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Five kilometers west of Jianshui , at the
confluence of Lujiang River are the Tachong River, lies Shuanglong
Bridge. A combination of science and art, the stone bridge ranks
first in Yunnan Province in terms of size and artistic value. It
is now under provincial protection. When the bridge was built
during the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, it had
only three arches on the north end. Later on, as the Tachong River
changed its course, fourteen new bridge arches were added to the
original ones and thus got the name "the Seventeen - Arch
Bridge''. It is a masterpiece among ancient bridges in China.
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