Overline Bridge is an over 300m long bridge which is just 20m far from the mountain’s top. But the distance between it and the bottom is more than 300m. Connecting the rock trench to Mosi Tower, the whole bridge is nearly a 75—degree cliff. Its breathtaking extent performs equally with the ThousandFeetBuilding on Hua Mountain. Especially in cloudy days, clouds are just under your feet when you cross the bridge. It is said that about 2600 years ago, Jie Zhitui found an aged guarding a stove in the clouds with a white dragon beside. When Jie Zhitui climbed on the cliff and saw what had happened, the dragon had disappeared. To his surprise, where the white dragon sat became a dangerous plank. So that the aged was Lord Lao Zi and the dragon was his dharma protectors. Afterwards, Emperor Zhao once pitched camps nearby the plank and fought with his enemy. Depending on the advantageous terrain, his army fought repeatedly and won every battle. The Overline Bridge was in bad repair from then on. The new bridge was renovated and extended in 1998.
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