Jin Shrines, Huixian Bridge 晉祠會仙橋
edition published: 2021-09-23-13:30
language: en; zh-latn-pinyin; zh-Hant; zh-Hans; zh-latn-wadegile
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Huixian Bridge; 會仙橋; 会仙桥; Huìxiānqiáo; Hui-hsien-ch'iao; Meeting Transcendents Bridge; Jinci Huixianqiao; 晉祠會仙橋; 晋祠会仙桥
identifier: https://architecturasinica.org/place/000048ua
Date: before 1551 CE
Dynasty: established before or during the Ming 1368-1644
The original date of the construction of this bridge is unknown. A bridge already appears in this location on map of Jinci (Jinci zhitu 晋祠之图) included in the Taiyuan gazetteer by Gao Ruxing 高汝行, from 1551. According to the twentieth-century account by Liu Dapeng 劉大鵬, legend has it that in the past, on the 14th day of the 4th month, transcendents meet on this bridge. This structure is number 40 on our plan of the site.
location: 37.708198 112.435474
location: [Google Earth, 2023-09-30]
Type: bridge, qiao, 橋, 桥
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