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Tourist logo of Yangzhou
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2006-04-24 15:24
Tourist Logo of Yangzhou
The Fiver-Pavilion Bridge, built over the center of the Slender West
Lake, has five pavilions on it , hence its name. On account of it's
building on the stem of lotus flower, it was also named the Bridge of the
Lotus Flower.
This combination of bridge with pavilions is said to be one of the
historical legacies of China's ancient bridge buildings, also a typical
architecture with a nice integration of the southern style in this field
with the northern one.
These pavilions are splendid and imposing with colored caisson ceilings.
The bridge group is composed of 12 different piers built up of large
bluestones.
55.3 meters long, the bridge is curved, and has 15 arches. When it is
full moon, people can find a moon on water through each arch, which makes
Yangzhou even more fascinating.
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