Traditional corridor bridge

In rural China, covered bridges dot the river basin.

Covered bridges, generally referring to historical bridges with covered houses, are an important bridge type in China, with unique structure and beautiful shape. Most of their load-bearing structures are wooden or Liang Shi bridges and arch bridges, among which the sub-types with China characteristics are wooden arch bridges, bent arch bridges and wooden beam bridges with legs.

According to preliminary statistics, there are different types of covered bridges 138 in national key cultural relics protection units, distributed in 13 provinces (autonomous regions). Covered bridge, also called Hongqiao and Pteris vittata Bridge, is a kind of covered bridge, which can shelter people from the wind and rain and provide places for people to rest, communicate and get together. Covered bridges mainly include covered bridges, stone arch bridges, Mu Ping covered bridges, storm bridges and pavilion bridges.

Among them, the covered bridge is located in the mountainous area at the junction of Fujian and Zhejiang, especially Taishun, Zhejiang, and is known as the hometown of covered bridges. There are more than 200 covered bridges, including ancient covered bridges 100. At the end of 2005, Zhejiang Qingyuan, Taishun, Jingning, Fujian Shouning, Pingnan, Fuding and other counties and cities jointly declared the covered bridge on the National Preparatory List of World Cultural Heritage.

On September 30th, 2009, Pingnan County, Shouning County, zhouning county, Taishun County, Zhejiang Province and qingyuan county jointly declared "Traditional Construction Techniques of China Wooden Arch Bridge", which was listed as an intangible cultural heritage in urgent need of protection by UNESCO. In addition, the covered bridges in Europe (Central Europe) and North America are different from those in China, such as the Cabel Bridge in the Swiss town of Lucerne.

Architectural features:

Pavilion bridge, such as Santan of West Lake in Hangzhou, has a triangular pavilion at the corner of the middle section of the curved bridge, which skillfully uses the corner space and gives tourists a rest space. Wu Ting Bridge in Yangzhou Slender West Lake is criss-crossed, combining pavilions and pavilions, with a unique form. Some covered bridges are connected with buildings or corridors on both sides of the strait, such as the "Little Flying Rainbow" in Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden; Some independently set up corridors, such as Huaqiao in front of Qixingyan in Guilin.

A curved bridge in front of Quxi Building in Liuyuan, Suzhou is covered with wisteria frames, which has become a unique "green covered bridge". Yufeng Bridge, also known as Fengshui Bridge, is the representative of Dong architecture in Guangxi. Fengshui Bridge takes the essence of folk architecture, integrates pavilions, terraces, buildings and pavilions, and has a beautiful shape.