Huizhou Changhong Bridge

Huizhou Changhong Bridge

Huizhou Changhong Bridge is a cultural relic protection unit of Huangshan City.

Huizhou Changhong Bridge is located in Xixinan, Huizhou District, dating back to the Ming Dynasty.

Also known as the New Bridge, it is situated behind the former Taibo Ancestral Hall (now a middle school) at the head of Xixinan Village, spanning the Fengle River from north to south. To the north, it connects to Yugong Embankment, serving as a crucial passage between Xinxu and Qiankou. The bridge is 185 meters long, 6.5 meters wide, and about 9 meters high, constructed from red stone with ten piers and eleven arches. It was first built in the Ming Dynasty, originally featuring a bridge pavilion with railings on both sides. In the seventh year of the Tongzhi era (1868), a flood damaged two of the bridge piers and five steps of the stone staircase. Local residents Wu Yuppei, Wu Yongsui, and Lü Bensong initiated a fundraising campaign to restore it. Later, when the highway between Yansi and Xixinan was opened, the bridge was repurposed as a road bridge, and its surface was paved with asphalt. This bridge remains the longest ancient stone arch bridge in Huizhou District.

Huizhou Changhong Bridge was designated as a cultural relic protection unit of Huangshan City.