Jin Shrines, Mount Tai Bridge 晉祠泰山橋
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- Mount Tai Bridge (English)
- 泰山橋 (Traditional Chinese)
- 泰山桥 (Simplified Chinese)
- Tàishānqiáo (Pinyin)
- T'ai-shan-ch'iao (Wade-Giles)
- 晉祠泰山橋 (Traditional Chinese)
- 晋祠泰山桥 (Simplified Chinese)
- Jinci Taishan Qiao (English)
- 晉祠碧瀾橋 (Traditional Chinese)
- Jinci Bilanqiao (English)
Building Information
Also known as the Emerald Wave Bridge (碧瀾橋). The original date of construction is unknown. A bridge appears in this location on Gao Ruxing's 高汝行 plan of the site published in 1551, and may have been built at the same time as the Taishan Temple, that is, prior to 1342. It is labeled Taishan Bridge on the Qianlong period (1736-1795) painting of the site. The bridge is number 39 on the Jin Shrines site plan.1
Works Cited
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- 1 MILLER. 2007. The Divine Nature of Power: Chinese Ritual Architecture at the Sacred Site of Jinci, 198.
- 2 WILKINSON. 2000. Chinese History: A Manual, 12.; LANGLOIS. 1981. China under Mongol rule., 3-5.
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Tracy Miller, “Jin Shrines, Mount Tai Bridge 晉祠泰山橋 .” In Architectura Sinica, edited by . Entry published October 23, 2020. https://architecturasinica.org/place/000048sa.About this Entry
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