{"id":5487,"date":"2011-08-06T00:52:33","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T16:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=5487"},"modified":"2016-10-16T04:20:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T20:20:59","slug":"lanzhou-zhongshan-bridge-the-first-bridge-over-the-yellow-river-in-lanzhou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/gansu-travel\/lanzhou-travel\/lanzhou-zhongshan-bridge-the-first-bridge-over-the-yellow-river-in-lanzhou","title":{"rendered":"Lanzhou Zhongshan Bridge, the first Bridge over the Yellow River in Lanzhou"},"content":{"rendered":"
Zhongshan Bridge is a must see attraction for the first time visitors to Lanzhou<\/span>.<\/a> It is located west of Lanzhou Waterwheel Park<\/span><\/a> and the east of Yellow River Mother Sculpture. Zhongshan Bridge is popularly known as “Iron Bridge” due to the making of the bridge.<\/p>\n

It is the first bridge over the Yellow River of all the 10 bridges now spanning the Yellow River in Lanzhou. The construction of the iron bridge was finished in 1907 during the reign of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1911 ).<\/p>\n

The bridge was 234 meters long and 7.5 meters wide with 6 pillars and 5 steel arches.\u00a0In 1907, at the suggestion of the local officials, with the support and help of the German businessman, Qing Government started to build the first bridge over the\u00a0Yellow River.<\/p>\n

To commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the bridge was renamed Zhongshan Bridge (Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s bridge).<\/p>\n

B<\/span>efore Zhongshan Bridge was\u00a0constructed, there were\u00a0some floating bridges over the Yellow River. Only one such bridge\u00a0had been\u00a0kept before the iron bridge was built, which was\u00a0known as Zhen Yuan Floating Bridge. The floating bridge\u00a0was composed of over 20 ships,\u00a0connected up by ropes and chains.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Used for over 500 years, the Zhen Yuan Floating Bridges was finally retired in 1909, when\u00a0the iron bridge was constructed. This\u00a0iron bridge is the First Bridge over the Yellow River.<\/p>\n

Today, people come here more than just to see the iron bridge. By and below the iron bridge there are\u00a0some leisure activities such as Sheepskin Rafts on the Yellow River, take a chairlift up to the North Pagoda Hill…<\/p>\n

A huge\u00a0stele on a turtle inscribed with the words – The First Bridge over the Yellow River.<\/span><\/div>\n

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A huge stele on a turtle inscribed with the words – The First Bridge over the Yellow River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
The front of the Zhongshan Bridge<\/span><\/div>\n
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The front of the Zhongshan Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The bridge from the side<\/span><\/div>\n
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The bridge from the side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nBelow the Iron Bridge, an open place for sheepskin raft and boating on the Yellow River<\/span><\/div>\n
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Below the Iron Bridge, an open place for sheepskin craft and boating on the Yellow River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Folding Umbrella Arm Chairs <\/span><\/div>\n
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Folding Umbrella Arm Chairs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Sheepskin raft<\/span><\/div>\n
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Sheepskin raft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Night View of Zhongshan Bridge<\/span><\/div>\n
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Night View of Zhongshan Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Further Readings<\/h2>\n
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Lanzhou Tour <\/a>
\nGansu Tour<\/a>
\nTop 10 Attractions in Lanzhou<\/a>
\nTop 10 Places in Gansu<\/a>
\nHow to Enjoy Nightlife in Lanzhou<\/a>
\nLanzhou Zhangye Road Pedestrian Street<\/a>
\nZhengning Road Night Snack Market in Lanzhou<\/a>
\nLanzhou Bar Street<\/a>
\nLanzhou Antique Market <\/a>
\nLanzhou Waterwheel Park<\/a>
\nLanzhou Zhongshan Bridge<\/a>
\nLanzhou City Layout<\/a>
\nHow to visit Gansu Museum<\/a>
\nLanzhou Yintan Wetland Park<\/a>
\nLanzhou Zhongchuan Airport<\/a>
\nLanzhou Railway Station<\/a>
\nLanzhou Xiguan Mosque<\/a>
\nWhere to stay in Lanzhou<\/a>
\nYellow River, the Mother River of China<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zhongshan Bridge is a must see attraction for the first time visitors to Lanzhou. It is located west of Lanzhou Waterwheel Park and the east of Yellow River Mother Sculpture. Zhongshan Bridge is popularly known as “Iron Bridge” due to the making of the bridge. It is the first bridge over the Yellow River of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[1299,1300,1302,1301],"class_list":["post-5487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lanzhou-travel","tag-iron-bridge","tag-lanzhou-iron-bridge","tag-lanzhou-zhongshan-bridge","tag-zhongshan-bridge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5487"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21346,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5487\/revisions\/21346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}