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Luding Bridge

luding county

The county is located in the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, belonging to the deepest canyon area in the western Sichuan alpine plateau. The whole territory belongs to the middle section of the Great Snow Mountain, and Gongga Mountain, which borders Kangding County in the southwest, is its main peak, with an altitude of 7556 meters, which is the highest peak in the province and is called "the first peak of abundance". Modern glaciers are developed, Dongpo Hailuogou Glacier and Glacier Tongue are famous in the world, and there are other glaciers such as Yanzigou, Mozigou and Nanmen Guangou. Erlang Mountain in the east is 3437 meters above sea level. Dadu River enters from the north and runs through the north and south of the county. It belongs to the sub-humid climate zone of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The annual average temperature 10 is 65438 05.5℃ in October and 23℃ in July. The annual precipitation is 664.4 mm, and the annual average sunshine hours 1323.6 hours. The frost-free period is 279 days. The soil is mostly mountain yellow cinnamon soil and yellow brown soil.

There are Hailuogou Glacier Park, Luding Tiesuo Bridge, Luding Bridge Cultural Relics Exhibition Hall and the Red Army Flying over Luding Bridge Monument.

Luding tiesuo bridge

Luding Bridge, located on the Dadu River in the west of Luding County, is a national key cultural relics protection unit. The bridge was built in 44 years of Qing Emperor Kangxi and completed in 45 years of Emperor Kangxi (1706). Kangxi inscribed "Luding Bridge" and erected a monument at the bridge head. The bridge is103m long and 3m wide. 13 iron chains are fixed in the wells on both sides of the abutment, with 9 as bottom chains and 4 as handrails on both sides. * * * There are 12 164 iron rings interlocking, and the whole bridge is made of iron. The bridgehead on both sides of the strait is an ancient wooden structure, which is unique and unique in China. Since the Qing Dynasty, this bridge has been an important passage and military hub for Sichuan to enter Tibet. On May 29th, 1935, the Long March of the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants passed through here. Commandos led by 22 soldiers braved the enemy's bullets and crawled along the iron chain, destroying the enemy at the bridgehead in one fell swoop, and the Red Army crossed the Dadu River. Luding Bridge has since become famous at home and abroad.

The scenic spot of Luding Bridge consists of three parts. One is Luding Bridge. The second is the Luding Bridge Revolutionary Cultural Relics Museum, which shows the process of the Red Army crossing the Dadu River and flying the Luding Bridge with photos, materials and objects, as well as the inscriptions of the leaders of the Red Army at that time, the calligraphy and famous paintings of famous painters and painters. The third is the "Red Army flies over Luding Bridge Monument" and its park. The name of the monument is inscribed by Nie. The location is in Luding County, next to the Sichuan-Tibet Highway.

Dadu river iron cable bridge Located in the west of Huding County. The net span of the bridge is 100 m, and nine chains of the bridge body are tied on both sides in parallel, and the upper deck is made of wooden boards. Two iron chains on the left and right sides of the bridge railing are used as handrails, each weighing about 2.5 tons. It was built in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. At the bridge head, there is a plaque inscribed by Emperor Kangxi, and at the east of the bridge stands Kangxi's "Monument to Dinghu Bridge".