Chengyang Yongji Bridge
Sanjiang · China · Completed 1924
Photo: EditQ / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), 2022-10-02. Full photograph shown.
Chengyang Yongji Bridge is a covered Dong wind-and-rain bridge across the Linxi River in Guangxi. Xinhua dates its completion to 1924; People’s Daily describes a 12-year build and mortise-and-tenon construction without nails. news.cn · paper.people.com.cn Checked
💡 4 things to know
- Twelve years to buildPeople’s Daily describes a 12-year construction period; Xinhua dates completion to 1924. paper.people.com.cn news.cn Reported
- No nailsPeople’s Daily says the structure relies on mortise-and-tenon joints rather than metal nails. paper.people.com.cn Reported
- 3,288 piecesThe report counts 3,288 precisely fitted wooden components. paper.people.com.cn Reported
- Flood repairsLocal carpenters restored major flood damage, including destruction in 1983. paper.people.com.cn Reported
📍 Where it is
🗓️ Sightings
- 1924
Bridge completed
- 1983
Major flood destroyed much of the bridge; traditional repair followed
- 20222 Oct
Bridge photographed
- 202418 Jun
Local community marked the bridge’s centenary
Each stamp links to its evidence. Green stamps are dated photographs; amber stamps are historical records or reports. Photo dates are not construction dates.
✅ The facts
- Length
- More than 70 metres paper.people.com.cn Reported
- Joinery
- Mortise and tenon paper.people.com.cn Checked
- Wood components
- 3,288 paper.people.com.cn Reported
- Construction period
- 12 years paper.people.com.cn Reported
- Dated sighting
- Seen Oct 2022 commons.wikimedia.org Checked
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