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Double Dragon Bridge 雙龍橋



Jianshui has about 60 traditional bridges, but the most famous and longest is the impressive 17-arch Double Dragon Bridge,
which stretches across the confluence of the Lu and Tachong rivers about 4km west of town.
The first three arches were built in the Qing dynasty and the remaining section was built later.
A three-story pavilion with flying eaves sits in the middle of the bridge with two smaller pavilions flanking both ends.


雙龍橋俗稱"十七孔橋",坐落在建水城西4公里處。
所謂"雙龍",即是以塌沖河、瀘江河兩條河在此相匯合,有一橋鎮鎖"雙龍"之意。
橋始建於清乾隆年間,最先只建了三孔橋洞,後來因塌沖、瀘江兩條河水逐年氾濫,河床增高,故後人又增建石橋14孔,與原建的三孔橋首尾相連,
並在橋上建蓋了3座飛簷式閣樓,兩端閣樓略小,居中一座雄偉壯觀。

雙龍橋雖是古蹟,但至今仍然是附近村民渡河的要道。 當日所見,菜販農民絡繹不絕,令雙龍橋平添了幾分人性。


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