Visit arch bridge

I went to Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, a railway station, easily bought a map. Back to the hotel, sitting in bed, I began to browse the map marked with the scattered relics. Most attracted me is the arch bridge in Zhao County, when a child learning to know the history of arch bridge, textbooks in the picture in my mind has left very deep scars. Later, I study civil engineering, to know the history of bridge building arch bridge in the position to zero distance to look at the arch bridge, is a person engaged in building the dream. Trip to Hebei, although the tight schedule, so much, but would also like to see for themselves, or they will regret for life. Almost see things arranged, I am finally out of the day, visit dreamed of arch bridge.

This morning, my focus from Shijiazhuang South Terminal take a small bus, drove to the south of Zhao County. Out of the noisy city, the endless North China Plain showing in front of people's hearts open up immediately. Relaxing and warm in the winter sun shining, not the slightest chill. Scattered villages, rows of trees, weaving a net in vertical and horizontal. Fields and a stretch of a stretch of winter wheat, glowing blue, added to the infinite life for the North China Plain. In my limited scope of historical knowledge, I know that Yan and Zhao earth is the main birthplace of Chinese culture through the ages, celebrities giving birth. "Come Yishui Han Feng Xiaoxiao, a warrior to Come Nevermore," Emperor and the Assassin's story spread over two thousand years. Lian Po abject apology, and Lin Hsiang-ju will phase and the story is still popular. Bian Que, Zu Chong Zhi, Li Tao Yuan, Zhao Mengfu these celebrities, has also been admired by the people and the memorial. With respect I am feeling, watching Hebei counterparts who suspect perhaps they are the descendants of these celebrities. My ancestors also migrated to the northeast from Hebei, visit to Hebei, had to add a feeling of a plume of roots.

Motors for about an hour, to the Zhao County. The original arch bridge there are still three years away from the county, in the Zhaozhou Town. The car, an ancient architectural style of the door comes into view, the original bridge has been around in the park, protected, and close look at the bridge to enter the park. Walk from the park entrance to the near Bridge, on to. I saw a stone bridge across the river, the setting sun like a rainbow in the middle is a large arch, two small arches on each side, yes, this is the world-famous arch bridge.

I checked about Zhao County Tourism Bureau of the data, on the designer Chun, only found in Tang Zhongshu Ling Zhang Jiazhen book "The bridge Ming": "Zhaozhou Jiaohe Ishibashi, Sui Chun Carpenter traces also create strange, know what people thought. "In addition, the historical records is no longer any detailed records. Comprehensive historical data have been found, arch bridge is the cause of the early years of the Sui Dynasty (around AD 605) built by craftsmen Chun, is a hollow arc-shaped stone arch bridge, clear span 37m, Width 9m, arch height loss of 7. 23m, each with two shoulders in the arch ring, ranging from web arch span, this would both reduce the bridge body weight, save material, but also to facilitate drainage, increased beautiful. Arch bridge design concept and process of the compact, is second to none in our bridges, in Europe until the mid-19th century appear to like this open shoulder arch, later than 1200 years in China. Arch bridge for the people for the benefit of 1300 years, through the wind, frost, snow and rain erosion, and 8 earthquakes of the attacks, the river still stands.

Existing arch bridge is the generation of renovations after the founding of 50. Unfortunately, between the bridge repair was a new feeling of some, stone is very smooth, not variegated, vicissitudes of feeling, like new. I would like to maintain the ancient buildings, may wish to learn about the experience of foreign countries, as repairing the old old, keep it real old feel.

Bridge of the following is the historical records of xiao River, but is now not much water. There is a tributary of the park outside, still dripping with water, but an odor as if the wastewater plant, a bit unpleasant.