Dipingfengyu Bridge

Diping Wind and Rain Bridge is located in Diping Township, Liping County, Guizhou Province, commonly known as Huaqiao. Three bridge towers are built on the bridge. The middle tower is shaped like a drum tower. It is called the Drum Tower on the Bridge. It is 10.2 meters high. Clay sculptures boil fish, double dragons grab treasures, and double phoenixes rise to the sun. The four pillars in the middle building are vividly painted with blue dragons and phoenixes, and the wall panels are painted with ethnic customs, historical figures and stories, and scrolls, couplets, etc. The entire flower bridge has an ingenious structure, using the principle of leverage mechanics. The large and small columns, fangs, purlins, stools, and railings are all made of fir and tenon without a nail or a rivet. The building is beautiful in shape, rigorous in structure, exquisite in craftsmanship, majestic and magnificent. Its modeling structure ranks first in the country. It shows the unique style of Dong architectural art and is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Dong people. In the summer of 2004, there was heavy rain in the upper reaches, and the Diping Wind and Rain Bridge was partially washed away. The bridge we see now was rebuilt on August 18, 2008.