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The Waibaidu Bridge (Chinese: 外白渡桥; pinyin: Wàibáidù Qiáo; Shanghainese: Ngabahdu Jio), called the Garden Bridge in English, is the first all-steel bridge, [3] and the only surviving example of a camelback truss bridge, in China.
The Nine-turn bridge (Chinese: 九曲桥) or Zigzag bridge is one of the features of Chinese Gardens, where the bridge is designed to turn several times, so one can enjoy viewing different scenes. The bridge is usually made of stones or concrete with decorated guard rails , and the angles of the turns can be at right angles, at any other angle ...
The bridge spans the canyon between two mountain cliffs in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in the northwest of Hunan province. It is designed to carry up to 800 visitors at a time. The bridge was designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan. [2] To build the bridge, engineers erected four support pillars on the edges of the walls of the canyon.
The construction of the very high-up footbridges is planned, and each will be outfitted in a way that makes it appear almost as if it's not there at all. 15 Photos Glass-bottom bridge in China
The Chinese garden is a landscape garden style which has evolved over three thousand years. It includes both the vast gardens of the Chinese emperors and members of the imperial family, built for pleasure and to impress, and the more intimate gardens created by scholars, poets, former government officials, soldiers and merchants, made for reflection and escape from the outside world.
A moon bridge (月桥), also known as “sori-bashi" (反り橋) in Japanese, or as a drum bridge (“taiko-bashi” 太鼓橋), [1] is a highly arched pedestrian bridge. The moon bridge originated in China and was later introduced to Japan, where it became synonymous with Japanese landscape architecture.
During the Jiaqing Era, the bridge was repaired once and in the 12th year (1807), a stone stele was erected to praise bridge builders and to summarize the history of the bridge. The inscription on the stele is known as Xijin Qiao Zhi ( simplified Chinese : 西津桥志 ; traditional Chinese : 西津橋志 ; pinyin : Xī Jīn Qiáo Zhì ; lit ...
The bridge was opened in September 2020 and was visited by 200,000 people by November 2020. [2] Ruyi Bridge was designed by structural steel expert, He Yunchang and made to resemble jade ruyi, which is a Chinese symbol for good fortune. [3] It is a two level 100 m long (330 ft) glass bridge which is 140 m (460 ft) above the ground.