April 24, 1192 (, Yam Tze March 11), the completion of the Marco Polo Bridge. In In in 1192, the famous Marco Polo Bridge built "target =" _blank "> Lugouqiao built on the southwest Yongding River in Beijing.



Marco Polo Bridge was built in 1189, is 266.5 meters long, wide 7.5 m deck Shop slate, under the 11-hole stone arch and on both sides of the bridge deck stone parapets, each 140 Hope column, stigma carved shapes lions 485
1192 24, 2009 (March 11, 2003), Jinming Chang completed bridge early name "Kwong Lee, because of the cross-the Lugou river (ie the Yongding River), renamed the Marco Polo Bridge.
was destroyed in the reconstruction of the flood, the early Qing Dynasty (1698) Bridge, the Qing Emperor Qianlong the inscription "Lugouxiaoyue Beiting, become one of" Yanjing Eight "(TodayinHistory.cn)
1937 "July" Incident, the Chinese garrison to resist, the Sino-Japanese War began.
in 1987, the completion of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War Memorial at the Marco Polo Bridge west side. Lugouqiao country
1930s of the 20th century, Marco Polo Bridge
key cultural relics protection units.