Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 50
N THOUSAND AGES, FOOCHOW. A BRIDGE AT WAN HSIEN OF THE SINGLE ARCH TYPE. One enters almost every town or village,when travelling by water, under a bridgeof one arch, which may be anythingfrom fifteen to thirty feet high and ofa most graceful form. These bridges areconstructed of blocks of granite… … A BRIDGE AT WAN HSIEN OF THE SINGLE ARCH TYPE. THE BRIDGE OF MIEN CHUH SZE CHUAN. When a rich man or a company of richmen wish to benefit their province, it isquite a common thing for them to lettheir generosity take the form of thebuilding of a bridge. This bridge wasso built. It is a most…
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