Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge-Sanjiang
Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge stands 20 km northern part of Sanjiang County,is a unique minority building of Dong Minority as well as the most famous one among the wind and rain bridges in Dong villages. As the fruit of Dong’s wisdom and industry, this bridge is one of the rarest wood architecture in China.
It’s said that Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge was built in 1916 and has a history of nearly 100 years. This bridge earns this name since the covered corridor of the bridge can provide a shelter from wind and rain for you.
This bridge is made of wood and stone, making it a large bridge stretching across the Linxi River, having 5 stone-made large columns. Fir and wood board cover the surface of the bridge. Moreover, the bridge is 64.4 meters long, 3.4 meters wide and 10.6 meters high.
Both sides of the bridge are inlayed with railing, so the whole bridge looks like a long corridor; in the bridge, there are 5 tower-like kiosks with many horns. The brims of the kiosks rise like stretching wings; the pilaster, tile brims and carved flower and pictures are magnificent.
The whole bridge is grand, like a brilliant rainbow, the most amazing thing in its construction is that no nails were used in the building of the whole bridge; pieces of wood in the bridge are closely jointed. Long stools were set up on both sides of the bridge for people to rest. From the stools where people sat you could see the Linxi River windingly flow; on both sides of the river it was full of tea forest and green woods on the sloping hills. Also you could see that the peasants were working in the plantations; there is also a reservoir on one side of the river.