Fujian and Zhejiang step up protection and renovation efforts to preserve wooden-roofed arch bridges

Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2019 shows the Nan'an Bridge, a wooden-roofed arch bridge, in Shuangxi Town of Pingnan County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Roofed arch bridges have some of the most intricate architectural structures in Chinese wooden bridge building. Most existing Chinese wooden-roofed arch bridges are found in areas on the borders between Fujian and Zhejiang. Authorities in these two provinces have stepped up protection and renovation efforts to preserve their old bridges. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)