Santong Bridge

Santong Bridge

Santong Bridge is a cultural relic protection unit of Fuzhou City.

Santong Bridge was originally located on a small river west of Zhongting Street in Taijiang District, Fuzhou City. Built in the 11th year of the Jiaqing reign during the Qing Dynasty (1806 AD), it is a stone arch bridge with two piers and three spans of unequal length. The piers are boat-shaped, and the bridge measures 36.70 meters in length, 3.10 meters in width, and has a span of 30 meters. The bridge’s stone slabs bear an inscription reading “Made on the auspicious day of mid-autumn in the Jiaqing Bingyin year.”

Santong Bridge was designated as a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit in 1992. In 2000, during the demolition of the Zhongting Street project by the Lijia Group, one of the bridge’s spans was severed by a large construction shovel during the night. After this incident was reported in the press, it sparked strong reactions from local residents and cultural heritage experts. Later, under the coordination of the “relevant authorities,” Santong Bridge was relocated to the Houzhou waterway, and the damaged span was repaired. The Santong Bridge incident had a direct impact on the subsequent relocation and resettlement of the Wanshou Toutuosi Temple.

Houzhou Subdistrict: Houzhou Subdistrict, Taijiang District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. Area: 1.02 square kilometers. Population: 35,800 (2004). Code: 350103002

After the merger of Houzhou Subdistrict and Shuanghang Subdistrict in April 2004: It borders Wuyi South Road and the center line of Yingzhou River to the east; extends from Tongtai Bridge southward along Baima River to Baima Bridge to the west; reaches the center line of the main channel of the Min River to the south; and is bounded by Nanchanqiao Road and Nanxiangqiao to the north. It governs 13 communities: ~001_Jiangbin Community, ~004_Anping Community, ~006_Dajiang Community, ~011_Datong Community, ~00... More detailed information about Houzhou Subdistrict ++