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The Lugou Bridge started to be built in 1189 and was completed three years later. This 11-arch stone bridge is 266.5 metres long and 7.5 metres wide. The balustrades are adorned with carved lions of different sizes and postures. There is a saying in Beijing that “The lions on the Lugou Bridge are too numerous to count”. In fact, there were 485 lions altogether according to a 1962 count. In 1979 one more was discovered in the river, bringing the total number to 486. These stone lions are of great artistic value. On one of the balusters at the southeast end of the bridge sits a lion with an ear pricked up, as if listening intently to the sounds of the water underneath and the conversation of the people passing by.