Taishun covered bridge occupies an important position in the history of bridges in the world, including Sixi Sister Bridge and Sanjiao Bridge. Its long history of development and profound cultural precipitation attract attention and occupy an important position in the development of Chinese and foreign cultures.

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Taishun, covered bridge, history, culture and status

Speaking of covered bridges, people often think of the American movie The Bridges of Madison County and the famous covered bridge "Pig Back Bridge" in the movie. Indeed, this film calls for people's attention and love for the "covered bridge", a bridge architectural art. Since ancient times, "covered bridge" has a very long history and wide application in the history of architecture and landscape design at home and abroad. Especially in China, it has a history of about 2,000 years, and the "covered bridge" was recorded as early as the Han Dynasty. Zhejiang Taishun, also known as the "hometown of covered bridges", has more than 200 ancient covered bridges. Taishun is a mountainous county in the south of Zhejiang Province. In history, many celebrities and wise men moved to Taishun, a mountainous and inaccessible "Xanadu", in order to avoid disasters and chaos, and created local civilization with mountain and rural characteristics, leaving extremely precious historical and cultural heritage. Taishun covered bridge is one of the most outstanding representatives.