Guangning Bridge

Guangning Bridge

Guangning Bridge is a Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Guangning Bridge (Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit)

Era: Ming Dynasty

Listed: August 29, 1997

Located on Guangningqiao Straight Street in the urban area. Originally built during the Shaoxing era of the Southern Song Dynasty and reconstructed in the second year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty (1574). It is a single-arch seven-sided stone bridge, oriented north–south, spanning the Cao River. The bridge is 60 meters long and 5 meters wide, with a clear span of 6.1 meters and a height of 4.6 meters. The arch is constructed using seven-segment radial voussoirs. Six stone carvings featuring designs such as “Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate” and “Golden Dragon with Jade Rabbit” are engraved at the top of the arch stones, along with inscriptions of donors. Several steles inscribed with the "Record of the Reconstruction of Guangsong Bridge" are embedded at the bridge approaches, and the bridge is furnished with balustrades and lotus-shaped capstones. The polygonal arch structure of Guangning Bridge is a typical feature of bridges in the Shaoxing area during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Source: Zhejiang Cultural Relics Website