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Himmelsbrücke

English translation: Bridge of Heaven

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German term or phrase:Himmelsbrücke
English translation:Bridge of Heaven
Entered by: Nancy Arrowsmith

03:54 Dec 15, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Geography / geography
German term or phrase: Himmelsbrücke
I only have this name in German, and not the original. It is a large bridge in Peking, where markets are held. Does anyone know the official English translation?
Nancy Arrowsmith
Local time: 04:20
Bridge of Heaven
Explanation:
This is the standard translation.

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Note added at 2002-12-15 04:06:33 (GMT)
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Bridge of Heaven (Tianqiao)


The bridge, from which this area takes its name, once located near the Tianqiao Department Store, is long gone. Its white marble slabs and carved balustrades were used to span the famous Dragon Beard Ditch (Longxugou). Ming and Qing emperors had to cross it on their way to the Temple of Heaven, thus giving the bridge its name.

More than 600 years ago in the Yuan Dynasty a high stone bridge

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Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 04:20
Grading comment
Thank you all for your prompt replies. Fred was first, although Ulrike added more information. Sorry I can't give you both points.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3Bridge of Heaven
Dr. Fred Thomson
5Cloud bridge
Hoggelen (X)
4Heavenly Bridge
Teresa Reinhardt
4Bridge of Heaven (Tianqiao)
Ulrike Lieder (X)


  

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Bridge of Heaven


Explanation:
This is the standard translation.

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Note added at 2002-12-15 04:06:33 (GMT)
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Bridge of Heaven (Tianqiao)


The bridge, from which this area takes its name, once located near the Tianqiao Department Store, is long gone. Its white marble slabs and carved balustrades were used to span the famous Dragon Beard Ditch (Longxugou). Ming and Qing emperors had to cross it on their way to the Temple of Heaven, thus giving the bridge its name.

More than 600 years ago in the Yuan Dynasty a high stone bridge



Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 04:20
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you all for your prompt replies. Fred was first, although Ulrike added more information. Sorry I can't give you both points.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rowan Morrell
13 mins
agree  Chris Rowson (X): For the one in Peking/Beijing it has to be just like this, just as the Temple of Heaven is just so.
20 mins
agree  Ron Stelter
1 day 9 hrs
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Heavenly Bridge


Explanation:
China Through A Lens
... The Longtan Waterfall at Jinggang Mountain, The Five-finger Peak at Jinggang
Mountain, The Heavenly Bridge at Lushan Mountain, Dragon and Tiger Mountain. ...
www.china.org.cn/features/photos/jiangxi/jiangxi.htm - 27k -

Teresa Reinhardt
United States
Local time: 03:20
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Cloud bridge


Explanation:
Starting from the Halfway Gate to Heaven and passing Cloud Bridge (Yunqiao) Waterfall
and ... round either by tour bus or by rail (the Beijing- Shanghai Railway ...
www.china.org.cn/english/travel/41772.htm

Hoggelen (X)
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Bridge of Heaven (Tianqiao)


Explanation:
cf.
The bridge, from which this area takes its name, once located near the Tianqiao Department Store, is long gone. Its white marble slabs and carved balustrades were used to span the famous Dragon Beard Ditch (Longxugou). Ming and Qing emperors had to cross it on their way to the Temple of Heaven, thus giving the bridge its name.

More than 600 years ago in the Yuan Dynasty a high stone bridge was built across the river here. To the west was a wall around the Altar to the God of Agriculture, nearby a pavilion. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, the river which had been filled in during the Ming Dynasty was redredged and rows of willows planted along its banks. The river was filled with red lotuses to create a landscape reminiscent of southern China. As the number of visitors to the district increased, so did the number of shops that served them, and before long the area north of the bridge became known for its wine shops and teahouses.


Emperor Guangxu had the river filled in when the road running between Zhengyangmen Gate and

Yongdingmen Gate (Gate of Eternal Stability) was built. The bridge was demolished and the stone balusters later removed when the road was widened. From then on, only the name remained.


It was after the Revolution of 1911 that the Tianqiao area developed into a market. In1913, the Northern Warlord government demolished Lotus Lane Market outside Zhengyangmen Gate and shopkeepers set up seven alleys in the area around the former Bridge of Heaven. There were shops specializing in imported goods and watches, establishments of astrologers and fortune ?tellers, story–tellers and variety shows, seconds–hand clothing shops and teahouses where men practiced martial arts. Small theaters proliferated; the most famous of them, such as the Dangui (Orange Osmanthus), Tianle (Heavenly Happiness) and Xiaotaoyuan (Small Peach Garden) remained open for decades. A popular attraction at the Bridge of Heaven was the “Eight Great Strange Performers,?whose colorful stage names were: Cloud Flyer (Yunlifei), Zhang with His Tube, Big Soldier Huang, Spotted Bear, Little Pigtail Wang, Big Tin Teapot, the Sponge, and Big Gold Teeth.

www.china.org.cn/english/features/beijing/30845.htm -

or
... Sets constructed outside the studio in Beijing included the old city's Bridge of Heaven, Guang Ning Gate and adjacent streets, market streets of the inner city ...
entertainmentdesignmag.com/ar/ show_business_dream_china/ -

HTH


Ulrike Lieder (X)
Local time: 03:20
Native speaker of: German

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Chris Rowson (X): The Chinese may like to give the Chinese name, but, in England at least, I think it´s an established translation, without.
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