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Luding Bridge 泸定桥Lúdìng Qiáo
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Ganzi, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ganzi
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Luding Bridge
Luding Bridge is an iron-chain suspension bridge spanning about 100 metres across the Dadu River in Luding town, built in 1705–1706 on the orders of the Kangxi Emperor as a key crossing on the road between Sichuan and Tibet. In May 1935, during the Long March, Red Army troops captured the bridge, an episode known in China as the 'Seizing of Luding Bridge'. Visitors can walk across its swaying plank deck, and a memorial hall nearby presents the history of the crossing.
How to get to Luding Bridge
In Luding town, about 3 hours by road from Chengdu via the Ya'an–Kangding expressway, or about an hour from Kangding.
Nearby
- Kangding 康定 30 km
An old tea-trading town where Tibetan and Han cultures meet, made famous by a love song - Hailuogou Glacier 海螺沟 50 km
A glacier spilling down into fir forest beneath Mount Gongga, Sichuan's highest peak
Also within 20 km: Dadu River Suspension Bridge, Luding 大渡河悬索桥 (under 10 km).
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