Anshunbroen

Anshunbroen (kinesisk: 安顺桥, pinyin: Ānshùn Qiáo, «fredfull og flytende-broen») er en bro i Chengdu, provinshovedstad for provinsen Sichuan i Folkerepublikken Kina. Den spenner over elven Jin. Den er en verandabro, og huser en populær og relativt stor restaurant (Veranda Bridge Restaurant).

Anshunbrua
Ānshùn Qiáo (安顺桥)
Brua sett fra øst.
Type		Steinhvelvbro
Åpnet		2003
Strekning		Gangsti / Restaurant
Anshunbroen 30°38′39″N 104°05′00″Ø
Anshunbroen på Commons

På 1200-tallet beskrev Marco Polo en rekke kinesiske broer, og Anshun-broen (en tidlig versjon av den) var en av dem.^[1][2]

Broen som står nå, ble bygd i 2003 som erstatning for den bro som ble ødelagt under en oversvømmelse i 1980-årene.^[3]

Referanser

1. Quian, Jack, Chengdu: A City of Paradise, 2006. Se s. 109
2. Marco Polo kalte Chengdu for Sindafu (eventuelt stavet Sin-din-fu), som blir Ch'eng-Tu-Fu (Chengdu). Cf. Polo, Chapter XLIV: Concerning the Province and City of Sindafu. Se Henry Yule; Henri Cordier (translators and editors), The Travels of Marco Polo, v. 2, the complete Yule-Cordier edition. "Let us now speak of a great Bridge which crosses this River within the city. This bridge is of stone; it is seven paces in width and half a mile in length (the river being that much in width as I told you); and all along its length on either side there are columns of marble to bear the roof, for the bridge is roofed over from end to end with timber, and that all richly painted. And on this bridge there are houses in which a great deal of trade and industry is carried on. But these houses are all of wood merely, and they are put up in the morning and taken down in the evening. Also there stands upon the bridge the Great Kaan's _Comercque_, that is to say, his custom-house, where his toll and tax are levied."
3. Chengdu Time Arkivert 16. mai 2007 hos Wayback Machine.

Autoritetsdata