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Marco Polo Bridge, BeijingSource: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%8D%A2%E6%B2%9F%E6%A1%A5%E7%9A%84%E7%8B%AE%E5%AD%90_%E9%80%8F%E8%A7%86.JPG
Author: Charlie fong
Author: Charlie fong
The Marco Polo Bridge, also known as Lugou Qiao or Lugou Bridge, is a 267-meter (876 feet) bridge across the Yongding River, 16 km (10 miles) to the southwest of Beijing city center. The original structure was built in 1189, but was destroyed by a flood a long time ago. The bridge that we see today is said to have been built in 1698, and despite extensive restoration and widening carried out on it, much of the bridge is still surprisingly original.
The Marco Polo Bridge got its English name because it was mentioned in Marco Polo's treatise, The Travels of Marco Polo. On either ends of the bridge are stelae erected by the Kangxi and Qianlong emperors of the Qing dynasty.
Luguo BridgeSource: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lugouqiao2.jpg
Author: Fanghong
Decorating the balustrades of Marco Polo Bridge are some 400 stone lions. Each lion figurine is unique in its appearance. The local belief has it that these lions come alive at night.
The Marco Polo Bridge was also the site of a confrontation between the Japanese Imperial Army and the Nationalist Chinese soldiers on 7 July, 1937. This led to the Japanese occupation of Beijing. The gory details of the Japanese atrocity is documented in Wanpin's memorial hall.
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Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.
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Author: Fanghong
Decorating the balustrades of Marco Polo Bridge are some 400 stone lions. Each lion figurine is unique in its appearance. The local belief has it that these lions come alive at night.
The Marco Polo Bridge was also the site of a confrontation between the Japanese Imperial Army and the Nationalist Chinese soldiers on 7 July, 1937. This led to the Japanese occupation of Beijing. The gory details of the Japanese atrocity is documented in Wanpin's memorial hall.
How to reach the Marco Polo Bridge
Take bus 339 from Beijing's Lianhuachi bus station.
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Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.
While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.
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