Built in the Sui (AD 605-618) years, the construction of the famous craftsmen Li. Bridge length 64.

(Social Watch) "sex scandal" food carts for sale behind the French presidential sex scandal did harem Beijing Marco Polo Marco Polo Bridge is located 13 kilometers southwest of Beijing, Fengtai District Wanping county outside the West, on the cross Yongding River, which is Beijing's oldest stone arch bridge linking porous . Founded in Dading twenty-nine (1189), as in the three-Ming Chang (1192). food carts for sale So far, more than eight hundred of history. In the Jin Dynasty, Lu Gou is out of the north-south traffic Kyoto strategic food carts for sale position, but also the military. The bridge was the Yuan and Ming dynasties re-repair, according to historical food carts for sale records: the Qing Dynasty food carts for sale Emperor Kangxi due to flooding washed away the bridge. The northeast side of the bridge re-construction of the twelve husband, both first and second holes east now the counting is rebuilt, the rest of the hole is the golden generation food carts for sale of the original building. Bridge length of 212.2 meters, 9.3 meters wide, is included in the total length food carts for sale of 266.5 meters Qiaotu both ends. A total of 11 full-bridge bridge opening, each hole span and height are not equal. Using both sides of the bridge opening is small, in order to gradually increase the rhythm of the central design construction law, forming a beautiful bridge. As early as the Jin Dynasty, the bridge was listed as one of "the capital Eight." There are ten full-bridge piers, foundation base for the stakes. Its width varies from 5.3 to 7.25 meters. On the positive food carts for sale side of each pier upstream watershed brick tip, each tip is attached to a length of about 26 cm of iron posts acute triangle outwards, which is to protect the piers, against floods and ice on the bridge crash . Between the key parts of the piers, arch, as well as stone and stone, silver bullion locks are used to connect to each other pull-linked solid prison, described as "masonry scales assemble, sturdy Moby."
There are 281 on both sides of the Marco Polo Bridge looking columns, food carts for sale fence columns food carts for sale on the north side of 140 columns, south of the 141 columns, stone fence column height 1.40 meters, two-column spacing of about 1.8 to 2.0 meters, stigma carved lotus seat, under the seat of lotus leaf pier. Hope the pillars embedded with 279 high 85 cm of the tailgate, tailgate inside and outside deck are carved with Aquarius, moire patterns. Each column has a look Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties different numbers carved lions, most of the lions is the Ming and Qing dynasties original, these lions look different, life. Many small lion or hidden or exposed, ever changing, food carts for sale it's difficult to calculate, it has always food carts for sale been there, "Marco Polo Bridge food carts for sale lions countless" twisters spread. A total of 498 people today statistics. In each of the two ends of the bridge with a Chinese table 4, about 4.65 meters tall, the overall proportion of very coordinated. Bridge River ends of each building also has a square white marble pavilion food carts for sale with carved dragon decoration on each Ting Zhu. Especially in the eastern end of the bridge on the north side of Royal Pavilion stone, engraved with Emperor Qianlong Yubi pro title of "Lugouxiaoyue" the most well-known. Bridge two lions, plus the Chinese pavilion tables, railings, Royal Pavilion, inscriptions, etc., form the national characteristics of the bridge construction. Qing Dynasty poet, painter Zhang Chuan-shan's poem "Lugou": "Lugou South Wang Jin dust, wood frost off the opening day desert donkey recite poetry sea, off the mountain autumn rain to see the world without a vast bureau, food carts for sale because mediocre people. it is waste. past can not afford to call a hero, sing empty Diaogu Kim! "
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Bowen thought: If these three "rock god" to get one, will be able to surrender had Nielong. Especially the piece attained a thousand years "big bluestone," did you get this Oliver Youzhou Nielong, it will never stand up. But such a heavy stone, there are so big, "competence", how to get Beijing food carts for sale to do? Daqing top of the hill, two blue and three green, three brothers, Bowen thought in mind, I knew Bowen trick you, Daqing, said: "! Anyway, I do not, how comfortable I am in the mountains," Second Green said: "I do not go, send away Bowen does not move me, I do not listen to him send away!" 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National General Mile "Daqing firmly lying there, not moving one, two green, three blue looked at Daqing, think: big brother since not move, do not move our brothers. Bowen look motionless, whispered sleeve crevices of "Heaven" will say: "! Have labor Gentlemen, darn these three stones, rushed food carts for sale to Beijing to go, the emperor must seal you" "Heaven" food carts for sale soldiers, "Heaven" will be a cry, it flew out of the Bowen sleeve seam, swing knives, guns, swords, halberds, surrounded by three rock god approached, ordered three rock god, quickly into Beijing! Daqing remained motionless; food carts for sale two green are these "days" soldiers, "day" will be a bit scared to move, shake a shake; three green coward, had to say goodbye food carts for sale to two brothers, went down with Bowen. Bowen could not move Daqing, two green, with three green, you can also pay "imperial poor", food carts for sale with his entourage, catch three green, down the top of the hill, went straight to Beijing away. Bowen Lu ditch crossing over when, where Oliver received the letter early Youzhou Dragon Dragon King, to discuss arresting three YUA Beijing, Lu ditch them on the ferry, built a "scorpion food carts for sale city", etc. Bowen catch Sanqingda over time, let the scorpion sting of the three green here, so that it can not enter Beijing. After discussion, the scorpion tail Pre - Marco Polo Bridge, a night of martial arts, the Marco Polo Bridge repair has become; They then repair food carts for sale scorpion body, which is in the east of the Marco Polo Bridge food carts for sale "feicheng" feicheng outside the east gate of the two wells, is the scorpion's eyes, and then a little east, north and south there are two small mountain of soil, are two large front claws of the scorpion. Scorpion repair has become the city, Bowen also to catch three green friends, followers reported that: "Lu ditch crossing we came, no bridge, now not only have a long stone bridge, east of the bridge as well as a city, Please military adviser to see! "Bowen heard this, my heart secretly surprised, quickly urged his horse across the bridge to see, to see this city is the seat of the scorpion, which is much more difficult for the three Green Beijing, but can not do anything, go Bar, Bowen put on a calm look, said:. "Nothing, we had our bridge" He walked to drive with three blue, three green just went west bridge, not daring to move it, Bowen hand secretly called "day" soldiers, "day" will urge the three green walk, on the one hand, said: "!! three generals go quickly, over the river on the matter fast approaching Beijing imperial food carts for sale seal it by" Three Green can not do anything, had he slides he slides to move forward, with great difficulty rub over the Marco Polo Bridge. After the Marco Polo Bridge, Bowen did not want to wear the city, driving with three green, walking around the south, food carts for sale Bowen thought ducked scorpion body, three green sting would not be dead, I did not expect a scorpion tail sideways thrown over, put a hook Three Green sting was never move it. Bowen saw, with a sigh: "Beijing although not necessarily food carts for sale what downtown floods, which Lu ditch crossing the strait, terrible not hold it!" food carts for sale Governance Nielong had to find ways of another.
Built in the Sui (AD 605-618) years, the construction of the famous craftsmen Li. Bridge length 64.40 m, 37.02 m span is the largest span in the world today, the construction of the first hole open shoulder stone arch bridge. Each of the two ends of the bridge due to the shoulder holes, not real, so called open shoulder, which is a bridge to create the world's history (no small arch called over the shoulder food carts for sale or real shoulder). In style arch, Li uses a flat arc, but if the 37-meter-wide river is also semi-circular arch, it will be up to the dome nearly 20 meters high steep bridge, traveling pedestrian bridge is very inconvenient. Li creatively food carts for sale use flat arch style, the bridge causing flat arc, making stone arch down to 7.23 m height, arch height ratio and the span of about 1: 5. This gently sloping deck, easy traveling pedestrian traffic, but also has material saving, quick construction, and increased deck strength and stability.
1963 floods were flooded to the mouth of the dragon at the arches, according to local elders, standing food carts for sale on the bridge deck can feel a lot of shaking. According to records, the arch bridge has since completed a total renovation of eight times. In the upper ends of the main arch and each additional two small arches, one can save the material, the second is to reduce the weight of the bridge itself food carts for sale (reducing food carts for sale weight by 15%), but also to increase the flow under the bridge the river discharge. May 1979, by a group of four units of the Chinese Academy of Natural History joint investigation team composed of arch bridge abutment conducted a survey of 2,800 tons dead weight arch bridge, but it only has five foundation stone of 1.55 m high brick bridge station, built directly on the natural gravel. So shallow abutment incredible, Mr. Liang Sicheng 1933 expedition Shihai think it's just water flow and erosion of King Kong with a wall, rather than the entire load coupons Cheng Carolina bridge foundation. He wrote in the report: "To be measured voucher group, we explore the northern foot of coupons, but now under the riverbed about 70-80 cm, which was found in the Order of the coupon level set of five stone cliff of high 1.58. meters, each compared to the previous - layer slightly introduced, there is no solid foundation below, just clear water stream erosion and use of diamond wall, rather than the whole order of the base load coupons satisfied bridge because then the next 30-40 cm regressing see. water, so unless a large-scale excavations, in fact we can not reach into theoretical speculation, according to the location of the base of the big bridge. food carts for sale "In order to protect the arch bridge, on the east end of the century in the 100 meters at the new arch bridge, the structure is followed arch bridge, only a small number of the main arch to arch side 5.
To increase the discharge capacity, Li also distinctive, large arches each with two shoulders of two small arches. It can save a stone, to reduce the weight of the bridge itself, but also conducive to vent floods, to achieve food carts for sale the perfect unity of architecture and art. Become a great technical achievement of bridge engineering, it is more than the mid-19th century in Europe similar bridge built 1,200 years earlier. In addition, the bridge looking columns are carved with floral patterns and beast on the tailgate. Vivid, very beautiful, called food carts for sale the Sui and Tang dynasties food carts for sale carving art masterpieces, giving the joy of beauty. Affect the success of the arch bridge in the transportation, construction and other aspects of the arts is broad and far-reaching. Offspring has built many similar large-scale bridge, only now there are more than a dozen have been found.
Arch bridge made good news quickly spread throughout the Quartet. With distance residents feeling of surprise, scrambling to come to visit. This miracle food carts for sale fruit even alarmed Zhang old "Eight Immortals" one. Dalian ass back in there while fitted with a "sun", while they put on the "moon", food carts for sale to walk on the bridge. It also is not the intention food carts for sale to Chang, and Luban old joke, he about the Chairong, pushing contains a "Five Sacred Mountains" food carts for sale wheelbarrow, food carts for sale one came to the bridge, the bridge opening and asked which two people can not let them while walking. At this time, Luban Gang repaired the bridge, is very proud of, it will be very disapprovingly said: "So rugged stone, but also can not stand the two of you go?" Unexpectedly them on the bridge after the weight of the bridge crumbling. Luban a look at the situation food carts for sale is not good, quickly jumped off the bridge to go hand energetically boosting the east side of the bridge, only to make it two immortals with the sun and moon and the Five Sacred Mountains passed. Since then, the bridge has left several people talked about the "Immortals"; Zhang fruit old donkey hoof prints and hats off Britain pressed into a round hole; Chairong excessive force by carts, a knee pressed into the ground There Luban asked bridge handprint; knees India and Chedaogou. Later, in addition to the east side was collapsed because of damage, fingerprints have not seen the rest of the Immortals "have survived." Little Cowherd "in this section of the song is a vivid tale.
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Luoyang Bridge in Hoi An today, luojiang boundaries of Luoyang River estuary, also known as the "million food carts for sale Onkyo." Mary Help of Christians in the Northern Song Dynasty emperor five to Jiayou four years (1053 - 1059) presided over by Mayor Cai Xiang construction, completed calendar years, is China's famous ancient stone bridge beam. Because in Jianghai Interchange bridge, river deep water, works hard, who pioneered bridge "raft foundation" to build piers, planting oysters in a solid bridge group, is an important scientific innovation in ancient China. The bridge and the Marco Polo Bridge, arch bridge, Guangji Bridge and called "China's four bridges." The bridge is 834 meters long,