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Title
Summer Haze
Artist
Studio Yuki
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This photograph was taken on my birthday in Hoi An, Vietnam in 2009. It was such a wonderful day.. I forgot the exact story, but the memories remain forever. This is what I found on the internet about this bridge. I love the story as much as I love the bridge!
No one is quite sure of the exact age of this bridge, but it was probably constructed in the early years of the Edo Shogunate (the early 17th century). The covered bridge, also known as the Pagoda Bridge (Chua Cau), was built by Japanese craftsmen who were part of a larger community of Japanese merchants active in Hoi-An.
The bridge doubles as a temple, with shrines to several deities located inside. One theory of the bridge's religious purpose is that it was built to subdue a world-spanning 'mamazu' dragon monster, whose head was located in India and its tail in Japan. The movement of the tail was believed to cause earthquakes in Japan. As Vietnam was located in the area of the mamazu's back, the bridge was intended to pin the mamazu down, thus preventing any earthquakes.
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March 18th, 2012
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