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Jiangdong Bridge 江东桥Jiāngdōng Qiáo
National heritage site · Zhangzhou, Fujian
- Time needed
- Under 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhangzhou
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Jiangdong Bridge
Also known as the Hudu ('Tiger Crossing') Bridge, this crossing of the North Jiulong River began as a pontoon bridge in 1190, became a timber bridge on stone piers in 1210 and was rebuilt in stone after a fire in 1237. Bombing during the Second Sino-Japanese War left only five of the old piers, which were given a reinforced-concrete deck in 1969. Two spans still carry original stone beams about 23 m long, which the historian of science Joseph Needham judged to have no equal elsewhere.
How to get to Jiangdong Bridge
On National Road 324 in Longwen District, about 15 km east of central Zhangzhou, roughly 25 minutes by road.
Nearby
- Gulangyu Island 鼓浪屿 30 km
A car-free island of old villas, banyan trees and drifting piano music
Also within 20 km: Zeng Family 'Fanzai Lou', Dongmei 东美曾氏番仔楼 (under 10 km), Yundongyan 云洞岩 (under 10 km), Former Tianyi Remittance Bureau 天一总局旧址 (under 10 km), Lin Family Charitable Estate 林氏义庄 (under 10 km), Tianzhushan Happy World 天柱山欢乐大世界 (10 km), Zhangzhou Confucian Temple 漳州府文庙 (10 km).
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