Ruishui Chanyedaoru, Meishan Township, Meishan Taiwan

No.5, Xiakengzi, Taiping Village Taiping Suspension Bridge service center, Meishan 603 Taiwan

The Taiping Suspension Bridge stretches 281 meters at the wind gap at the end of Wulianfeng (Five Peaks), 1,000 meters above sea level. Because of topographic, geologic, and positional limitations, the bridge is not symmetrical in either its north-south (main cable) or east-west (wind-resistance system) dimension. These conditions, plus the double-tower design at the north end of the bridge, made its construction highly difficult. All the cables were domestically made, and this is the first pedestrian suspension bridge in Taiwan for which wind-tunnel testing was carried out. It can withstand gusts of up to force 16. The bridge’s 22.8-meter north tower rises above the ridge of Mt. Taiping; the south tower, a mere five meters tall, is sunk into the flank of Mt. Guibei. The north tower is like the uplifted head of a dragon that brings good fortune to the village. The bridge itself forms the body of the dragon, and the tail of the dragon is the south tower sunk in Mt. Guibei.

No. 10, Ruili Vil., Meishan 603 Taiwan