Talk:Shuanglong Bridge

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The result was: promoted by TarnishedPath (talk) 21:22, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

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Shuanglong Bridge in May 2025

• ... that the 17-arch Shuanglong Bridge (pictured) is considered the largest and most artistically valuable ancient stone bridge in Yunnan, China?

• Source: Department of Urban Planning of the Ministry of Construction; National Cultural Heritage Administration, eds. (2002). 中国国家历史文化名城 [China National Famous Historical and Cultural City]. Beijing: China Youth Press. p. 994. ISBN 7-5006-3399-8.

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Xiliuheshui · chat 22:33, 5 December 2025 (UTC).

Thank you for a detailed interesting article, on fine-looking sources, all Chinese, so accepted AGF. The image is a good illustration, but the first one from gallery would also work. I have to trust the licensing, but see no problems with copyright for an old piece of art outside ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:14, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Thank you for your feedback and the updates. I took the photos in May and wrote the article on the Chinese Wikipedia a couple of days ago. The reason I selected this image is that it is the best one in visual effect and is currently under FPC on Wikimedia Commons, and will be an FP soon. BTW the source No.3 is in English, I added this specifically for the English Wikipedia 😆.--Xiliuheshui · chat 22:50, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

@Xiliuheshui:, can I get a quote from the Department of Urban Planning source please. @Gerda Arendt: we need to request quotes if we can't confirm details directly ourselves. :) TarnishedPath^talk 08:17, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

@TarnishedPath: Hi, sure. The book PDF is here. The screenshot of page 994 is here, the quote marked with a red rectangle. And the quote text is 双龙桥是云南古石桥中规模最大艺术价值最高的一座，在我国桥梁史上占有重要地位。.--Xiliuheshui · chat 14:23, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Bridge purpose?

Sorry if I'm just being dense and didn't understand something in the article, but what exactly is the reason for the bridge in this location? I see in Google Earth imagery that the lake underneath didn't even exist in 2006 (was instead a few ponds near the river) but by 2010 the lake and bridge 270 m east had been constructed. Google Maps says it's called Yingtian Lake, but why is this name not mentioned in the article? Can you please add some better explanation to the article about the history and geography of the lake/river in the area? I figure it was quite different in the 19th century, but why was the bridge built here in particular? Was the river once wider everywhere and later built into a canal or channel, thus necessitating the bridge here earlier? Or did it just have to do with flooding? The article says the river rose during rainy season, so do you mean that other crossings were flooded and this bridge was only even necessary then? Also, I can't tell from the maps what is meant by "village relocation". — Reywas92^Talk 06:04, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

@Reywas92: Hi, the name Yingtian Lake is part of Shuanglong Bridge Wetland Park, it is not a natural geography unit. Jianshui County has been quite dry these years, and the riverbed is even completely dry in some sections. I think this is the reason that the government built a lake at the bridge. I can explain this in WikiVoyage, but in Wikipedia is better to have a source clearly mention it. There is no canal or channel in this region. why was the bridge built here in particular? Was the river once wider everywhere and later built into a canal or channel, thus necessitating the bridge here earlier? Or did it just have to do with flooding? The article says the river rose during rainy season, so do you mean that other crossings were flooded and this bridge was only even necessary then? Good guess, I don't have the answer. I don't know why the ancient people decided to extend the 3-arch bridge instead of building a new bridge in a narrow place. What I heard from the local intellectual is that the construction of the bridge may involve corruption or illicit means of generating wealth by the ancient gentry; they collected lots of money, but didn't put all in the construction. But I didn't see any proper source that mentioned it. I have covered all the published sources I can find. The newspaper used the word "village relocation" in the report; it might be the surrounding farmland retirement and wetland recovery. I guess the government used the village relocation project special funds for it, so they count this in the "village relocation" fiscal statistics, and then the newspaper used this word. I don't have a reference, just guess. Xiliuheshui · chat 21:52, 18 February 2026 (UTC)