Chengyang Bridge

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程陽永濟橋

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|caption = Chengyang Wind-Rain Bridge in 2003

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|locale = Sanjiang County, Guangxi, China

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The Yongji Bridge of Chengyang ({{zh|t=程陽永濟橋|s=程阳永济桥|p=Chéngyáng Yǒngjì Qiáo}}), also called the Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge ({{zh|t=程陽風雨橋|s=程阳风雨桥|p=Chéngyáng Fēngyǔ Qiáo}}), is a bridge in Sanjiang County,{{cite web|url=http://jingdian.tuniu.com/fengjing/8147 |title=程阳桥 (Chengyang Bridge) |publisher=Tuniu |date=2006-04-23 |accessdate=January 2, 2010 |language=zh}} of Guangxi, China.

Chengyang Bridge is a special covered bridge or lángqiáo, and one of several Fengyu bridges in the local Dong Minority region. It was completed in 1912.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} It is also called the Panlong Bridge ({{zh|t=盤龍橋|s=盘龙桥|p=Pánlóng Qiáo}}).

Properties

The bridge is a combination of bridge, corridor, veranda and Chinese pavilion. It has two platforms (one at each end of the bridge), 3 piers, 3 spans, 5 pavilions, 19 verandas, and three floors. The piers are made of stone, the upper structures are mainly wooden, and the roof is covered with tiles. The bridge has wooden handrails on both sides.

The bridge has a total length of {{convert|64.4|m|ft}}, and its corridor has a width of {{convert|3.4|m|ft}}. The net height above the river is about {{convert|10|m|ft}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.china.com.cn/chinese/TR-c/148534.htm |title=

广西三江程阳风雨桥 (Guangxi Sanjiang Chengyang Wind-Rain Bridge) |publisher=中国网 (China.com.cn) |date= 2002-05-21 |accessdate=January 2, 2010 |language=zh}}

The bridge is located in Chengyang, and serves as the link between two populous villages.

Guo Moruo, a famous Chinese author, loved the bridge at first sight and wrote a poem for it.

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|File:Sanjiang Chengyang Yongji Qiao 2012.10.02 17-39-10.jpg|“程陽橋”, written by Guo Moruo

|File:Sanjiang Chengyang Yongji Qiao 2012.10.02 17-49-49.jpg|west of the bridge

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