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Taiping Bridge, Shexian 歙县太平桥Shèxiàn Tàipíng Qiáo
National heritage site · Huangshan, Anhui
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Huangshan
- Region
- Anhui
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Taiping Bridge, Shexian
A 16-arch stone bridge 268 m long across the Lian River outside the west gate of the old Huizhou prefectural town, described as the largest old stone bridge in Anhui. Built in stone in the Hongzhi era (1488–1505) on the site of a 1234 pontoon bridge and rebuilt several times under the Qing, it lost its stone deck in a 1969 flood and was given a concrete one. The Taibai Pavilion and the Xin'an stele garden stand at its western end.
How to get to Taiping Bridge, Shexian
At the west side of the old town of Shexian (Huicheng), a short walk from the Xu Guo Archway; Shexian is about 25 km north-east of Tunxi by road.
Nearby
- Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) 黄山 40 km
Granite spires, wind-bent pines and a sea of clouds straight out of an ink painting - Xidi 西递村 40 km
A quieter UNESCO twin of Hongcun: flagstone lanes, merchant houses and a Ming archway - Hongcun Village 宏村 50 km
A merchant village planned in the shape of an ox, mirrored in its own pond
Also within 20 km: Huizhou Ancient City (Shexian) 徽州古城 (under 10 km), Changqing Temple Pagoda 长庆寺塔 (under 10 km), Yuliang Dam and Old Street 渔梁坝 (under 10 km), Zheng Ancestral Hall, Zhengcun 郑氏宗祠 (under 10 km), Xiongcun Village and Zhushan Academy 雄村 (under 10 km), Hongkeng Archways and Hong Family Temple 洪坑牌坊群及洪氏家庙 (under 10 km).
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