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• Chinese Pinyin – Luoyang Bridge

  Date: 2009.01.31 | Category: Chinese Mandarin, Chinese Online Class, Chinese School, Chinese language, Learn Chinese Class, Study Chinese, learn Chinese, learn Chinese online, learn Mandarin online, learn mandarin | Response: 0

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  Luoyang Bridge

  The Luoyang Bridge lies over the Luoyang River, which divides Quanzhou City and Hui’an County, 10 kilometers east of Quanzhou City in Fujian Province.

  Luoyang Bridge, also known as Wan’an Bridge, is a girder-type stone bridge. Its construction began in 1053 during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) and lasted seven years. The original bridge was over 1,200 meters long and five meters wide, with 46 piers, 500 railings, 28 stone lions, seven
  pavilions and nine stone pagodas. The bridge was listed among other famous girder stone bridges in ancient China.

  The construction project was very demanding. To build the foundation, many of stones were thrown into the river along the central line of the bridge to form a low dam. Bridge piers were then erected on the dam. Mucilage from a large quantity of oysters raised in the water beneath the bridge was
  used as an adhesive to attach the base to the piers. This method, among many others, was an important scientific innovation in ancient China.

  Many stone tablets from past dynasties were erected near the middle pavilion on the Luoyang Bridge, including stone statues of pagodas and warriors. The site of a former temple lies on the north end of the bridge and Caixiang Temple stands on the opposite end. Inside the temple is a stone tablet
  from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) with an inscription by Cai Xiang recording hisNotes on Wan’an Bridge. With its exquisite carvings, the tablet gained the reputation of the three superbs.

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• Learning Chinese – Guangji Bridge

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  Guangji Bridge

  The Guangji Bridge lies to the east of Chaozhou City in Guangdong Province.

  On one side of the bridge is a stone tablet inscribed with four Chinese characters that read: Flood Stops Here. Legend has it that the inscription was written by Han Xiangzi — one of the Eight Immortals. The bridge, therefore, is also known as Xiangzi Bridge. It is one of the most famous ancient
  bridges in China.

  Its construction began in 1170 in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) and lasted 57 years. With a length of 519.7 meters, the bridge has 18 piers in the east and west sections and a middle section 100 meters long. More piers were built in 1435 in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and the bridge’s
  name was changed to Guangji Bridge. The bridge later underwent five large-scale repairs. In 1638, it caught fire and all the bridge’s pavilions were burnt down.

  Layers of granites joined together with rivets and tenons form 24 large and small piers. These piers are precious relics of Chinese architecture. The middle section of the bridge was rebuilt to be supported by 18 shuttle boats that allowed the structure to open and close. It is the first big stone
  bridge in China to be equipped with such a feature. Two iron oxen were placed on both ends of the pontoon bridge in 1723, which are now lost. In 1958, the shuttle boats were dismantled due to traffic needs and a straight bridge was rebuilt in its place. An iron ox was mounted on the bridge in 1980.

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• HSK – Chongfu Temple

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  Chongfu Temple

  The Chongfu Temple is located at the northeast corner of Shuoxian County in Shanxi Province.

  The Chongfu Temple, also known as the Big Temple, was built in 665 during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and got its present name during Emperor Qianlong’s reign of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Sitting in the north and facing the south, the temple is 200 meters long from south to north, and 117
  meters wide from east to west, covering an area of about 23,400 square meters. Starting from the gate, its constructions include God Hall, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, the Thousand-Buddha Pavilion, Wenshu Hall, the Underground Treasure Hall, Sanbao Hall, Amitabha Buddha Hall, and Kwan-yin Hall.
  The orderly, large-scaled temple appears magnificent, with tall cypress trees setting off its red walls and green tiles.

  The God Hall, also called the Hall of Buddha’s Warrior Attendant, enshrines four gods and two Buddha’s warrior attendants. The statues at the hall have been lost for a long time, and the hall has been turned into a resting place for tourists. The Bell and Drum towers are both two-storied buildings
  with single-layered eaves on the top. The eaves protrude with simple dougongs built underneath.

  The Thousand-Buddha Pavilion, also known as the Scripture Collection Pavilion, once served as a storage place for scriptures. After its renovation in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 1,000 Buddha statues were placed in the pavilion giving the pavilion its present name. The statues, however, have been
  destroyed. The two-storied pavilion has a double-eaved roof and a decorative ridge with yellow-, green- and blue-colored glazes that are quite dazzling. The Wenshu Hall and the Underground Treasure Hall sit facing each other in the east and west. The Sanbao Hall, which is five bays long and four
  bays wide, has a single-eaved roof. Inside the hall is a Buddha statue and its walls are adorned with an estimated 1,000 Buddha figures dating back to the Qing Dynasty.

  The main hall, Amitabha Buddha Hall, was built in 1143 in the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). It is seven bays long and four bays wide with single-layered eaves on top. The hall’s well-preserved front doors, windows and partition boards are decorated with 15 different kinds of lattice patterns — a real
  rarity among China’s cultural relics. Huge statues sit on an altar in the hall that is four bays wide. The center statue is Amitabha Buddha with a Kwan-yin to the left, two Bodhisattvas on the right and attendants in the front — all built in the Jin Dynasty. The four sides of the walls are
  covered in five-meter-high frescos. The frescos, with Buddha, Bodhisattva and Kwan-yin as its subjects, are painted mainly in red, green and blue of the late Tang Dynasty (618-907) style.

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