The winding canals of Changzhou are intertwined with ancient streets and alleys, and the colorful gardens and beautiful landscapes complement each other. Changzhou is an ancient city in Jiangnan with a long history. With a history of over 7000 years of agricultural civilization, over 3200 years of written records, and over 2560 years of land construction, Changzhou has become a place full of stories.
Nowadays, Changzhou has developed into a metropolis, carrying the glory of industry, culture, tourism, and culture. As a central hub city in Jiangsu, Changzhou has developed rapidly in transportation, commerce, and industry, becoming a representative of modern cities. The beautiful title of livable city and Changle state makes people yearn for it. In ancient Chinese architecture, bridges were built for the convenience of crossing rivers and rivers, and were an important carrier of the wisdom of ancient working people for thousands of years.
Changzhou is located in the the Taihu Lake Lake water network of the Yangtze River basin. The water system in the city is developed, interconnected and independent of each other. In the crisscrossing river areas, from ancient times to the present, various bridges in Changzhou have brought economic prosperity, convenient transportation, and highlighted the cultural landscape and connotation. Huaide Bridge is a representative of Changzhou's historical and cultural heritage, a witness to the lives of the people, and has played an important role in history as an ancient bridge. Huaide Bridge has effectively promoted the development of local economy. Bridges are mostly built at intersections of major waterways and are essential places for people to travel through. The workers, passengers, and merchants of water and land transportation often stop and change at the bridge head, so merchants take advantage of these places and set up stalls, tea houses, restaurants, and even hotels on the bridge or bridge head for market trade. With the development of society, handicraft workshops, shops, and other facilities have been established by bridges. In some ancient bridge locations, street markets and towns have gradually formed over the centuries, effectively driving the development of the local economy.