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What are the ten most famous bridges in China

The Ten Famous Bridges in China: Lugou Bridge, Guangji Bridge, Wuting Bridge, Zhaozhou Bridge, Anping Bridge, Cross Bridge, Wind and Rain Bridge, Tiexiao Bridge, Wuyin Bridge, and Yudai Bridge.

1, Lugou Bridge, located in the southwest of Beijing about 15 kilometers on the Yongding River in Fengtai District. Built in 1189, it is the oldest existing stone joint-arch bridge in Beijing. Lugou Bridge is 266.5 meters long, 7.5 meters wide, there are ten piers, *** 11 holes, the longest ancient stone bridge in North China.

Stone parapets on the left and right sides of the bridge are expected to be 140 columns, columns are carved on the head of the size of the crouching stone lions about 500 or so, different, lifelike.

2, Guangji Bridge, in Chaozhou City, outside the East Gate, lying in the rolling Han River, east of Penjieshan, west of the East Gate downtown, south of Phoenix Island, north of Jincheng Mountain, the scenery is magnificent and charming.

Guangji Bridge, with its unique style of "eighteen shuttles and twenty-four continents", and Zhaozhou Bridge, Luoyang Bridge, Lugou Bridge, known as "China's four great ancient bridges", was known as "the world's earliest open and closed bridges" by the famous bridge expert Mao Yisheng. The first bridge in the world to be opened and closed.

3, Zhaozhou Bridge, is located in the southeast of Shijiazhuang about more than forty kilometers Zhao County, 2.5 kilometers south of the city, which spans the north and south banks of Xiao River, more than 1,400 years ago, is the world's earliest surviving, the best preserved ancient open-shoulder stone arch bridge.

The Zhaozhou Bridge has survived 10 floods, 8 wars and many earthquakes.