This book explains thedevelopment venation of bridge culture and shows its development achievementsin China. The author has selected some famous bridges with historical valuesand showed the thousands of years’ evolution and excellentachievements of the bridge culture in China. The book contains 12 chapters.Chapter I, overview of Chinese bridge culture; Chapter II, evolution of Chinesebridge history and cultural heritage; Chapter III, classification of Chineseancient bridges and technological development; Chapter IV, culturalcharacteristics of Chinese ancient bridges; Chapter V, Chinese ancient bridgeswith literature and art; Chapter VI, classical Chinese ancient bridges; ChapterVII, technical development and achievement of Chinese modern bridges; ChapterVIII, cultural connotation of modern Chinese bridges; Chapter IX, modernChinese bridges with literature and art; Chapter X, aesthetic values of modernChinese bridges; Chapter XI, era retrospect of Chinese bridge culture; ChapterXII, classical modern Chinese bridges.
Administrated by theMinistry of Transport and China Highway & Transportation Society, ChinaHighway & Transportation has a strong team in news gathering and transportculture researching. Since the 90s of the last century, China Highway &Transportation has compiled and published “A Guide of Chinese Bridges”, “A Guide of Chinese Roads”, “China Highway History(1990-2010)” and so on, and has undertaken a large number oftasks in compiling and editing required by the Ministry of Transport. Themonthly "China Highway Culture" is not only a cultural publication inChinese transport industry, but also the main platform for the research anddissemination of road culture for the Ministry of Transport.
