Legend of Marco Polo Bridge

Fengtai District, Beijing
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The content of the Marco Polo Bridge legend is very rich, mainly including the construction of the Marco Polo Bridge, the lions on the Marco Polo Bridge, the dragon-slaying sword on the Marco Polo Bridge pier, the Marco Polo Bridge Dawn Moon, the Marco Polo Bridge and Wanping City, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, etc. The earliest record of the Marco Polo Bridge legend is now difficult to find, but articles about the Marco Polo Bridge legend were published in newspapers and periodicals during the Republic of China period. The "Marco Polo Bridge Incident" that broke out in 1937 made the Marco Polo Bridge famous all over the world. The legends about the Marco Polo Bridge are scattered in various materials such as local chronicles. The legends that have been preliminarily sorted out are recorded in the albums "Marco Polo Dawn Moon" and "The Legend of Marco Polo Bridge". The Marco Polo Bridge legend has a long history and its dissemination area is very wide. It not only spreads throughout Wanping, radiates throughout the country, and even spreads to Southeast Asian countries such as South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Chinese communities around the world. Like the historical value and scientific value of the Marco Polo Bridge itself, the Marco Polo Bridge legend also has high literary value, humanistic value, and historical value.

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