Last night!900 -year -old monument was burned

Author:Peninsula Time:2022.08.07

According to CCTV news reports, the reporter learned that on the evening of the 6th, Wan'an Bridge in Pingnan County, Ningde City, Fujian Province was on fire.

Wan'an Bridge has a history of more than 900 years. In the forty -seven years of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, the 7th year of Qianlong (1742) was rebuilt. On October 9, 1990, it was approved as a county -level cultural relics protection unit, and it was approved as a provincial cultural relics protection unit in March 1991. unit. At 10:45 pm on the 6th, the fire was extinguished. At present, the bridge has been burned and collapsed, and there are no casualties for the time being.

Picture source: CCTV News

According to "Fujian Tourism", Ningde Wan'an Bridge is not only older (it is 917 years ago), and the length is the highest in the nation's wooden arcade bridge, with a total length of 98.4 meters, and it has not used a rivet!

Wan'an Bridge. Image source: Fujian Radio and Television Lu Zeng takes photography

According to Yangguang.com, Wan'an Bridge is Wulidun Liudi Gallery House Bridge. It was originally known as "Longjiang Gongji Bridge" and "Rainbow Bridge". It was built in the Song Dynasty. In 1932, it was 4.7 meters wide, with a boat -shaped pier and no span. The bridge house was 38 open rooms and 156 columns. There were heavy eaves bridge pavilions in the northwest of the bridge.

As the longest ancient corridor bridge in the country, Wanan Bridge was selected as a list of preparations for the World Cultural Heritage in China in 2012.

◆ Source: Daily Economic News, CCTV News, Fujian Tourism, CCTV