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Guyue Bridge 古月桥Gǔyuè Qiáo
National heritage site · Jinhua, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinhua
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Guyue Bridge
A single-span stone bridge of 1213 at Yazhijie village in Chi'an town, south of Yiwu, dated by an inscription on its beam. Its arch is built of five straight segments, each made of six long stone ribs joined by transverse locking stones, and it is the earliest surviving bridge of this ribbed, polygonal-arch type in China. It is 31.2 m long with a 15 m span.
How to get to Guyue Bridge
At Yazhijie village, Chi'an town, about 16 km south of central Yiwu by road.
Nearby
- Hengdian World Studios 横店影视城 20 km
A working film backlot of palaces and old streets, run as a theme park
Also within 20 km: Ziweishan Residences, Dongyang 紫薇山民居 (under 10 km), Yaduan Village 雅端村 (under 10 km), Zhu Family Buildings, Chi'an 赤岸朱宅建筑群 (10 km), Huayuan Village, Dongyang 花园村 (10 km), Da'an Temple Pagoda, Yiwu 大安寺塔 (20 km), China Woodcarving Culture Expo City, Dongyang 中国木雕文化博览城 (20 km).
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