- Double bridge
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Double bridge is a bridge in Zhouzhuang that is over 600 years old.The shape of this bridge looks like a key used in the old days.So it is also called the key bridge by the people here.This bridge has come to be world-famous by Chen Yifei`s painting "hometown record" This painting was diaplyed in the exbition held by Armand Hammer,chairman of the board of Occidental Petroleum Corporation.It became a hit at that time.Lately,Armand purchased it at a hige price.In 1985,it became the pattern on the first stamp of the UN after processed by Chen Yifei and appreciated by stamp-collecter all over the world.It`s the combination of "Shi De" and "Yong An" bridge.It`s a "key" which leads Zhpuzhuang to the world.
Categories:- Bridges in China
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