Chinese bridges:living architecture from China's past

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Knapp Ronald G., 1940-
Published: Tuttle Pub.,
Publisher Address: Tokyo Rutland, VT
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: 272 p.: col. ill., map ; 32 cm.
ISBN: 9780804838849
0804838844
Index Number: U448
CLC: U448-092
Call Number: U448-092/K676
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-[263]) and index.
Part I. China's ancient bridge building traditions -- Part II. Chinese bridges as living architecture -- Part III. China's fine heritage bridges : Bridges of the Forbidden City, Beijing ; Sea Palace bridges, Beijing ; "Garden of Gardens" bridges, Beijing ; Lugou bridge, Wanping, Beijing ; Zhaozhou Bridge, Zhaoxian, Hebei ; Dulin Bridge and Shan Bridge, Cangzhou, Hebei ; Jingxing Bridge, Cangyan Mountains, Hebei ; Baling Bridge, Weiyuan, Gansu ; Hongjun Bridge, Qinglinkou, Sichuan ; Jiemei Bridges, Anxian, Sichuan ; Anlan Suspension Bridge, Dujiangyan, Guanxian, and Sichuan ; Bridges in the lower Yangzi watertowns, Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Zhejiang ; Suzhou and Hangzhou garden bridges, Jiangsu and Zhejiang ; Wuting Bridge, Yangzhou, Jiangsu ; Baodai Bridge, Suzhou, Jiangsu ; Huizhou covered bridges, Anhui and Jiangxi ; Caihong Bridge, Wuyuan, Jiangxi ; Bei'an Bridge, Shexian, Anhui ; Megalithic stone beam bridges, Quanzhou, Fujian ; Covered wooden bridges, Southern Zhejiang and Northern Fujian ; Dong "wind-and-rain" bridges, Sanjiang, Guangxi.