Luding Bridge, Sichuan 四川泸定桥

Location: China, Sichuan, Luding County, Garzê Google Maps Amap
Part of: National 4A Tourist Attraction, National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit
Nearby: Mount Gongga (Minya Konka) 50km, Mount Tiantai (Sichuan) 89km, Mount Emei 115km, Xiling Snow Mountain 125km, Mount Siguniang 150km, Leshan Giant Buddha 154km

The Luding Bridge spans the Dadu River at Luding county town in Sichuan. An iron-chain bridge completed under the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing, it hangs on thirteen chains that carry the deck and the handrails. It lay on the old main road from Sichuan into Tibet. In 1935, on the Long March, the Red Army seized the bridge in a celebrated assault.