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South Bridge

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Recommended sightseeing time:0.5-1 hour
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Outside the gate of Dujiangyan Scenic Area, Huayuan Road, Dujiangyan City, ChengduMap
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In the Dujiangyan Scenic Area, due to time constraints, from Erwang Temple, cross the original road of Anlanqiao and return to the main entrance, turn left to the Dujiangyan South Bridge. Dujiangyan South Bridge is located at the Baopingkou of Chengnan and falls down the throat of the inner river. On the left side of the main entrance of Dujiangyan Scenic Area, it belongs to the corridor-style ancient bridge. Song did not take the test before, but did not build the test. Originally named "Lingyun Bridge", later renamed "Lingxu Bridge". The Qing Dynasty Yiming "Puji Bridge" experienced the evolution from rope bridge, earth bridge to cement and wooden structure combination. Qingguangxu four years (1878), county Ring Lu Xude used Ding Baodi to overhaul the balance of Dujiangyan two design construction, built a wooden bridge, named "Puji Bridge". Rebuilt in 1925, the bridge was widened. In 1933, the war on the river broke out, the wooden bridge hole was demolished, and when it was repaired after the war, the village gate was built. The bridge is about 133 meters long, with 4 rows and 5 holes, open during the day and closed at night. In 1958, the bridge was destroyed in floods. When the reconstruction was done, the wooden bridge pile was changed to concrete piers. The archway-shaped bridge door was built. It was still 5 holes long, 45 meters long and 10 meters wide. It was officially named "South Bridge". In 1979, the bridge was rebuilt and the bridge and passage were raised, but it was still 5 holes. The bridge is a wooden beam reinforced concrete column, and the concrete bridge surface is. The bridge head has added bridge pavilions, stone steps, flowers, carved beams and painted buildings, and the bridge corridors have been decorated with poetry and paintings. Not only does the ancient bridge maintain the style, but also the architectural art is very elegant, which is a tourist attraction in Dujiangyan City. In 1982, the State Council designated the South Bridge into the scope of Dujiangyan Cultural Relics Reserve. Historically, the South Bridge has been rebuilt intermittently many times, and the existing South Bridge was rebuilt in 2009. The bridge's pavilion, moths and thorns are empty, various color paintings, and carved beams are very dazzling. The roof also has folk color plastics such as "Hairui Stops Officer", "Water Man Jinshan", and "Sun Wukong Three Do White Bone Jing". Different modality, lifelike. Dujiangyan South Bridge has been damaged many times, the South Bridge was last renovated after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2009, still 5 holes, various color paintings, carved beams, folk color plastics, calligraphy and paintings are integrated, known as "water painting building", "xiongju Jiangyuan first bridge", "viewing platform".

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