Chaoyin Bridge is located on the east side of South Street in Huzhou City. Commonly known as ‘bridge within a bridge’, it is one of the three unique features of Hucheng. Chaoyin Bridge was built in the 18th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1539) and is a three-arch stone arch bridge. Before 1539, Chaoyin Bridge was a ferry crossing named Chaoyin Ferry. The original name of Chaoyin Ferry was Cigan Temple Ferry. The name ‘Chaoyin’ is derived from the Chaoyin Cave in Putuo, Zhoushan. According to the Records of Wucheng County in the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, Chaoyin Ferry ‘is named so because it welcomes and worships the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’. According to the Records of Wucheng County in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty: ‘Chaoyin Ferry is named after Cigan Temple worships the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. It is also known as Cigan Ferry’. When the bridge was built at the ferry crossing in the 18th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, it was named Chaoyin Bridge after Chaoyin Ferry. Open all year round and all day.
Chaoyin Bridge
Chaoyin Bridge is located on the east side of South Street in Huzhou City. Commonly known as ‘[...]
