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Bazi Bridge 八字桥Bāzì Qiáo
National heritage site · Shaoxing, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shaoxing
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Bazi Bridge
A stone beam bridge in the eastern part of Shaoxing's old city, rebuilt in 1256, whose stepped approaches split at both ends so that the bridge is shaped like the character 八 ('eight'); it is the only known early example of this form among China's simple beam bridges. It heads the protected group of Shaoxing's ancient bridges, which also includes eleven other stone bridges from the Yuan to the Republic in Yuecheng and Keqiao, among them the Guangning, Guangxiang, Tishan and Xiegong bridges in the old city.
How to get to Bazi Bridge
At the east end of Bazi Qiao Zhijie in the eastern part of Shaoxing's old city, about 1 km on foot north-east of Lu Xun Native Place.
Nearby
- West Lake 西湖 50 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 50 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Lu Xun Native Place & Shen Garden 鲁迅故里·沈园 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培故居 (under 10 km), Dashan Pagoda 大善塔 (under 10 km), Qingteng Studio (Xu Wei's Former Residence) 青藤书屋 (under 10 km), Qiu Jin's Former Residence 秋瑾故居 (under 10 km), Datong School and Xu Xilin's Former Residence 大通学堂 (under 10 km).
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