潮州广济桥位于潮州古城东门外,横跨韩江,居粤、闽、赣三省交通要道。它创建于南宋乾道七年(1171年),至今已有八百多年的历史。八百多年来,它饱受洪水、地震、台风和兵火之灾,但一次又一次被古代劳动人民用智慧的双手把它修复,并且从单一的浮桥,发展成开合式桥梁。这是古代桥梁史上罕见的例子,桥梁专家把这能开能合的桥梁形式称为广济桥的一大发明。广济桥与赵州桥、泉州洛阳桥并列为我国古代三大名桥,再加上卢沟桥,即为我国古代四大名桥。广济桥上历代建有许多亭屋楼阁,在桥梁建筑艺术上有其独特的风格。其桥市的繁华、热闹,也是重要的特色之一。由于广济桥在桥梁史、建筑史和城市 Guang Chao Bridge Chaozhou is located in the ancient city of Chaozhou East Gate, across the Han River, Habitat Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces traffic arteries. It was founded in the South Song Dynasty Road for seven years (1171), has been 800 years of history. For more than eight hundred years, it was hit by floods, earthquakes, typhoons and soldierhood, but again and again it was repaired by ancient working people with the wisdom of both hands and developed from a single pontoon bridge into a bridge. This is a rare example in the history of ancient bridges. Bridge experts refer to this form of bridge that opens and closes as a major invention of Guangji Bridge. Guangji Bridge and Zhaozhou Bridge, Quanzhou, Luoyang Bridge, tied for the three famous ancient bridge in our country, together with the Lugou Bridge, is the ancient China’s four famous bridge. Guangji Bridge has many pavilions built in the past dynasties and has its own unique style in the art of bridge construction. Its downtown bustling, lively, but also one of the important features. As a result of Guangji Bridge in the history of bridges, architectural history and cities