Chinese Bridges. Ronald G. Knapp

      

      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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       Page 1:

      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.

       Page 2:

      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.

       Pages 4–5:

      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.

       Page 6:

      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