Chinese Bridges
Living Architecture From China’s Past
Ronald G. Knapp
Photography by
A. Chester Ong
Foreword by Peter Bol
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Text © 2008 Ronald G. Knapp Photographs © 2008 A. Chester Ong and Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
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The Yudai (Jade Belt) Bridge, a steep single-arch humpbacked bridge built in 1750, is one of six spans along the western causeway in the Yihe Yuan or Summer Palace, Beijing.
Constructed in the thirteenth century during the Yuan dynasty in what is today Beihai Park, the Yong’an (Eternal Peace) Bridge is a low triple-arch structure leading through the Duiyun (Piled-up Clouds) Arch to Qionghua Islet.
Masked by a modern arched bridge in the craggy Cangyan Mountains of western Hebei province is the Qiaolou Hall, a temple perched on the spanning Jingxing Bridge.
In the rugged mountains of northwestern Fujian province, covered bridges such as the 42.5-meter-long Yangmeizhou Bridge in Shouning county, have been important links in regional trade since at least the eighteenth century.
CONTENTS
| 9 | Foreword by Peter Bol |
| 10 | Part One |
| CHINA'S ANCIENT BRIDGE BUILDING TRADITIONS | |
| 68 | Part Two |
| CHINESE BRIDGES AS LIVING ARCHITECTURE | |
| 88 | Part Three |
| CHINA'S FINE HERITAGE BRIDGES | |
| 90 | Bridges of the Forbidden City |
| Beijing | |
| 96 | Sea Palace Bridges |
| Beijing | |
| 100 | "Garden of Gardens" Bridges |
| Beijing | |
| 116 | Lugou Bridge |
| Wanping, Beijing | |
| 122 | Zhaozhou Bridge |
| Zhaoxian, Hebei | |
| 128 | Dulin Bridge and Shan Bridge |
| Cangzhou, Hebei | |
| 134 | Jingxing Bridge |
| Cangyan Mountains, Hebei | |
| 140 | Baling Bridge |
| Weiyuan, Gansu | |
| 144 | Hongjun Bridge |
| Qinglinkou, Sichuan | |
| 150 | Jiemei Bridges |
| Anxian, Sichuan | |
| 156 | Anlan Suspension Bridge |
| Dujiangyan, Guanxian, and Sichuan | |
| 160 | Bridges in the Lower Yangzi Watertowns |
| Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Zhejiang | |
| 180 |
Suzhou and Hangzhou Garden Bridges
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