Border Bridge

Border Bridge

Guojie bridge is located in jiuligang, qiganxia village, Honghe Township, Xiuzhou District, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. It is a three hole stone column flat slab bridge and a cultural relic protection unit in Jiaxing City.

history

According to Zuo Zhuan, in 496 BC, Wu and Yue fought here, and the more they defeated Wu. In the Song Dynasty, a stone bridge was built here, which is called the boundary bridge. The bridge was built in Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in 1811. Guojie bridge is located in Jiuli (Qu) harbor, qiganxia village, Honghe Township, Xiuzhou District. It is a three hole stone column flat slab bridge and a cultural relic protection unit in Jiaxing City. It is said that this place used to be the dividing line between Wu and Yue, so Jiuli port is also called Guojie river. Hebei belongs to Wu state and Henan belongs to Yue State. Taking the bridge as the boundary, it is called Guojie bridge. The bridge was built in Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in 1811.

statue

On both sides of the bridge, there are two stone statues chiseled in each cave. Fu Chai, king of Wu in the north and Gou Jian, king of Yue in the south. According to relevant experts, the statue may have been carved before the Ming Dynasty. The bridge is 13.2 meters long and 1.58 meters wide. At the end of the bridge, there are two couplets made by huodairu and the regular script "guojieqiao" carved during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty.

Address: qiganxia village, Honghe Township, Xiuzhou District, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province

Longitude: 120.69896269785

Latitude: 30.695250038256