Wuxi, with the Yangtze river to the north and taihu lake to the south, is a famous national historical and cultural city, as well as a landscape city with beautiful scenery and suitable for living and traveling in jiangnan region. It is known as "the pearl of taihu lake" and "the land of fish and rice".Qingming bridge ancient canal scenic area is located in the southern end of the old city of wuxi, with the ancient canal as the central axis and qingming bridge as the core. It starts from nanzen temple in the north, daffodils monastery in the south, wangyuanji pot factory in the east and dingsheng river in the west.The block has the most essential section of the ancient canal with a history of more than 2,000 years. It gathers the rich historical relics and cultural landscapes of ancient kilns, temples, temples, pagodas, streets, alleys, Bridges and wharves in the Ming and qing dynasties. Therefore, it is honored as the "living canal museum".Today, in the round trip of 5.2km water journey, we will visit the most beautiful scenery of wuxi ancient canal, enjoy the profound history and culture of the millennium ancient canal in wuxi.

Speaking of the grand canal, we are familiar with, it is one of the world, the largest and earliest artificial canal was dug 2700 km from north to south across Beijing, tianjin, hebei, shandong, henan, anhui, jiangsu, zhejiang eight provinces and cities, the communication of the Yellow River, haihe river, huaihe river, the Yangtze river, the qiantang river five water system, is China's ancient north-south traffic artery, with the Great Wall is regarded as the ancient two great engineering miracle.On June 22, 2014, at the 38th world heritage conference of UNESCO, "China grand canal" was approved to be included in the world heritage list, and wuxi qingmingqiao ancient canal, because of its most complete preservation, became the demonstration section of China grand canal on the world heritage list and was honored as "the place where the canal is out of publication".

Wuxi ancient canal is the section of the Chinese grand canal through the city.It is connected with the Yangtze river in the north and taihu lake in the south. Wuxi calls it the mother river.Since the beginning of the canal, the ancestors of wuxi lived near the river, lived on the river, and set up the city because of the river. It is the ancient canal that makes wuxi prosperous and prosperous, and witnesses the historical changes of this important town in the south of the Yangtze river.