The Tongji Bridge (simplified Chinese: 通济桥; traditional Chinese: 通濟橋; pinyin: Tōngjì Qiáo) in Wucheng District, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China, is a large stone arch bridge.
In the fourth year of Dade (traditional/simplified Chinese: 大德, pinyin: Dà Dé) Era in Yuan Dynasty, a Buddhism monk named Ji'an (traditional/simplified Chinese: 及庵, pinyin: Jí'ān) from Xifeng Temple (traditional/simplified Chinese: 西峰寺, pinyin: Xī Fēng Sì) in suburban Jinhua suggested building a stone bridge, and he also help raise funds for the construction.
Eleven stone piers of the bridge were finished but the construction of its upper structure was stopped due to the death of Ji'an.
It had 50 rooms on the bridge for the statues of a series Buddhism gods (Buddhas), including the Four Heavenly Kings.
[3] The bridge is in the key way to Lanxi and Quzhou − two important cities and industrial bases in Western Zhejiang.
It goes across the Wu River, and links the North and South districts of urban Jinhua.