China - Jiuxigou Bridge 九溪溝橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1978-11-01 

Situated in Jiuxigou in Fengdu County, Sichuan Province, Jiuxigou Bridge is a highway bridge. Straddling 116 meters on a single span and with a width of 7.5 meters, the bridge was completed in 1972 and was the world's largest single-arch stone bridge at the time. The main arch is variable-section catenary, with the vault 1.6 meters thick, bottom arch 2.25 meters thick amd arch vector degrees 1/8. The masonry construction was done ring by ring in the scaffolding.

九溪溝橋位於四川省豐都縣九溪溝的公路橋，跨徑為116公尺，建成時是世界上跨徑最大的石拱橋，於1972年建成。橋寬7.5公尺，主拱圈為變截面懸鏈線，拱頂厚1.6公尺，拱腳厚2.25公尺，拱矢度1/8。施工方法是在腳手架上分圈砌築。

China - Chengyang Bridge 程陽橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1962-05-15 

Situated in Sanjiang County in Liuzhou in Guangxi Province, Chengyang Bridge (aka Chengyang Wind-Rain Bridge) is a famous bridge which belongs to the Dong Minority Autonomous Region. With particular covered corridors and pavilions, the bridge, aka Wind-Rain Bridge is one of a kind in the local Dong Minority Region. Completed in 1916, the bridge is also known as Yongji Bridge and Panlong Bridge.
Crossing over LinXi River, Chengyang Bridge is a perfect combination of painting, bridge, corridor, veranda and Chinese pavilion. At two ends of the bridge are platforms, the bridge has 3 piers, 4 spans, 19 verandas, and 5 pavilions with 3 floors. The piers are made of stone. The upper main structures are mainly wood, and the roofs are covered with tiles. On both sides of the bridge are wooden handrails.
About 10 meters above the river, the bridge is 64.4 meters long in total and the corridor is 3.4 meters wide.

程陽橋又稱程陽風雨橋是位於中國廣西省柳州三江縣的一座著名的橋梁，屬於少數民族侗族自治區。這是一個特殊的廊橋和風雨橋, 是當地少數民族侗族地區特殊的橋型之一。它建於1916年，又名永濟橋或盤龍橋。
横跨林溪河,這座橋是集繪畫，橋梁，遊廊，樓臺和中國亭閣的完美結合。橋的兩端是平臺，3個橋墩，4跨度，19個遊廊和五個亭閣，3層樓板。橋墩是石質，上面的主結構為木製，屋頂覆蓋瓦片，橋的兩側有木制扶手。
橋梁長64.4公尺，它的遊廊寬3.4公尺，離河面淨高約10公尺。

China - Lugou Bridge 盧溝橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1985-09-03  





 

Stamp Issue : 2003-03-20 

Lugou Bridge, also known as Yongding Bridge, is located about 15 km southwest of Fengtai District of Beijing crossing the Yongding River. The bridge 266.5 meters in length, 7.5-9.3 meters in width, with 10 piers and 11 arches, is the largest ancient multi-segmental arch bridge. As Marco Polo detailed account of the Lugou Bridge in the book "Travels of Marco Polo", the bridge is also known as the Marco Polo Bridge in Europe.
Lugou Bridge was built in 1189, the 20th year of Dading in Jin Dynasty and completed in 1192, the 3rd year of Mingchang in Jin Dynasty. It was restored in 1698, the 37th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty. On each side are stone fences supported by 140 carved marble balusters. On top of the balusters are carved stone lions of distinct styles.
Known as "July 7 Marco Polo Bridge Incident", the incident took place on July 7, 1937 on the bridge It marked the beginning of the War of Resistance against the Imperial Japanese Army that lasted eight years.

盧溝橋也被稱為永定橋，位於北京市西南約15公里處豐台區永定河上。盧溝橋全長266.5公尺，寬7.5-9.3公尺，有橋墩十座，共11個橋孔，是中國最大的古代多涵孔圓弧拱橋。由於馬可孛羅在《馬可孛羅遊記》對盧溝橋有詳細的記述，盧溝橋在歐洲稱為馬可孛羅橋。
盧溝橋始建於1189年（金大定二十九年），並於 1192年（明昌三年）完成，後來在1698年 (康熙三十七年) 重建。兩側石雕護欄各有140條望柱，柱頭上均雕有石獅，形態各異。
1937年7月7日在盧溝橋發生的「七七盧溝橋事變」，成為中國展開全國對日八年抗戰的起點。