China’s corridor bridges: heritage buildings over water

China’s corridor bridges: heritage buildings over water

Abstract Essentially unknown in the rest of the world and only recently appreciated in China, the globally significant 3000+ ‘corridor bridges’ (langqiao) in China far outnumber the better-known ‘covered bridges’ found in North America and Europe. Rivaling or exceeding those in the West in number, a...

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Main Authors: Ronald G. Knapp, Terry E. Miller, Jie Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-07-01
Series:Built Heritage
Subjects:
Corridor bridges
Covered bridges
Heritage tourism
Langqiao
Rural tourism
Vernacular architecture
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43238-020-00010-w

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