Guangji Bridge

Guangji Bridge, also known as Bitian Bridge, Tongji Bridge. Located northwest of Tangxi Town, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, north-south on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it is the only seven-hole stone arch bridge on the ancient canal. The bridge is beautifully shaped, with a horizontal length of 78.7 meters and a width of 6.12 meters. The bridge's fate can be described as bumpy, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the middle and early Qing Dynasty collapsed many times, broken, underwent many repairs, reconstruction.In 1711 the north part of the bridge collapsed again. Zhu Conyi, a monk of Haihui Temple in Wushan, Hangzhou, and Yuhui An Monk Da Sheng organized the construction. The bridge was rebuilt in 1714 and renamed "Guangji Bridge".

After more than 500 years of wind and rain, Guangji Bridge has finally become what we see today.Its elegant and appearance, like a rainbow over the water, along with the prosperous economy, prosperous population and the sound of oars on the Hangzhou section of the Grand Canal, has become an important symbol of the prosperity of the "Golden Watercourse". In 2013, it was included in the seventh batch of key national cultural relics protection units.