Founded in the Song Dynasty (960 AD), Jinze Ancient Town, located in the southwest of Qingpu District, Shanghai, the lake ponds are scattered, the river is crisscrossed, and the architectural pattern of the Song and Yuan period has been completely preserved, as well as the ancient residential buildings built by the water. Bridges and water are the biggest characteristics of the ancient town, known as the "Jiangnan No. 1 Qiao Township". The 21 existing ancient bridges in the town are the most preserved in Shanghai. Each ancient bridge has a different shape and can be called a natural museum of bridge culture. Especially in the Xiatang Street river channel on the five ancient bridges, across the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing four dynasties, known as "four ancient bridges on the front line". Built in the Southern Song Dynasty in Xianyu three years (1267), Puji Bridge, long 26.7 meters, 5 meters high, is the most intact and oldest stone bridge in Shanghai, known as the "Shanghai First Bridge". The design of the bridge is the same as that of Zhaozhou Bridge in Hebei. The stone of the bridge is precious purple stone. When the rain passes, the bridge is shimmering and shining under the sun, like a jeweled bridge. Built in the Yuan-Yuan years (1279) Ruyi Bridge, long 20.8 meters, is the most complete single-hole stone arch bridge in the ancient town. The bridge body is also engraved with Zhu Yuanxuan and Liu Bowen's poem "The cross bridge is like a dragon, the pearl shadow falls in the long river." Because the ancient bridge and the reflection in the water are in a circle, the local residents must marry and live on this bridge to pray for blessings. The Emperor Pavilion Bridge was originally built in the Ming Dynasty (1698), and the existing buildings were reconstructed as they were during the Qing Kangxi period. The bridges built with bluestones are carved with Buddhist totems such as "return" and "Baodi", as well as "sword", "banana fan" and "hulu" and other lifelike eight immortals crossing the sea relief, which is known as the most perfect three-hole stone arch bridge in the south of the Yangtze River. The youngest Puqing Bridge in the ancient town was built in 1999 to coincide with the documentary "Hongqiao in China" by WGBH Production Company in the United States. The prototype of the bridge is the Song Dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan "Qingming Shanghe Map" in the Lishui Hongqiao, the bridge body 64 arched wood and 5 beams are all tied together with a binding, no nail, can be called the ancient Chinese wooden bridge model. The ancient town of Jinze is thriving due to water, because of the name of the bridge, each bridge is not only unique, but also related to the temple and temple. The local proverb "Bridge Bridge and Temple, Bridge Temple Symbiosis" since ancient times. The most famous of these temples was built in the first year of Song Jingding, and it was famous in the south of the Yangtze River with 5048 magnificent buildings. Shanghai tourists who come to Jinze Ancient Town to burn incense on holidays are particularly large.
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Founded in the Song Dynasty (960 AD), Jinze Ancient Town, located in the southwest of Qingpu District, Shanghai, the lake ponds are scattered, the river is crisscrossed, and the architectural pattern of the Song and Yuan period has been completely preserved, as well as the ancient residential buildings built by the water. Bridges and water are the biggest characteristics of the ancient town, known as the "Jiangnan No. 1 Qiao Township". The 21 existing ancient bridges in the town are the most preserved in Shanghai. Each ancient bridge has a different shape and can be called a natural museum of bridge culture. Especially in the Xiatang Street river channel on the five ancient bridges, across the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing four dynasties, known as "four ancient bridges on the front line". Built in the Southern Song Dynasty in Xianyu three years (1267), Puji Bridge, long 26.7 meters, 5 meters high, is the most intact and oldest stone bridge in Shanghai, known as the "Shanghai First Bridge". The design of the bridge is the same as that of Zhaozhou Bridge in Hebei. The stone of the bridge is precious purple stone. When the rain passes, the bridge is shimmering and shining under the sun, like a jeweled bridge. Built in the Yuan-Yuan years (1279) Ruyi Bridge, long 20.8 meters, is the most complete single-hole stone arch bridge in the ancient town. The bridge body is also engraved with Zhu Yuanxuan and Liu Bowen's poem "The cross bridge is like a dragon, the pearl shadow falls in the long river." Because the ancient bridge and the reflection in the water are in a circle, the local residents must marry and live on this bridge to pray for blessings. The Emperor Pavilion Bridge was originally built in the Ming Dynasty (1698), and the existing buildings were reconstructed as they were during the Qing Kangxi period. The bridges built with bluestones are carved with Buddhist totems such as "return" and "Baodi", as well as "sword", "banana fan" and "hulu" and other lifelike eight immortals crossing the sea relief, which is known as the most perfect three-hole stone arch bridge in the south of the Yangtze River. The youngest Puqing Bridge in the ancient town was built in 1999 to coincide with the documentary "Hongqiao in China" by WGBH Production Company in the United States. The prototype of the bridge is the Song Dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan "Qingming Shanghe Map" in the Lishui Hongqiao, the bridge body 64 arched wood and 5 beams are all tied together with a binding, no nail, can be called the ancient Chinese wooden bridge model. The ancient town of Jinze is thriving due to water, because of the name of the bridge, each bridge is not only unique, but also related to the temple and temple. The local proverb "Bridge Bridge and Temple, Bridge Temple Symbiosis" since ancient times. The most famous of these temples was built in the first year of Song Jingding, and it was famous in the south of the Yangtze River with 5048 magnificent buildings. Shanghai tourists who come to Jinze Ancient Town to burn incense on holidays are particularly large.
#Those flowers are waiting for you #Everyone is vlogger #"new" camping fun experience Kanazawa Ancient Town, here is worthy of being called as "the first bridge town in the south of the Yangtze River", and has still retained the seven ancient bridges built during the Song, Yuan and Ming and Qing Dynasties. The following are: Zhuangyuan Bridge, Wan'an Bridge, Tianhuang Pavilion Bridge, Puqing Bridge, Puji Bridge, Ruyi Bridge, Yingxiang Bridge, Kanazawa Fangsheng Bridge.
Speaking of the ancient town of Shanghai, many people's first impression is Zhujiajiao or Qibao, in fact, in Shanghai, there are many unknown, but full of Jiangnan water town characteristics of the beautiful ancient town. The most worth seeing is located in the southwest of Qingpu District, with the "Jiangnan No. 1 Qiao Township" known as Jinze Ancient Town, it is also the only town in Shanghai at the junction with Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The ancient town of Jinze formed a market in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty (960 years ago), so the land is more lakes and Dangze land, the soil is fertile and rich in fish and rice, and it is named "Jinze Town". Compared with famous ancient towns such as Zhujiajiao and Wuzhen, Jinze Ancient Town has no commercial hustle and bustle. The residents of the ancient town still live in the river and live leisurely. The ancient town of the lake pond is scattered, and the river port is crisscrossed. Like most ancient towns in China, Jinze Ancient Town also retains the architectural pattern of "two streets and one river". The two main streets along the river banks - "Shangtang Street" and "Xiatang Street", which was once a lively commercial street in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but now it is no longer prosperous. Teahouses, candle shops and department stores were preserved intact. It is recorded that the ancient town of Kanazawa had built "six views, one tower, thirteen squares, forty-two Hongqiao" before, each bridge led to a temple viewing temple. Most of the temples have no longer existed, but many ancient bridges of the year are still well preserved, known as the "Kanze Ancient Bridge A World". The ancient bridges in Jinze Ancient Town are not only numerous, but also mostly historical bridges, especially the five ancient bridges located on the river in Xiatang Street, spanning the four dynasties of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing, known as the "Four Dynasties Ancient Bridges First Line Lead". The Puji Bridge, built in Song Xianxuan in 1267, is the most intact and oldest stone bridge in Shanghai, known as the "Shanghai First Bridge". The youngest Puqing Bridge in the ancient town was built in 1999 to cooperate with the documentary film "Hongqiao China" by WGBH Production Company in the United States. The prototype of the bridge is the Song Dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan "Qingming Shanghe Tu" center "painting eyes" the Hongqiao. This wooden structure flying bridge across the two sides of the river, not only concentrated the bustling of the city of Shanghai at that time, but also represented the glorious apex of the history of ancient bridge construction in China. Unlike the ancient stone arch bridges and wooden board bridges in China, the structure of the Hongqiao in the water is light and beautiful, which is the only variety in the history of the world bridge. It is named by bridge scientists as "the wooden arch bridge". In 1999, the ancient town of Jinze in Shanghai used the construction method of the Northern Song Dynasty and reconstructed the Luohe arch bridge according to the original structure of the Qingming Shanghe Tu, named "Puqing Bridge", which caused a stir at home and abroad.