Huxi Bridge

The Huxi Bridge is the smallest of the three covered bridges by the Fuhu Temple. It is a timber beam bridge consisting of two spans and one pier. It has a “chuandou” structure, with wooden railings on both sides. It supports pavilions on either end with four cornices and upturned eaves and is covered with grey tiles.

The temple and its three bridges are closely related to tiger because of a folktale in the Ming Dynasty. It is said that in 1133, tigers posed a threat to local people. In order to solve this problem, a monk named Shixing erected a Zunsheng Zhuang ---- a stone pillar with Buddhist scriptures engraved on it. He placed it beside the river in front of the Amitabha Buddha Hall, resulting in the cessation of attacks by tigers.

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Wu Weiping, co-photographer of Fantastic China: 

20 years, 400,000+ kilometers, 100,000 photos...  for capturing the remnants of ancient Chinese Covered Bridges.