Crossing the Luding Bridge

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Hi All,
Close to Kangding is the town of Luding. Luding has a Qing dynasty chain suspension bridge which was the scene of a battle in the Chinese Civil War.
Red Army soldiers took the bridge and thus secured a safe passage over the Yangtze river allowing them to head north through the mountains of Sichuan.
They were very brave men indeed to shimmy along the chains, as the wooden boards had been removed, whilst under rifle and machine gun fire.
It made me feel a little queasy just walking over it.

There is also a Monument Hall for the battle with information about the Long March. I must admit it felt a little run down, the gardens were untidy and the buildings dirty and after half an hour we were told the electric had been cut and we were thrown out.

Enjoy the photos

JAH Bless

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