Zhongshan Bridge (Yellow River Iron Bridge)

Snaking more than 5,460 km, the Yellow River also carries a special meaning for the swimmers as it is known as China's mother river. Today, more than 4,000 swimmers will participate in the 1300-meter-long swim and challenge themselves to the waves of the mother river.

Zhaozhou Bridge. China's oldest stone segmental arch bridge, the Zhaozhou Bridge, has spanned the Jiao River for 1,400 years. As the world's first stone segmental arch bridge (its arch is a segment of a circle, as opposed to a complete semicircle), it predates other bridges of its type throughout the world by 800 years ...