The Huangzhou Wind-rain Bridge () is a

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over the Wu River in the town of

Huangzhou Huangzhou District is an District of the People's Republic of China, urban district of Huanggang, Hubei province, China. History In 845 BC Marquis Wen 文侯 Huang Meng 黃孟 (aka Huang Zhang 黃璋) moved the capital of the State of Huang f ...

Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County (; usually referred to as "Xinhuang County", commonly abbreviated as Xinhuang, ) is an autonomous county of Dong people and the westernmost county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the pref ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

, China. Completed on January 26, 2014, it has a main span of and total length of .

Name

The name of "Huangzhou" named after the town of "

", where the bridge located.

History

Construction of the main body began in March 2011 and was completed in June 2013. Construction of the covered bridge began in June 2013 and was completed in January 2014. It costs more than 29.8 million yuan. Two gateways () and five drum towers () on the bridge. Parapet panels (), railing posts () and round Baogu stones () are carved in patterns and shapes representing ancient Chinese sculpturing art. The most representative of the bridge railing carvings include

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s, ''

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'', ''

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'', and birds.

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