Aerial view of Chinese women displaying cheongsams on the Lucky Knot pedestrian bridge in Changsha city, central China's Hunan province, on October 23, 2016. (Imaginechina via AP Images)
China is no stranger to spectacular, eye-catching architecture, but a new pedestrian bridge in Changsha, located in Hunan Province, is turning heads and bringing visitors (while looping them up and down) to a newly heralded lake district.
The Lucky Knot bridge, which opened to the public last week, features 606-feet long undulating pedestrian pathways, inspired by the principle of the Mobius ring and traditional Chinese knotting art, where knots symbolize luck and prosperity.
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Designed by NEXT architects, the bridge spans the Dragon King Harbour River, connecting visitors to two parks and offering stunning, panoramic views of the river, Meixi Lake, the surrounding mountain rainge, and the booming mega-city of Changsha itself. The bridge connects multiple levels at different heights (the river banks, the road, the higher-placed park as well as the interconnections between them), according to NEXT.
"The Lucky Knot is ," NEXT architects Beijing partner Jiang Xiaofei said in it the firm's website. "Its success lays in bringing cultures together, and in the fusion of history, technology, art, innovation, architecture and spectacle."
Already attracting tourists and visitors from all over, the Lucky Knot bridge is also set to become one of China's iconic landmarks. The bridge will feature an LED light show, which will spotlight its magnificent design and make it a public art space, as well.