Jiuyan Bridge is located in Jinjiang District, Chengdu. In ancient times, it was called Hongji Bridge, also known as Zhenjiang Bridge. It was built in the 21st year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1593) by Yu Yilong, a political envoy at that time. A large arch bridge with a stone railing and a stone bridge surface is 4 in length, 3 in width and 3 in height. There are 9 holes under the bridge. Qing Qianlong fifty-three years (1788), the governor Li Shijie? After it was repaired, it was renamed Jiuyan Bridge.

Jinjiang District is one of the downtown areas of Chengdu, which is located at 104.08 degrees east longitude and 30.67 degrees north latitude. Jinjiang District is located in the southeast of Chengdu, connected with Qingyang District in the northwest, facing Jinjiang, Fuhe and Wuhou District in the west, facing chenghua district in the east, Longquanyi District in the southeast and Chengdu High-tech Development Zone in the south. The total area of the area is 6 1. 12 square kilometers.

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History of Jiuyan Bridge in Chengdu

Jiuyan Bridge was built in the first ten years of Ming Dynasty and the 21st year of Wanli (A.D. 1593), with a history of 400 years.

Before 1950s, Jiuyanqiao was a lively water pier, from which you had to take a boat out of Chengdu and go down to Chongqing by water. Moreover, all the goods shipped by water from other places have to land here.

As the name implies, the 9-hole bridge, formerly known as Hongji Bridge, also known as Zhenjiang Bridge, is the largest stone arch bridge in Jinjiang. The ancients loved to describe the magnificence of the stone arch bridge with "Changhong lying in waves", but Jiuyan Bridge is not "Changhong" but "bow". Not far from the south of the bridge, there used to be a Huilan Pagoda (commonly known as the White Pagoda) built at the same time with the bridge, forming a strange landscape of "the bridge is a bow pagoda and the arrow is an arrow".

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