The ancient fiber road stands silently in the water, and the traces of the slender man can be vaguely seen, silently recording a piece of history. Walking on the ancient fiber road, listening to the sound of the motors of the cargo ships in the river, I seemed to see the slender men pulling the ropes, their bodies bent forward extremely, and shouting trumpets in their mouths.
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is from Beijing in the north, to Hangzhou in the south, communicating the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huai River, the Yangtze River, the Qiantang River five major water systems, with a total length of 1,794 kilometers, is one of the two greatest projects in ancient China (the other is the Great Wall), which was chiseled in the Spring and Autumn Period, formed in the Sui Dynasty, and became the water traffic artery running through the north and south in the Yuan Dynasty.
At that time, there were many fiber roads on the Grand Canal, and now there is a certain length of relatively intact fiber roads that are left only in the Wujiang Ancient Canal, which is also the only ancient fiber road in the Grand Canal declared as a world heritage in that year.
To appreciate the ancient fiber road, you can navigate to the Wujiang Canal Ancient fiber road park, which is opposite the Wujiang bus station by the canal, no tickets, free parking.
Wujiang Canal ancient fiber road is Tang Yuanhe five years (810) Suzhou Thorn Shi Wang Zhongshu began to build, the name of Songjiang embankment, Yuan to Zheng six years to rebuild, from the Sanjiang Bridge to the south nine miles, called "nine miles of stone pond". After the construction of Sujia Highway in the 30s of the last century, Shitang Road became a simple fiber road. I feel that I still have a lot of connections with this Wang Zhongshu, and last Sunday I went to Lishu Old Street, next to the Taiping Bridge, there is the "Lixi Thatched Cottage" of his descendants (see "Protection or Development?"). The Difficult Choice in Front of the Last Old Street in Suzhou - Lishu Old Street", there is a picture, his old house has long been destroyed).
The stone strips look solid
It is very smooth, much wider than the two fiber roads in Shaoxing, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is much wider than the Zhedong Canal
The Fiber Road crosses the Canal Bridge
I don't know why the boats in the canal spray water
A canal bridge was built, and real estate across the river developed
Jiuli Stone Pond - the Great Wall on the water in the south of the Yangtze River
Here you can turn into the park next to it, and there is also a parking lot inside
The old canals still function as shipping
The road is to the northernmost point, and there is no water part to go further
The community on the other side of the canal is a bit noisy to live here, and the boats in the canal are non-stop 24 hours a day
Turn around and go south, just now I went north from the North Seven Star Bridge, and now cross the bridge and go south.
Someone cast a net on the bridge to catch fish
I really caught a big carp, which was 3 catties
It's still a long road
Scenic boat by the pond
There are too many aquatic weeds in this generation, which pollutes the water surface and also affects shipping, and the relevant departments are called on to salvage them in time
Standing on the South Seven Star Bridge and looking north
This section is also known as the Sunan Canal
Measured with my feet, the repaired Grand Canal Fiber Road is about 1800 meters long, the stars are moving, time has passed, and the remaining Grand Canal Fiber Road is very rare, especially like the section of Jiuli Stone Pond is still so long, and it is even more precious to basically maintain the original style.
I asked a lot of people, but I haven't been here before, and I feel incredible, such a good place has been left out in the cold. It is said that the Yangzhou Grand Canal Museum can not be about an appointment, in fact, it is all imitations, it is better to go to Wujiang Pingwang Canal Cultural Tourism Zone or come here to see the canal, Suzhou is only 20 kilometers, more than half an hour's drive. However, the canal ancient fiber road is too long, there is no place to shelter from the wind and rain and the sun, it is best to come early and evening on a sunny day, see the sunrise and sunset, and explore the ancient seclusion.