge is one of the oldest buildings invented by human beings, and there are many ancient bridges around the world. Judging from the existing ancient bridges, Zhaozhou Bridge, Xi'an Baqiao, Lugou Bridge and many other bridges are rare historical wealth in the world, among which Zhaozhou Bridge has a history of more than 1,400 years, but to say that the oldest existing bridge in the world is not the Zhaozhou Bridge in China.

The oldest bridge in the world is the Arkadiko Bridge in the Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece. According to research, the bridge was built between 1300 BC and 1190 BC, and has a history of more than 3,000 years. When the Arkadiko Bridge was built, Greece was still in the Bronze Age, and it was built by the famous Mycenaeans from the history of ancient civilizations.

Today, we see that the Arkadiko Bridge seems to be quite rudimentary, its culvert span is about 1 meter, the height of the rotunda is 4 meters, the top roadway is about a meter wide, and the bridge is made of limestone boulders. The most surprising thing is that the stones were built together without any orange binders, but such a seemingly unstable structure has successfully survived more than 3,000 years of wind and rain, and even the local people still use the ancient bridge today.

China's famous bridges are: Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Guizhou Guanling Bridge, Beipanjiang Bridge, Yangtze River Bridge, Zhaozhou Bridge, Lugou Bridge, Wuyin Bridge, Wuting Bridge, Guangji Bridge, Anping Bridge, etc.

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is a bridge and tunnel project connecting Hong Kong, Zhuhai, Guangdong and Macao, China. The total length of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is 55 kilometers, including kilometers of the main bridge and kilometers from Hong Kong Port to Zhuhai-Macao Port; The bridge deck is a two-way six-lane highway with a design speed of 100 km/h.

Guanling Bridge in Guizhou.

Guanling Bridge is located in Guanling County, Guizhou Province, and is a large bridge across the Grand Canyon of the Baling River on the main trunk line of the Shanghai-Rui National Highway, Guizhou Jingzhen-Ning-Shengjingguan Expressway. The main span of the bridge is 1088 meters, the east bank approach bridge meters, the west bank approach bridge 200 meters, the whole bridge length is 2237 meters, the bridge deck to the water surface of the Baling River is 370 meters, the width of the main bridge deck is meters, the whole bridge uses all kinds of steel about 10,000 tons, the total estimated budget is about 100 million yuan, it is the "first in China, the sixth in the world" large-span steel truss girder suspension bridge. "Guanling Bridge" is also called "Guanling Baling River Bridge", because the river under the bridge is called Baling River, and the canyon crossed is called Baling River Canyon.

The bridge is all in the territory of Guanling County, starting from the Jiashan Mountain in the east, connecting Guansuoling in the west, spanning the "Baling River Gorge" in the middle, a bridge connects the Shajia Mountain, the Baling River Gorge, Guansuoling and Guanling County together, so it should be called "Guanling Bridge".

Beipanjiang Bridge.

The first bridge of the Beipan River, formerly known as the Nizhu River Bridge, is located at the junction of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, the world's highest bridge, and is one of the three bridges of the Hangrui Expressway from Bijie to Duge Town Highway in Guizhou Province, which is managed by Guizhou Expressway Group. The bridge started construction in 2013 and was completed and put into operation on December 29, 2016,[1] starting from Duge Town in the north, crossing the Nizhu River Grand Canyon in the upper part and reaching Lalong Village in the south.

The oldest bridge in China is the Xiaoshang Bridge located on the Xiaoshang River in Shangqiao Village, Linying County, Luohe City, Henan Province. Mao Yisheng, a well-known bridge expert, once came to the research and believed that it was decades earlier than Zhaozhou Bridge and was known as the first bridge in the world.

It was a bridge made of earth, and it was in the Gangnam area. Because China has so many years of history, it is basically impossible to follow that history, only with macro thinking to understand, then it can be reasonable, and the Jiangnan area is water all the year round, then there must be a bridge, in that case, the traitor will take advantage of this opportunity to collect money from people who have come over...

The earliest bridge in China is the Weishui pontoon bridge, which is more than 3,000 years old. Legend has it that in order to marry, King Wen of Zhou put dozens of boats side by side, laid wood on the boats, and fixed the boats close to both sides of the river with ropes, creating a pontoon bridge for the marriage to pass through, that is, the Weishui pontoon bridge.

The oldest existing arch stone bridge is Zhaozhou Bridge in Zhao County, Hebei Province.

The earliest existing arch stone bridge with the most bridges and tunnels is the Baodai Bridge in Suzhou, Jiangsu.

The earliest switch-movable large stone bridge is Guangji Bridge in Chaozhou, Guangzhou.

It is the Weishui pontoon bridge, it appeared in the Zhou Dynasty, according to legend, King Wen of Zhou in order to marry, dozens of boats side by side, lay wood on the boat, and use ropes to fix the boats close to the two banks, resulting in a pontoon bridge for the marriage to pass through, that is, the Weishui pontoon. The oldest existing arch stone bridge is Zhaozhou Bridge in Zhao County, Hebei Province. The earliest existing arch stone bridge with the most bridges and tunnels is the Baodai Bridge in Suzhou, Jiangsu.

The earliest switch-movable large stone bridge is Guangji Bridge in Chaozhou, Guangzhou.