The Marco Polo Bridge, (Lugou Qiao)

Photographer: Hans J. Schneider
From: #67 Teaching at Taizhou College, China (Beijing - The Marco Polo Bridge)

The Marco Polo Bridge, (Lugou Qiao)

It was an honor, stepping on its marble stones, that have seen over 800 years of Chinese history. In 1937, the bloody battle against the Japanese invaders marked the beginning of a brutal conflict, forever edged in the heart of every Chinese.