{{Short description|Covered bridge in Guangxi, China}} {{Infobox bridge |fetchwikidata=coordinates |bridge_name = Chengyang Yongji Bridge<br />程陽永濟橋 |image = Dong-minority-bridge-1.jpg |caption = Chengyang Wind-Rain Bridge in 2003 |official_name = |carries = |crosses = |locale = Sanjiang County, Guangxi, China |maint = |id = |designer = |design = Covered bridge |material = |spans = 3 |pierswater = |mainspan = |length = {{convert|64.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |width = |height = {{convert|10|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |load = |clearance = |below = |traffic = |begin = |complete = 1912 |open = 1912 |heritage = |collapsed = |preceded = |followed = |closed = |toll = |map_cue = |map_image = |map_text = |map_width = |coordinates = |lat = |long = |extra = }}
The '''Yongji Bridge of Chengyang''' ({{zh|t=程陽永濟橋|s=程阳永济桥|p=Chéngyáng Yǒngjì Qiáo}}), also called the '''Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge''' ({{zh|t=程陽風雨橋|s=程阳风雨桥|p=Chéngyáng Fēngyǔ Qiáo}}), is a bridge in Sanjiang County,<ref name="Chengyang Bridge">{{cite web|url=http://jingdian.tuniu.com/fengjing/8147 |title=程阳桥 (Chengyang Bridge) |publisher=Tuniu |date=2006-04-23 |accessdate=January 2, 2010 |language=zh}}</ref> of Guangxi, China.
Chengyang Bridge is a special covered bridge or ''lángqiáo'', and one of several ''Fengyu'' bridges in the local Dong Minority region. It was completed in 1912.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} It is also called the '''Panlong Bridge''' ({{zh|t=盤龍橋|s=盘龙桥|p=Pánlóng Qiáo}}).
==Properties==
The bridge is a combination of bridge, corridor, veranda and Chinese pavilion. It has two platforms (one at each end of the bridge), 3 piers, 3 spans, 5 pavilions, 19 verandas, and three floors.<ref name="Chengyang Bridge"/> The piers are made of stone, the upper structures are mainly wooden, and the roof is covered with tiles. The bridge has wooden handrails on both sides.
The bridge has a total length of {{convert|64.4|m|ft}}, and its corridor has a width of {{convert|3.4|m|ft}}. The net height above the river is about {{convert|10|m|ft}}.<ref name="Chengyang Fengyu Bridge, Guangxi">{{cite web|url=http://www.china.com.cn/chinese/TR-c/148534.htm |title= 广西三江程阳风雨桥 (Guangxi Sanjiang Chengyang Wind-Rain Bridge) |publisher=中国网 (China.com.cn) |date= 2002-05-21 |accessdate=January 2, 2010 |language=zh}}</ref>
The bridge is located in Chengyang, and serves as the link between two populous villages.
Guo Moruo, a famous Chinese author, loved the bridge at first sight and wrote a poem for it.<ref name="Chengyang Fengyu Bridge, Guangxi"/>
{{Gallery |title= |footer= |width=210 |height= |File:Sanjiang Chengyang Yongji Qiao 2012.10.02 17-39-10.jpg|“程陽橋”, written by Guo Moruo |File:Sanjiang Chengyang Yongji Qiao 2012.10.02 17-49-49.jpg|west of the bridge |File:Sanjiang Chengyang Yongji Qiao 2012.10.02 17-51-07.jpg| |File:Sanjiang Chengyang Yongji Qiao 2012.10.02 17-51-11.jpg| |File:Sanjiang Chengyang Yongji Qiao 2012.10.02 17-53-05.jpg| |File:Sanjiang Chengyang Yongji Qiao 2012.10.02 17-53-47.jpg| |File:Sanjiang Chengyang Yongji Qiao 2012.10.02 17-54-09.jpg| |File:Sanjiang Chengyang Yongji Qiao 2012.10.02 17-55-35.jpg| |File:Sanjiang Chengyang Yongji Qiao 2012.10.02 17-36-50.jpg|south of the bridge |File:Sanjiang Chengyang Yongji Qiao 2012.10.02 17-39-40.jpg| |File:Sanjiang Chengyang Yongji Qiao 2012.10.02 17-40-17.jpg| |File:Sanjiang Chengyang Yongji Qiao 2012.10.02 17-41-42.jpg| }}
==See also== * Xijin Bridge, another large covered bridge in Zhejiang, China. * List of bridges in China
==References== {{Commons category|Chengyang Yongji Bridge}} {{reflist|330em}}
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