Yanshou Bridge

2021-07-19 21:46:37

Yanshou Bridge

Starting in Jianyan first year (1127) of the Southern Song Dynasty, the bridge collapsed during Xuande (1426-1435), with a makeover in the fifth year (1440) of Zhengtong, and a facelift in the 40th year (1612) of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty. Latitudinal over the Yanshou Stream, the stone bridge, of cantilever-beam style, features 11 spans on 10 boat-shaped piers, stretching 91.62m, 11m high, with a deck of 2.9m in width. Both are flanked with stone railings, with a two-column stone arch at the southern end, engraved with the bridge history, alongside a stele with the inscription “Yanshou Bridge” (“Longevity Bridge”) created in the Guangxu sixth year (1880) of the Qing Dynasty. The year 2005 saw it declared among the sixth batch of cultural relic protection sites in Fujian.