North and South Twin Bridges

North and South Twin Bridges

The Nanxin Bridge is located at the southern end of Qingyang Town’s South Street. Also known as the Sanyuan Bridge, it was first built in the sixth year of the Jiajing reign during the Ming Dynasty (1527), featuring a single-arch stone structure made of Jinshan stone and some bluestone. The Beixin Bridge is situated at the northern end of Qingyang’s North Street, also called the Yingxiu Bridge. It was also constructed in 1527 (the sixth year of the Jiajing reign), and is a single-arch stone bridge. Its roof is adorned with four small stone lions on the stone pillars, while the main body of the bridge is primarily built from bluestone, with stone railings and pillars made of granite.

Qingyang Town: Qingyang, anciently known as Qing?, was established as a township during the Northern Song Dynasty. With written records dating back over 1,700 years, it has a long history. Polished stone tools and black-glazed pottery from the Liangzhu culture, unearthed in the 1970s, prove that as early as 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic Age, ancestors had already settled and thrived here. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, due to its location along a key waterway, Qingyang flourished with “a thousand households bustling with life” and “a convergence of boats and carts,” earning it the nickname “Little Wuxi.”

Qingyang covers a total area of 67.6 square kilometers and has a population of 72,000. It is located in China’s economically developed eastern coastal region — the renowned Su-Xi-Chang (Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou...) area. More detailed information about Qingyang Town++