Brief introduction of Baiyuan Chuanchi Scenic Area:
Baiyuan Chuanchi is located in the west of Quanzhou Workers' Cultural Palace, with an area of about 13 mu, adjacent to the ancient bronze Buddha Temple, and is an important historical site for studying the ancient urban architecture in Quanzhou. The ancient moats in Quanzhou, such as Luocheng and Zicheng, have formed a drainage system after long-term confluence, and Baiyuan Chuanchi is one of the storage and drainage pools of this drainage system. Its water reaches directly outside the painting door, which means that all rivers can be traced back. There is an octagonal pavilion in the pool. After demolition, the top floor of Zunjing Pavilion (commonly known as Kuixing Building) near Minglun Hall will be moved here. There are seven gates in Quanzhou, including East Gate, South Gate, West Gate, North Gate, Tumen Gate, Watergate and New Gate, all of which have been destroyed. In the 12th year of Yuan Dynasty (1352), the county was ruled by Qi Yuli, and Luocheng was extended to the south. The original south moat became a moat in the city, so some stone bridges were built on the ditch to facilitate communication.
There used to be 24 bridges, but now there are only eight left. Baguagou water system, located in Licheng District, is a ditch and pond left over from Zicheng and Luocheng in Quanzhou since the Tang Dynasty. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, it gradually became a drainage channel and spread all over the city. It is an important historical relic to study the ancient urban architecture in Quanzhou. After the second dredging, Jinjibei Canal water was irrigated, which together with Baiyuan Chuanchi formed the main drainage system in the urban area.
Baiyuan Chuanchi is located on the west side of today's Workers' Cultural Palace, with an area of 13 mu, adjacent to the ancient temple Copper Buddha Temple. Chi Tong painted a moat outside the door, which means all rivers run into the sea. There is an octagonal pavilion in the pool. After demolition, the top floor of Zunjing Pavilion (commonly known as Kuixing Building) near Minglun Hall will be moved here. The release pond was originally Guangxiao Temple pond, which played a certain role in rain and waterlogging drainage on the east side of central Quanzhou. There are seven gates in Quanzhou, including East Gate, South Gate, West Gate, North Gate, Tumen Gate, Watergate and New Gate, all of which have been destroyed. In the 12th year of Yuan Dynasty (1352), the county was ruled by Qi Yuli, and Luocheng was extended to the south. The original south moat became a moat in the city, so some stone bridges were built on the ditch to facilitate communication. There used to be 24 bridges, but now there are only eight left. 1. Zushi Bridge: In Zushi Lane, there is Zushi Palace in the north of the lane.
The bridge spans the trench in the north-south direction, and there are seven granite slabs, and the eaves on both sides overlap to support the bridge. The bridge is 6.65 meters long and 2.93 meters wide. There are stone railings on both sides, and there are stone steps on the south and west sides of the bridge, which are 2.5 meters long. There is a bridge monument next to it, which was built in June of the fifty-second year of Kangxi (17 13). The inscription reads: the bridge ditch in Jinjiang County, Quanzhou Prefecture has been widened and the stone has been set. Tumen Street in the south of the bridge and Houcheng Lane in the north of the bridge. 2. Muslim Bridge: Tumen Street View, after the temple was cleared, crossed the trench, which was a stone bridge in the Song Dynasty, and 1995 was changed to a cement bridge when the old city was rebuilt.
At present, both sides of the bridge are granite railings, and the bridge railings are engraved with Muslim bridges. 3. Roadway Bridge: In the roadway, it is located in Xinmen Street, Nantong, and reaches Goldfish Lane in the north. The bridge is paved with five stone slabs, with a total length of 5 meters and a width of 2.84 meters. There are handrails on both sides, 0.60 meters high and 0.40 meters wide. The bridge deck is 35 centimeters thick. The existing bridge deck is covered with cement. Butterfly Love Flower Bridge: In Butterfly Love Flower Lane, Xinmen Street, Nantong, north to Goldfish Lane. This bridge has seven granite slabs, 5.9 meters long and 3.05 meters wide. Then cover the slate with thin cement. There are stone steps on the east side of the north shore to go down the trench.
Jintong Bridge: the first lane on the west side of Xinhua Road Trench in Nantong, Xinmen Street in Nantong, and Fucuo Mountain in the north. Now the trench is south. There are six slates, 4.4 meters long, 3.25 meters wide and 0.57 meters thick. There is a stone tablet on the wall of the residential building on the southwest side of the bridge, which is1.22m high and 0.60m wide. The base is 0.40 meters high and 0.73 meters wide. The surface of the base is covered with white ash, and the content is unknown. 6. Bird Bridge: It is located to the west of Zhu Jie Street at the end of Shuimen Lane, and originally belonged to Shuimen (Nanxunmen) Shuiguan. This bridge was originally an east-west stone slab bridge, but it was changed into a cement bridge in the 1980s. Now the bridge is 5 meters long and 5 meters wide. The south of the bridge is close to the raw water gate. The trench in the south of the bridge is only 3 meters wide because of the stone filling and flooding of the houses on both sides of the bridge, while the trench in the north of the bridge is still 6 meters wide. 7. Tongqiao: On the south side of the Narcissus Palace in Banma Lane, overseas Chinese are next to the Narcissus Palace. It used to be a stone slab bridge, but now the slate is covered with cement. The bridge is 4 meters long and 3 meters wide. Eight, Xingqiao: On the west side of the lane, there used to be seven stone slabs, and then four were widened. The bridge is 4.5 meters long and 6 meters wide. To the east of the above three bridges are the former sites of Bos and Bos warehouses in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. After the middle of Ming dynasty, the company and warehouse were abandoned, so these three stone bridges were built here on Haogou, leading to Jinjiang.