Jīngdé

Jingde's hill country was crossed by routes joining the villages and markets of southern Anhui. At Sanxi, where the Huishui, Baolin stream and Yu stream meet, the Lecheng Bridge gave travellers a durable crossing through this river landscape. It was also known as Nanhe Bridge or the great bridge of Sanxi.

Construction began in 1543, during the Ming Jiajing reign. Floods destroyed the bridge in the early Qing, and it was rebuilt during the Kangxi reign. Its history records repeated investment in a crossing exposed to powerful seasonal water. The stone arches served a practical need shared by neighbouring settlements, while the destruction and rebuilding show how maintaining local communications required work across successive dynasties.