Sycee Bridge (Yinding Qiao) (Beijing)

China / Beijing / Peking / Beijing
 bridge, listed building / architectural heritage

The Sycee Bridge is located at the intersection of the Anterior Sea (Qianhai) and the Rear Sea (Houhai). It's a unit unter the cultural relict protextion of Beijing. It was build in the Ming dynasty and looks like and inverted sycee (common form of Chinese currency in ancient times, made from solid silver). It was originally made of stone and later changed to white marble under reconstruction. The length of the bridge is 8.3m, the width is 7.9m and the hight 4.35m.
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Coordinates:   39°56'15"N   116°23'13"E
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