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PAGE PAGE 15 Zhanqiao PierHere we are at the Zhanqiao Park, which offers beautiful scenery of vident pines, green grass and well-spaced trees and flowers. The long bridge stretching far into the vast sea is the famous Zhanqiao Pier. Located within the crescent-like Qingdao Bay, 440 meters long and 8 meters wide, the pier looks like a rainbow. On either side of the bridge there stand colorfully decorated lights. At the end of the bridge there is a triangular seawall, in which there stands the Huilan Pavilion. Weathered by a hundred years storm, the Zhanqiao Pier is a well-conceived structure in the architectural history. It not only bridges Qingdao and the outside world, but also bridges the history and the reality. It is taken as the symbol of Qingdao and the witness of the history. In 1891, the government of Qing Dynasty appointed Zhang Gaoyuan, Commander of Dengzhou, to station troops in Qingdao, a small fishing village at that time. Government offices, forts, military camps were built in this village or along the coast, making Qingdao a place of strategic importance in terms of coast defence. In order to facility the transportation of military suppliers, Gong Zhaoyu, an officer of the Northern Navy, ordered building materials to be transported from Lvshun and a simple wooden pier was then built on the coast. It was only 200 meters long and rather plain in appearance, known as the Zhanqiao Pier of the Navy or the Zhanqiao Pier on the Coast. In 1897, Qingdao was invaded and occupied by German. In order to transport military supplies from Europe, the Germans rebuilt the original pier with stone foundation at the northern end and laid light railway on the pier.It was extended to 350 meters long and remained a pier for the purpose of military use. In 1922, Qingdao returned to China. In 1931, Qingdao After liberation, much attention has been paid to the maintenance and protection of the Zhanqiao Pier. At the northern end of the pier, a coastal park known