Bridge culture of ancient China is an important part of Chinese culture, it is handed down from generation to generation, which is rare in the world. Research on Chinese ancient bridge culture is good for the Chinese cultural heritage protection and the local economic development. Chinese ancient bridge culture is very broad, so this paper only select several parts of them to discussion, which have important research value.The purpose is deeply understanding the bridge culture in ancient China.This paper is divided into several parts.In the first part,researching the ancient Chinese appellation of bridge,to analysis the Chinese early ancient bridge building materials and architectural form, and explore the trajectory of the bridge.The second part introduces the phase of Chinese ancient bridge. by cultural type. The author introduces the current academic views on bridge in stages, at the same time, originally proposed by cultural type to determine the bridge in stages.The third part studies the religious beliefs of issues related to Chinese ancient bridges,in this part the author research the folk tales, construction art and construct customs of ancient bridge.Part four,author example Ming and Qing dynasties of Jiujiang,focusing on the bridge financing type and financing way, in order to discuss their financing purpose, behavior and so on.Fifth part research the similarities and differences of Chinese ancient bridges and international ancient bridges,showing Chinese ancient bridges’brilliance.Finally writer points out the deficiency of research. Some views are put forward based on today’s bridge quality problems, as well as the hope of the future bridge cultural studies in ancient China. |