Chinese bridges:living architecture from China's past
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Tuttle Pub.,
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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. |