(Photo by Zhong Xiaobo)

A covered bridge, literally, means that there are eaves on top of the bridge that can shelter from the wind and rain.

At the end of the seventies of the last century, Academician Mao Yisheng, the founder and advocate of soil mechanics in China, investigated in the mountains of southern Zhejiang and found that the stacked beam wooden arcade bridge hidden in the mountains of southern Zhejiang was the "Hongqiao" that had disappeared for more than 900 years in the "Qingming Riverside Map".

Such a discovery made Taishun Covered Bridge famous and internationally famous.

But the word "Covered Bridge" itself is a bit like "imported", and many people may think of the old movie "The Dream of the Covered Bridge" in the nineties when they hear the covered bridge.

Taishun people prefer to stand in the perspective of similar structures, and call the covered bridge "Centipede Bridge", in the local dialect, it is called "Chai Bridge".

Among the wooden arcade bridges in southern Zhejiang, the most famous ones are the Beijian Bridge and the Xidong Bridge, among which, the Beijian Bridge is known as "the most beautiful covered bridge in the world".

The bridge was built in 1570, the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty.

Not the oldest, not the grandest.

It can win the title of "the most beautiful", and it is also inseparable from the two thousand-year-old trees that often accompany it.

A camphor tree that is more than 1,200 years old.

A black tree that has been guarded for thousands of years.

From spring to autumn, camphor and black tree use red, yellow, and green to play a movement that is unique to the season.

The beauty of Beijian Bridge is a whole.

Braided beams, ancient trees, and piercing steps...... It's hard to say which detail is the most special and impressive.

If you like ancient buildings, Beijian Bridge must be on the list of must-visit places in your life.

Walking on this bridge in any season will give you the feeling of crossing across.

You don't even have to spend any time and energy to understand the bridge, every creaking plank will lead you to the answer sheet that has precipitated the years.

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