Yangzhou ancient canal

Yangzhou ancient canal

Yangzhou section of the ancient canal is the oldest section in the whole canal. At present, the canal in Yangzhou mostly coincides with the route of guhangou more than 2000 years ago, and completely coincides with the canal excavated by Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty. The total length of the canal from Guazhou to BAOYING is 125 km. Among them, the Yangzhou urban section of the ancient canal is about 30 kilometers long from Guazhou to Wantou, forming the famous "three bays of Yangzhou". This section of the canal is the oldest, with many historical sites and cultural landscapes.

Development of tourist routes

The development history of Yangzhou canal is almost the development history of ancient Yangzhou.

The canal nurtures Yangzhou and is the "root" of Yangzhou. As a "canal city", Yangzhou should vigorously develop and utilize the canal cultural resources in the new century. Through tourism, the ancient canal culture can make positive contributions to Yangzhou's economic development and social progress.

Along this section of the canal, there are four famous places of religious activities in the world: Qionghua Temple (Taoism in the Western Han Dynasty), GaoMin Temple (Buddhism in the Sui Dynasty), puharding cemetery (Islam in the Song Dynasty) and Catholic Church (Catholicism in the Qing Dynasty), shuidoumen, longshouguan (chaoguan), Dongguan ancient Ferry (shuangwengcheng) and guwantou gate, which reflect the ancient port, water conservancy and city building of Yangzhou There are relics left by ancient emperors visiting Yangzhou, such as Guchun garden in Guazhou, Royal Garden in Gaomin temple and longyi nunnery; Yangzhou Salt Merchants' residential community reflecting "the prince of Fubi" - Geyuan, a national key cultural relic protection unit, and Wang's small garden; and Wenfeng tower, the departure place of Jianzhen Dahe and Shangdong crossing Japan in Tang Dynasty.

On the canal line, a large number of famous poems and essays by famous writers of all ages were left: "my old friend left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and fireworks went down to Yangzhou in March" (Li Bai); "Liao and Sai Hong passed through Chu Ze, and shallow and deep mangroves saw Yangzhou" (Li Shen); "the spring breeze is ten li, and it's better to roll up the Pearl curtain on Yangzhou road" (Du Mu); "Yangzhou is the third moon night in the world, and the second rogue is Yangzhou" (Xu Ning)“ Thousands of sails pass by the side of the sunken boat, and thousands of trees spring in front of the diseased tree (Liu Yuxi); "the building boat passes through Guazhou in the snow at night, and the iron horse passes away in the autumn wind" (Lu You); "the spring wind is green on the South Bank of the river, and when will the moon shine on me" (Wang Anshi) wait. These famous lines from ancient times describe the glorious era of "song Blowing boiling sky" and prosperity in ancient Yangzhou, which all come down in one continuous line with the canal. On the shoreline of the canal, Yangzhou is closely related to the rise and fall of the canal!

The cultural connotation of Yangzhou ancient canal is known and understood by more and more people with insight. Yangzhou Tourism Bureau has put forward the idea and planning of golden tourism route of Yangzhou ancient canal. Industry insiders believe that the Yangzhou section of the ancient canal is 30 kilometers long from Guazhou to Wantou. There are dozens of scenic spots along the coast, and its tourism value is very high. It integrates the Yangtze River and the canal, natural and artificial, history and reality, economy and culture, new and old lines, cities and villages, and forms a colorful, colorful, scenic and rich tourism route. What's more amazing is that as a newly developed tourist line, it echoes and connects with the Yangtze River style tourist line. When you get on the boat from Guazhou, an ancient town at the junction of the Yangtze River and the canal, and change the boat from the ancient canal to Dongguan ancient ferry, you can naturally connect with Qianlong water tourist line, which has been formed for many years in our city. This completely makes the article of "water" and highlights the ancient city Yangzhou In history, the characteristic of "less cars and horses than boats" makes tourists feel "water" economy, "water" culture and "water" lifestyle.

The ancients said: the wise enjoy water. Water is the source of human life. It breeds everything in the world, enriches the history of human civilization, enriches the tradition and realistic culture of human society, and affects the ideology of human society. This tourist line is a complete combination of history, culture and water, and shows its unique value. For example, when you travel from the south to the north, from the surging Yangtze River to the wide and calm Grand Canal, you can see the shadow of ancient temples and pagodas on the West Bank of the canal, the graceful willows, the small bridge ferry with the characteristics of water town, the farmhouses under the shade of Metasequoia and bamboo, the slim paths like sheep intestines, the windmills circling with the wind, the fleet breaking the waves, and maybe you can see the bumps on the top Small fishing boats in the big river, as well as the Osprey that scuba up and down to catch fish from time to time. If in the morning, facing the water scenery in front of us, who would not think of the Song Dynasty poet Liu Yong's good sentence: "willow shore, dawn and waning moon", it is really interesting. In this historical corridor, people slowly look and taste, enter Yangzhou, read Yangzhou and feel Yangzhou. When you come to the "Dongguan ancient ferry", you change into a boat and walk along the "Qianlong water tourism line" to Shugang Slender West Lake scenic spot to enjoy the beautiful spring. From time to time, the beautiful scenes appear in front of tourists and win their heartfelt admiration, "beautiful Yangzhou", "beautiful Yangzhou"; and from north to south, it is a realm. The beautiful scenery and beautiful ancient city gradually go away on the wider and wider water surface. Facing the rolling East River and the winding green mountains, who can't feel the power of nature, The vicissitudes of history, and left in people's memory only that legendary culture and unique beautiful scenery.

In Sanwan, Yangzhou, the river course is tortuous. In order to eliminate the height difference of the ground and keep the water level of the canal smooth, the excavators of the canal extended the river course to reduce the slope, so they excavated this section of the canal in a tortuous way. This method is an outstanding creation of ancient Chinese river workers. It's not right to say that the purpose of the twists and turns in the past is not to destroy Yangzhou Fengshui. From the perspective of tourism aesthetics, the Sanwan section of the ancient canal will be a big selling point on the ancient canal tourism line because of its curve, which gives people a special and unpredictable perspective space.

Guazhou ancient ferry scenic spot should be launched as soon as possible. Guazhou is located at the intersection of the ancient canal and the Yangtze River, in the southwest of Yangzhou, across from Zhenjiang River, and "a water between Guazhou and Jingkou" (Wang Anshi, Song Dynasty). Guazhou was first located in the middle of the river, surrounded by water on all sides, and then silted up. It was connected with the land, so it was named because it was shaped like a melon. Guazhou has always been the gateway of Yangzhou, which began in Jin Dynasty and flourished in Tang Dynasty. Its popularity in history is second only to Yangzhou. The ancients thought: "although Guazhou is a bullet, it looks at the mouth of the capital, connects Jiankang, borders the sea, borders the river, and is the throat of seven provinces..." It is known as "the most powerful town in Jianghuai River" and "Millennium ancient ferry". Since the end of Tang Dynasty, there have been city fortresses in Guazhou. In the fourth year of Qiandao in the Southern Song Dynasty, the city began to be built. In the Ming Dynasty, the circumference of Guazhou was 1543 zhang9 feet, and its height was 2 zhang1 feet. Outside the east gate of Guazhou city is another "ghost willow city". In the Yuan Dynasty, the provincial office was set up here. In the Ming Dynasty, the Tongzhi office was set up. In the Qing Dynasty, the inspection office, the water transport office and the Dudu office were set up. Guazhou has been a gathering place of scholars from Tang Dynasty to modern times. Li Bai and Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty, Wang Anshi and Lu You in the Song Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong in the Ming Dynasty and Zheng Banqiao in the Qing Dynasty have all been searching for success in Guazhou and left a large number of poems about Guazhou. Guazhou is also a must for many politicians and Chinese and foreign travelers in the past dynasties. Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited Guazhou six times during their southern tours, and set up a palace in Jinchun garden. The imperial stele that Emperor Qianlong once praised Jinchun garden and wrote poems is still well preserved. Master Jianzhen, the friendship envoy of the Chinese and Japanese people and the eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty, arrived in Japan, where he built ships, bought ships, boarded ships and stored grain. Marco Polo, an outstanding Italian traveler, also visited Guazhou. In the first chapter of the second volume of Marco Polo's travels, entitled Guazhou City, he described the geographical location and historical role of Guazhou in detail. The legend that Du Shiniang angrily sank the treasure chest has put a magic veil on this ancient town. In ancient times, as a north-south transportation hub, Guazhou had a strong flow of people and logistics, and the place was rich. There were dozens of large-scale buildings, private houses, gardens, temples, buildings, pavilions, halls, etc. in the city. For example, louting includes Daguanlou built in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, Fengxue Daguanlou described in Cao Xueqin's dream of Red Mansions, Jianghuai Shenggu Lou built in Zhengtong period of Ming Dynasty, tide watching Pavilion, Jiangfeng Shanyue Pavilion, Qujiang Pavilion, etc. In addition, there are ten famous sceneries in ancient Guazhou, namely stone bridge stepping on the moon, night rain in Tianchi, river tower reading Wu, Cao Jian Chengfeng, Dongcheng Liuan, Taowu Zaoying, luting Xinyan, xueshui fishing boat, jinshantadeng, Yinling Qinglan. In April 1949, our people's Liberation Army made a leap from here to the south of the Yangtze River, and the North bridgehead of Runyang Yangtze River Highway Bridge under construction settled in Guazhou. The unique landscape makes Guazhou a tourist attraction in history.

The construction of Guazhou ancient ferry scenic spot should take the ancient canal as the main line, the reappearance of Guazhou ancient culture as the entrance, and the natural scenery of the Yangtze River and the idyllic scenery of the riverside as the background, so as to form a unique landscape with the connection of rivers. All the people and things connected with Guazhou should be explained by stone inscriptions on the original site, including the legendary "Du Shiniang angrily sank the treasure chest" and the real "people's Liberation Army crossing the river" to highlight the history and culture of Guazhou. In addition, we can consider the construction of scenic spots such as the ancient canal scenic belt, Guazhou gate garden forest area, Jiangkou island and Jinchun garden scenic area, Jiangbin bathing resort leisure resort, Jiangkou ancient street folk custom area, reed garden, modern agricultural sightseeing area, Runyang Bridge North qiaotoubao theme park, among which Jiangkou Island and Jinchun garden scenic area is the focus of all scenic spots. The scenic area is mainly built with the ancient Yellow Crane Tower, Yueyang Tower, Tengwang Pavilion, Xunyang tower, Guazhou Grand View tower, known as "the first building in Jiangbei", and Jinchun garden, the "Palace" in Guazhou during Kangxi and Qianlong's southern tour