Why today’s bridges don’t meet the standards of yesterday

Editor's note: Many people like to associate new things as being good. However, in some cases, older construction is better than new. This is true in some home building as well. For example, the use of plaster walls, versus drywall used nowadays. Builders have become more concerned about cutting corners, and using cheaper materials, to maximise profits, but back then, it was not like that. If you were going to build something, it had to last. This is why many Chinese believe that the older bridges in China are actually more solid, and better constructed. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the famous Qiantang Jiang Bridge.

Located in Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area, China, the Qiantangjiang River Bridge is the first modern steel-structured bridge combined railway and road functions designed and constructed independently by China. The chief designer Mr. Mao Yisheng, who is known as the father of Chinese modern bridges, the successful construction has refuted the western experts' thought that "Chinese people are not able to build a bridge over the Qiantangjiang River". And the bridge itself means a cradle of modern bridges in China, it is one of the landmark constructions in Hangzhou City too.

The Qiantangjiang River Bridge Memorial Hall is located at the northern bank of the river in the west of bridge. The hall displays about 400 rare historical photographs that recorded the different periods of construction, photos of engineering technicians and construction workers lead by Mr. Mao Yisheng. More than 100 historical documents, scriptures, books and articles exhibit here, a theme exhibition of "Old Photos of the Bridge" too.

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