Sichuan China's Bridges: Anshun Bridge across Jin River (2)

July 2011 (30.643 Degrees, 104.086 Degrees) Anshun Bridge

It's become more unusual to see a building on a bridge. However, in medieval Europe, there were so many shops crammed onto bridges, that they were in danger of falling into the water. I guess the shopkeepers knew that most people would have to cross the bridge and so it was a good place to do business. It must be the same in China. When the old Anshun Bridge was destroyed in a flood during the 1980s, the mayor eventually rebuilt the bridge to be as beautiful as possible and he put a restaurant on top to revitalize this area of town. 

Sichuan China's Bridges: Anshun Bridge across Jin River (2) by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.