Rear Hall Corridor Bridge

Rear Hall Corridor Bridge

The Rear Hall Corridor Bridge is a cultural heritage site protected by Keqiao District.

The Rear Hall Corridor Bridge is located in Huashe Village, Huashe Subdistrict. Research confirms it is a Qing Dynasty structure, comprising two architectural components: the Rear Hall Temple and the Corridor Bridge. It features a flush-gable roof covered with double-slope tiles, covering a total area of 155 square meters.

The corridor bridge is a single-span stone-beam bridge with a concave-shaped floor plan, oriented east-west and spanning the Miaoqian River. The bridge deck is formed by wooden planks laid side by side in a north-south direction, with stone railings installed on the southern side. Additionally, several wooden beams are laid horizontally beneath the bridge deck in an east-west direction to support it. A bridge house is built atop the deck, spanning three bays in width, with the front half serving as a corridor and the rear half housing a Buddhist shrine. The middle section is divided by lattice doors and windows, while the bridge house frame consists of five columns and seven purlins, including a central column. The corridor portion features double and single-step eaves, and the outer eave columns have inscribed stone couplets on their sides. The eastern and western ends of the bridge abutments are constructed with staggered stone slabs, and both the southern sides are equipped with ramps. The inner sides of these ramps are fitted with stone railings, and each is furnished with 15 and 13 stepped approach ramps respectively.

The Rear Hall Temple is situated at the eastern end of the bridge, facing south with its back to the north, spanning three bays in width and featuring a “boat-pavilion eave” front corridor, with wooden fences installed along the eaves. The rear half of the hall houses a Buddhist shrine. The central bay’s beam frame is a four-pillar, five-rafter lifted-beam style with single-step extensions at the front and rear. The side bays share the same step arrangement as the central bay. On the inner gable wall between the central column and the gold column of the western side bay, there is an inscribed stone stele titled “Stele Preface of the Machine God Society,” dated March of the 53rd year of the Qianlong reign during the Qing Dynasty, including its base. The front area of the temple is paved with stone slabs.

This group of structures features a unique layout. The decorative patterns carved on the lattice doors, lattice windows, and the tie-beam boards, as well as those on the “boat-pavilion eave” beam frame of the front corridor — including entwined flowers, qilin (mythical creatures), magpies, jade rabbits, and mythological figures — are vivid and well-preserved. It is a well-maintained ancient architectural complex. On December 31, 2006, it was designated as a county-level cultural heritage protection unit.

Huashe Subdistrict: Located in the northwest of Shaoxing County, Huashe Subdistrict is 15 kilometers from downtown Shaoxing. It is bordered by National Highway 104 and the Xiaoshao Canal to the south, with the northern extension of National Highway 329 running through its central section, and the Keqiao China Textile City interchange of the Hangzhou–Shaoxing–Ningbo Expressway passing through the eastern part of the subdistrict. It covers a total area of 23.05 square kilometers, has a population of 36,000, and administers 17 administrative villages and one community.

Huashe: According to the Shaoxing City Annals, the Hu family were the earliest settlers to build homes here, eventually forming a market town, which was then named Huashe. The southeastern part of the subdistrict was historically known as Yuhui Township before the Southern Song Dynasty, while the western part was called Shufeng Township. In 1932, ... For more detailed information about Huashe Subdistrict ++