Luding Bridge Scenic Area: At present, everything is normal. There are no tourists on the bridge when the earthquake occurs.

According to the formal determination of the China Earthquake Network, at 12:52 on September 5, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan. The depth of the earthquake was 16 kilometers.

Luding County is affiliated with Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It is located in the transitional area of ​​the Qinghai -Tibet Plateau towards the Sichuan Basin. Luding is a typical alpine canyon area. There are famous scenic spots such as Gongga Mountain and Hailou Glacier Glacier Forest Park. It is one of the important tourist attractions in western Sichuan. In 1935, the Red Army achieved a great victory to fly Luding Bridge.

On the afternoon of September 5, the Red Star reporter called the Luding Bridge Scenic Area. The staff said that after the earthquake, the staff investigated the scenic spot. After preliminary investigation, the earthquake did not have a great impact on the scenic area. Everything is normal at the current scenic area. The staff said that when the earthquake occurred, there were only the staff on the Luding Bridge, no tourists, and because they were worried that there were aftershocks and hidden dangers, Luding Bridge has been suspended to the public.

Luding Bridge Information Map

Public information shows that the Luding Iron Coffee Bridge is located on Dadu River in the west of Luding County, and is a national key cultural relics protection unit. The bridge was built in the 44th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty and was built in the 45th year of Kangxi (1706). Kangxi Royal Pen wrote "Luding Bridge", which is parallel to the bridge head. The bridge is 103 meters long and 3 meters wide. The 13 iron chains are fixed in the cross -strait bridge. A total of 12,164 iron rings are intertwined, and the iron parts of the bridge weigh more than 40 tons. The cross -strait bridgehead is an ancient building of wooden structures, and its style is unique in my country. Since the Qing Dynasty, this bridge has been an important channel and military essential for Sichuan. On May 29, 1935, the Chinese Workers and Peasants' Red Army passed here. With 22 warriors as the leading commando, the enemy's gunfire rained, Yuan Tiesso moved forward, destroying the bridge head and defending the enemy in one fell swoop. Luding Bridge has since been famous at home and abroad.

Red Star News reporter Wang Chao

Edit Yu Dongmei Wang He

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