On Aug. 6, the 900-year-old Wan’an Bridge in Pingnan County, a locality of Ningde City in the coastal Fujian province, was destroyed when it suddenly burst into flames. A national-level protected ...

The inheritance of techniques has long depended on a master's direct and personalized guidance. Spatiotemporal constraints, a scarce and aging workforce, long apprenticeship duration, and the lack of ...

This photo taken on Dec. 10, 2025 shows a wooden bridge in Qingyuan County of Lishui City, east China's Zhejiang Province.

A vivid example can be found in the traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges -- spanning a history of more than one thousand years. First inscribed in 2009 on the List ...

The main span of the Tian’e Longtan Bridge is 600 m long, establishing a new world record for concrete arch bridges. This surpasses the previous record by 155 m, which is equivalent to the cumulative ...