Luding Bridge

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Luding Bridge is a historic iron chain suspension bridge in Sichuan, China, famed for its strategic role during the Long March and its crossing over the Dadu River.

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Luding Bridge canonical 8

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage site ⓘ
historic bridge ⓘ
iron chain suspension bridge ⓘ
associatedWith Chinese Communist Party revolutionary history ⓘ
Chinese Red Army ⓘ
Long March ⓘ
builtDuring Qing dynasty ⓘ
builtUnderEmperor Kangxi Emperor ⓘ
linked to: Kangxi
category Bridges in Sichuan ⓘ
Chain bridges ⓘ
Long March sites in China ⓘ
National key cultural relics protection units in China ⓘ
constructionEnd 1706 ⓘ
constructionStart 1705 ⓘ
country China ⓘ
crosses Dadu River ⓘ
currentUse pedestrian bridge ⓘ
deckMaterial wooden planks ⓘ
designFeature chains anchored into rock on both banks ⓘ
wooden deck laid across parallel chains ⓘ
eventLocation Luding Bridge battle ⓘ
famousFor Red Army assault crossing in 1935 ⓘ
strategic role in the Long March ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China ⓘ
hasNearbyTown Luding town ⓘ
linked to: Luding County
hasPlaques revolutionary commemorative inscriptions ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy State Council of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry China ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
locatedIn Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
Luding County ⓘ
Sichuan ⓘ
linked to: Sichuan Province
maintenance periodically repaired and reinforced ⓘ
material iron chains ⓘ
nearbyInfrastructure modern highway bridge over Dadu River ⓘ
numberOfChains 13 ⓘ
originalFunction military transport route ⓘ
trade route crossing ⓘ
risk vulnerable to flooding of Dadu River ⓘ
riverSystem upper Yangtze basin ⓘ
spans Dadu River gorge ⓘ
strategicImportance key crossing on route from Sichuan to western China ⓘ
structureType suspension bridge ⓘ
symbolOf Chinese revolutionary heroism ⓘ
Long March spirit ⓘ
tourism popular red tourism site ⓘ
scenic attraction in Sichuan ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dadu River → crossedBy → Luding Bridge ⓘ
Luding County → hasNotableSite → Luding Bridge ⓘ
Luding County → hasTourismAttraction → Luding Bridge ⓘ
Luding County → hasBridge → Luding Bridge ⓘ
Dadu He → crossedBy → Luding Bridge ⓘ