What is the 17-hole bridge like?

Seventeen-hole Bridge is a long bridge connecting the east coast and Nanhu Island on Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace in Beijing. Built between 1736 and 1795. At that time, his construction project was also very huge, and it took 10 years to complete. It is also the largest stone bridge in the Summer Palace in Beijing.

The "Seventeen-hole Bridge" is located on the broad Kunming Lake. The whole bridge is150m long and 8m wide. Named after the 17 bridge hole, it is the largest stone bridge in the park.

The stone carvings on the bridge are very beautiful. There are 128 sentries on the white stone railings on both sides, and 544 stone lions of different sizes and shapes are carved on each sentry. There are 59 more Lugou Bridges than Shishi in Beijing.

The shape of the stone lion is also full of interesting features. Some of them embraced their mother and son, some frolicked, some chased each other, some concentrated on the scenery, and everything was vivid.

On both sides of the two bridges, there are four big water beasts, which look like Kirin. Their images are fierce and extremely vivid. This is also the treasure of this bridge.

Seventeen-arch bridge