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Xijin Bridge (simplified Chinese: 西津桥; traditional Chinese: 西津橋; pinyin: Xījīn Qiáo; lit. 'West Ferry Bridge'), is an ancient Chinese covered bridge or lángqiáo located in Yongkang, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China.
Pages in category "Covered bridges in China" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Anshun Bridge; C.
This list of bridges in China includes notable bridges. China has a long history in bridge construction. The oldest bridge still in existence in China is the Anji Bridge, constructed during the years between 595 and 605. During the infrastructure boom of the past two decades, bridge-building has proceeded at a rapid pace on a vast scale.
The Zhuoshui Fengyu Bridge (Chinese: 濯水风雨廊桥; pinyin: Zhuóshuǐ Fēngyǔ Lángqiáo) is a covered bridge in Qianjiang District of Chongqing, China. A bridge was first built at this spot in 1591 during the Ming dynasty. It has been destroyed several times over the centuries, in 1999 the bridge was rebuilt.
Some stone arch bridges are covered to protect pedestrians or as a decoration—as with the Italian Ponte Coperto and Rialto Bridge, and the Chùa Cầu (the Japanese Bridge; see Gallery below) in Vietnam. In China lángqiáo covered bridges are found in Guangxi, including the Chengyang Bridge and the Xijin Bridge. These are pier and girder ...
China recently built a truly daring glass-bottomed bridge to carry visitors of Zhangjiajie from one mountain peak to another, and it is readying to build additional pedestrian passageways also ...
In the 13th century, Marco Polo wrote about several bridges in China, and the Anshun Bridge (an earlier version of it) was one of them. [1] [2]Anshun Bridge, also named Changhong Bridge (长虹桥) at that time, was renovated in 1677.
The Five-Pavilion Bridge, also known as the Lotus Bridge and by other names, is a covered stone arch footbridge in the Slender West Lake National Park in Hanjiang District, Yangzhou, in Jiangsu, China. It is one of the Four Bridges in Misty Rain, one of the 24 Views of Yangzhou under the Qing, and has become a landmark of the city.