Chenjia Bridge

Chenjia Bridge

Chenjia Bridge is a cultural heritage site protected at the municipal level in Suining City.

Chenjia Bridge

Year built: Qing Dynasty

Category: Ancient architecture

Announced: August 15, 2012

Address: Jinzhu Village, Huima Town, Daying County

Introduction: Chenjia Bridge is situated in Group 7, Jinzhu Village, Huima Town. It runs east-west and spans the Xiaoxi River. Constructed in the 24th year of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty, the bridge is built with a stone-and-timber structure and consists of five flat arches. The bridge deck is well preserved. It is 21.9 meters long, 2.05 meters wide, and 5.25 meters high, with each arch spanning 3.8 meters. The bridge planks are 0.67 meters thick, and beneath them are 25 wooden beams each with a diameter of 0.3 meters. The two central piers feature round carvings of dragon heads, with one on each side. This bridge is exquisitely crafted with fine carvings and is relatively well preserved, giving it significant value for cultural relic research.

In the 19th year of the Zhiyuan era during the Yuan Dynasty (1282), due to its sparse population, Changjiang County was merged into Pengxi and came under the jurisdiction of Suining Prefecture, Tongchuan Fu, Sichuan Central Secretariat. After existing for 727 years, Changjiang County was abolished. The site is distributed across a terrace on the right bank of the Fu River, covering an area of approximately 240,000 square meters, about 300 meters wide from east to west and 800 meters long from north to south. The site area is largely covered by farmhouses and farmland, with scattered pottery shards visible on the surface, unearthed during farming activities. To the west, there used to be an ancient structure known as the Jia Gong Ancestral Hall, a memorial temple dedicated to Jia Dao, who served as the Chief Clerk of Changjiang County during the Tang Dynasty. This hall no longer exists. To the east of the temple, there was once a large burial mound, with a rammed earth mound originally covering about 600 square meters. According to historical records, this tomb may have been the ceremonial grave of Jia Dao or the tomb of Cui Yi, the Magistrate and Chief Clerk of Changjiang County during the Song Dynasty. Cui Yi was said to have admired Jia Dao and chose to be buried next to the temple. Today, the earthen mound is also gone, and like the Jia Gong Ancestral Hall, the site has been turned into farmland. Along both banks of the Fu River, there is a north-south section about 400 meters long. About 30–50 meters east of this section and away from the Fu River, a new arc-shaped flood control dike has been constructed. The section is about 2.5 to 3.5 meters high. Due to erosion from flooding, the cultural layers are fully exposed. Observations of the section reveal rich and thick accumulations of cultural layers, with abundant artifacts, which can be divided into five strata from top to bottom.

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