Sajin Bridge
Eight-hundred-metre lane named for a gold-scattering legend, though no bridge ever stood here.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Sajin Bridge in Xi'an starts with a contradiction: the sign near the Bell Tower names a bridge where no water, plank, or arch has ever existed. It traces the street's shifting names through the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, and to the legend of Tang emperor Xuanzong scattering gold coins over the crowd below, a story locals kept repeating for a thousand years. You'll hear about the Qin opera Finding Gold, built around that tale, and about a family named Sha who later left their own name on this same stretch of road. Stand where the old street meets the modern one and listen for how many identities it has worn.
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