Ancient Towpath

Go out for autumn and enjoy the healing hike on the ancient water trail Deep love for Jiangnan. Shaoxing Ancient Fiber, a Solitary Cultural Relic in the World The Dao is an exquisite sample of the Jiangnan water town culture and a great wonder in the history of China's Grand Canal. The ruins of the ancient towpath located in the Shaoxing section of the East Zhejiang Grand Canal was an important waterway for ancient people to sail and carry towpaths, and also a safe haven for passing ships to avoid wind and waves. The ancient towpath that winds along the ancient canal runs through the entire Shaoxing from east to west. Only a part of it remains now. Compared with Ningbo and other places, the ancient towpath of Shaoxing is the most intact. From time to time, there are stone beam bridges or stone arch bridges across the canal on the ancient towpath. When sailing on the canal, the boat is like a painting and people are like a mirror. Therefore, the ancients had a poem, "The long white jade embankment, the small painted boat with black sails". With only ten words, the beauty of Shaoxing's water town comes to life. The mirror-like water is calm and still thanks to the wind; the beauty of the water town is inseparable from its ancient bridges. Taiping Bridge Park (Shaoxing Ancient Bridge Exhibition Hall) beside the ancient towpath interprets the essence of the Jiangnan water village style with the beauty of various ancient bridges and garden architecture. Taiping Bridge is a typical representative of Zhejiang's cultural relics protection units. Taiping Bridge is composed of a semicircular arch bridge and a nine-arch high and low stone beam bridge. It spans the canal and the ancient towpath. It is the essence of the bridge culture of the Ningshao Plain and forms a unique landscape. As a leisure parent-child hiking route, the ancient towpath gives people a beautiful enjoyment. The road, bridge, water, boat and garden are all integrated into one, forming a wonderful landscape painting. Walking on the towpath is like walking in a painting.