Intangible Cultural Heritage Corridor Bridge Picture and Text Extra 15 - [Luanfeng Bridge]
Photo by Zhong Xiaobo
Luanfeng Bridge is located in the south of Xiadang Village, Shouning County, known for its "long, high, dangerous and strange", it is the most spectacular one in Shouning wooden arcade bridge, and it is also the longest single-arch wooden arcade bridge in the country.
Shouning Luanfeng Bridge has a total length of 47.6 meters, a width of 4.9 meters, and a single-hole span of 37.6 meters.
This span is 0.7 meters longer than the Zhaozhou Bridge, which was once considered by the academic community to be the largest net span in ancient Chinese architecture.
The Luanfeng Bridge was built in the fifth year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1800) and was repaired in 1964.
The south side of Luanfeng Bridge is made of stone masonry, and the north side of the bridge is built on rock.
The bridge is in a north-south direction, and like the Yangmeizhou Bridge, it has 17 bays and 72 columns.
With its single-span length, Luanfeng Bridge is known as "the swan song of the history of ancient Chinese bridge architecture".
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