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Haidian Gaoliang Bridge

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The Gaoliang Bridge was originally built in 1292, during the Yuan Dynasty. Emperor Kublai Khan, aiming to meet the water supply needs of the Yuan capital and facilitate the transport of southern grain to the north, assigned Guo Shoujing, the Director of Waterways, to divert waters from the Baifu Spring in Changping and the Jade Spring in the Western Hills. These waters converged here before flowing into the moat, Jishuitan (the Lake of Stagnant Water), and eventually the Tonghui River. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it served as a waterway from Beijing to the Western Hills garden scenic area. There was a sluice beneath the bridge. To the southwest of the bridge stood a dock, and to the northeast was the Qihong Hall, where Empress Dowager Cixi rested briefly before boarding her boat. West of the Gaoliang Bridge, willows provide a lush shade, offering beautiful scenery that made it a popular spring outing spot for locals in old Beijing.

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The Gaoliang Bridge was originally built in 1292, during the Yuan Dynasty. Emperor Kublai Khan, aiming to meet the water supply needs of the Yuan capital and facilitate the transport of southern grain to the north, assigned Guo Shoujing, the Director of Waterways, to divert waters from the Baifu Spring in Changping and the Jade Spring in the Western Hills. These waters converged here before flowing into the moat, Jishuitan (the Lake of Stagnant Water), and eventually the Tonghui River. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it served as a waterway from Beijing to the Western Hills garden scenic area. There was a sluice beneath the bridge. To the southwest of the bridge stood a dock, and to the northeast was the Qihong Hall, where Empress Dowager Cixi rested briefly before boarding her boat. West of the Gaoliang Bridge, willows provide a lush shade, offering beautiful scenery that made it a popular spring outing spot for locals in old Beijing.

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Outside Xizhimen, Haidian District, Beijing