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Jin Shrines, Huixian Bridge 晉祠會仙橋

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Names

  • Huixian Bridge (English)
  • 會仙橋 (Traditional Chinese)
  • 会仙桥 (Simplified Chinese)
  • Huìxiānqiáo (Pinyin)
  • Hui-hsien-ch'iao (Wade-Giles)
  • Meeting Transcendents Bridge (English)
  • Jinci Huixianqiao (English)
  • 晉祠會仙橋 (Traditional Chinese)
  • 晋祠会仙桥 (Simplified Chinese)

Building Information

Original date of construction unknown. A bridge appears in this location on Gao Ruxing's Jinci zhitu. According to Liu Dapeng, legend has it that in the past, on the 14th day of the 4th month, transcendents meet on this bridge. This structure is number 40 on our plan of the site.1

Dynasty Qing 1644 - 1912 2

Works Cited

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  • 1 MILLER. 2007. The Divine Nature of Power: Chinese Ritual Architecture at the Sacred Site of Jinci, 198.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 WILKINSON. 2000. Chinese History: A Manual, 12.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Tracy Miller, “Jin Shrines, Huixian Bridge 晉祠會仙橋 ” in Architectura Sinica last modified September 23, 2021, https://architecturasinica.org/place/000048ua.

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