| Nomination Award of Architecture |
| Simple Bridges around South China |
| Tian Xiaoping(China) |
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Jinyun County is located in the mountains of south Zhejiang
Province, where is charming and gentle scene with green hills and purling
water. There has kept lots of ancient bridges of flagstone the shape of
which like a Chinese word '¶ˇ', so they are also named 'dingbu bridges'.
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1ˇ˘Jichuan Bridge, one of the 'dingbu qiao' is located
at the village Xiayang in Xiandu. The bridge is 173 meters long with double
poles and girders, 73 holes, and 9 dingbu dang with stone bars construction.
A pile of early woods to be backbone exists under the bridge, and so are
pillars with rivets in horizontal line.
Built in Ming Dynasty |
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