Yongtong Bridge

Yongtong Bridge
Yongtong Bridge
Coordinates	37°45′14″N 114°45′39″E / 37.75397°N 114.76097°E
Crosses	Qingshui River
Locale	Zhao County, Hebei
History
Construction start	765
Location

Yongtong Bridge (simplified Chinese: 永通桥; traditional Chinese: 永通橋), also known as Small Stone Bridge (小石桥),^[3] is an old single-hole circular arch bridge. It is located outside the west gate of Zhao County on the Ye River (冶河, now the Qingshui River).^[4]

Construction times

Yongtong Bridge's construction date, due to the lack of original information, so there have been a variety of opinions.^[5] There is a view that it was built in the Mingchang period (明昌年间) of the Jin dynasty (1190–1196).^[6]

According to the bridge stone components and inscriptions excavated from under the Yongtong Bridge in 1986,^[7] the Bridge began construction in the early years of Yongtai (永泰) in the Tang dynasty (765).^[8]

References

^ "Yongtong Bridge". China Internet Information Center. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ Hu Miaosen; Jiang Zhuping (2005). China Architecture Map. Guangming Daily Publishing House. pp. 65–. ISBN 978-7-80145-913-8.
^ Zhang Xinglian (1983). Chinese Archaeological Glossary: Chinese-English. Foreign Languages Press. pp. 140–. ISBN 978-0-8351-1082-2.
^ Guantao Wang; Qi Wang (1 May 2017). Advertisement Planning. Southwest Jiaotong University Press. pp. 314–. ISBN 978-7-5643-5341-4.
^ "Textual Research on the Founding Year of Yongtong Bridge". China National Knowledge Infrastructure. 1989-10-14.
^ Zhang Dainian (1998). Chinese Literature and History Encyclopedia. Zhejiang People's Publishing House. pp. 627–. ISBN 978-7-213-01580-9.
^ Gao Yingmin (1992). Shijiazhuang Heritage Grand View. Xinhua Publishing House. pp. 95–. ISBN 978-7-5011-1776-5.
^ Zhao County Local History Compilation Committee of Hebei Province (1993). Zhao County History. China City Press. pp. 463–. ISBN 978-7-5074-0659-7.

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[1] "Yongtong Bridge". China Internet Information Center. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[Hu_Miaosen,_Jiang_Zhuping_2005-2] Hu Miaosen; Jiang Zhuping (2005). China Architecture Map. Guangming Daily Publishing House. pp. 65–. ISBN 978-7-80145-913-8.

[Zhang_Xinglian_1983-3] Zhang Xinglian (1983). Chinese Archaeological Glossary: Chinese-English. Foreign Languages Press. pp. 140–. ISBN 978-0-8351-1082-2.

[Guantao_Wang,_Qi_Wang_2017-4] Guantao Wang; Qi Wang (1 May 2017). Advertisement Planning. Southwest Jiaotong University Press. pp. 314–. ISBN 978-7-5643-5341-4.

[5] "Textual Research on the Founding Year of Yongtong Bridge". China National Knowledge Infrastructure. 1989-10-14.

[Zhang_Dai_Nian_1998-6] Zhang Dainian (1998). Chinese Literature and History Encyclopedia. Zhejiang People's Publishing House. pp. 627–. ISBN 978-7-213-01580-9.

[Gao_Yingmin_1992-7] Gao Yingmin (1992). Shijiazhuang Heritage Grand View. Xinhua Publishing House. pp. 95–. ISBN 978-7-5011-1776-5.

[8] Zhao County Local History Compilation Committee of Hebei Province (1993). Zhao County History. China City Press. pp. 463–. ISBN 978-7-5074-0659-7.

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