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Author:

Knapp, Ronald G., 1940-

Title:

Chinese bridges : living architecture from China's past / Ronald G. Knapp ; photography by A. Chester Ong ; foreword by Peter Bol.

Publisher:

Tuttle Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

272 p. : col. ill., map ; 32 cm.

Subject:

Bridges--China.
Bridges--China--Pictorial works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-[263]) and index.

Contents:

Part I. China's ancient bridge building traditions -- Part II. Chinese bridges as living architecture -- Part III. China's fine heritage bridges : Bridges of the Forbidden City, Beijing ; Sea Palace bridges, Beijing ; "Garden of Gardens" bridges, Beijing ; Lugou bridge, Wanping, Beijing ; Zhaozhou Bridge, Zhaoxian, Hebei ; Dulin Bridge and Shan Bridge, Cangzhou, Hebei ; Jingxing Bridge, Cangyan Mountains, Hebei ; Baling Bridge, Weiyuan, Gansu ; Hongjun Bridge, Qinglinkou, Sichuan ; Jiemei Bridges, Anxian, Sichuan ; Anlan Suspension Bridge, Dujiangyan, Guanxian, and Sichuan ; Suzhou and Hangzhou garden bridges, Jiangsu and Zhejiang ; Wuting Bridge, Yangzhou, Jiangsu ; Baodai Bridge, Suzhou, Jiangsu ; Huizhou covered bridges, Anhui and Jiangxi ; Caihong Bridge, Wuyuan, Jiangxi ; Bei'an Bridge, Shexian, Anhui ; Megalithic stone beam bridges, Southern Zhejiang and Norther Fujian ; Dong "wind-and-rain" bridges, Sanjiang, Guangxi.

ISBN:

0804838844
9780804838849

LCCN:

2008923152

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)