Baojie Bridge

The Baojie Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge over the Li Lake in Binhu District of Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.

History
The originally bridge was built by Rong Desheng, a prominent industrialist from Wuxi, in 1934, during his 60th birthday. The bridge is 375 m long and 5.6 m wide, with 60 bridge openings.

In the 1990s, due to the development of Yuantouzhu Scenic Area, the China Central Television (CCTV) continued to build Tang Dynasty City , the Three Kingdoms City and Water Margin City  as film and television bases in the south of Baojie Mountain , which attracted a large number of tourists and caused serious traffic congestion in Baojie Bridge. Larry Yung, grandson of Rong Desheng, donated 30 million yuan to build a new bridge, 390.74 m long and 18.5 m wide, 10 m east of the old bridge. The opening ceremony was held on 16 October 1994. In December 2011, it was inscribed as a provincial key cultural unit by the Government of Jiangsu.