Technical characteristics of Qingyuan covered bridge

Qingyuan covered bridge is not only exquisite in craftsmanship, but also has a wide range of functions and profound cultural connotations. In addition to the means of transportation people usually need for food, clothing, housing and transportation, it is also closely related to ecological protection, leisure and entertainment, calligraphy and painting, folk sacrifice and so on.

Ancient architecture pays attention to geomantic omen and puts the construction of covered bridges in a crucial position. Usually located at the end of the village. In order to "remedy geomantic omen", the ancestors of Qingyuan took building covered bridges as their first choice, attached to a temple, and planted Cryptomeria fortunei, Taxus chinensis, conifers and weeping willows, which set each other off like a screen, making the whole village form a gossip-shaped circular unit landscape. People's psychology of pursuing happiness and avoiding misfortune has formed a good atmosphere for villagers to build covered bridges and consciously protect covered bridges and fengshui forests.

Qingyuan covered bridge is an important social entertainment place for people. Qingyuan Covered Bridge, with its unique charm, spans valleys, facilitates the communication between villagers, and promotes the communication between villages and the outside world. People have a rest and chat on the covered bridge, shelter from the wind and rain, enjoy the cool in the summer, get together and trade, and have a strong local flavor leisurely among the green mountains and green waters. For generations, people and bridges have played harmonious notes.