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Rulong Bridge 如龙桥Rúlóng Qiáo
National heritage site · Lishui, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Lishui
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Rulong Bridge
A timber-arch covered bridge in Yueshan village, rebuilt in 1625 according to an inscription on its ridge beam, which makes it the oldest known timber-arch covered bridge in China with a precisely dated rebuilding. Its single woven-timber arch spans 19.5 m and carries a nine-bay gallery 28.2 m long. It is the best known of the 25 Chuzhou covered bridges that share its national listing across Lishui, and the woven-arch building technique is on UNESCO's list of intangible heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.
How to get to Rulong Bridge
In Yueshan village, Jushui township, about 25 km by road south-east of Qingyuan town; Qingyuan station on the Quzhou–Ningde railway is the nearest rail stop.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Wu Wenjian Ancestral Hall 吴文简祠 (under 10 km).
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