Zhàozhōu Qiáo de dà gǒng liǎngbiān gè yǒu liǎng ge xiǎo gǒng, jì jiǎnqīng le qiáo de zhòngliàng, yòu fāngbiàn hóngshuǐ tōngguò.
On each side of the Zhaozhou Bridge's main arch are two small arches, which make the bridge lighter and let floodwater through.
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history
Its official name is 安济桥. The main arch spans about 37 metres, and its open spandrels, the small arches in the shoulders of the large one, appeared in Europe only many centuries later. It is the oldest standing stone arch bridge of its kind in the world.
culture
Folk legend says the master craftsman Lu Ban built it in a single night, and children all over China read about it in a primary-school lesson.
