On October 20th, the "Millennium Canal Journey" and "Famous Photographer" collection activities entered Jiaxing, Zhejiang.
The event was organized by the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal People’s Government, the Information Office of the Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government, the Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government, China News Service, and the World Canal Historical and Cultural City Cooperation Organization. Famous photographers were invited to form a collection team, which lasted 7 days. Departing from Beijing, passing through Zaozhuang, Shandong, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, and ending in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal surrounds Jiaxing City, forming a unique urban landscape of "the canal embraces the city and the eight waters converge", and also establishes Jiaxing's status as an ancient canal city of "left-hang-right-su, north-south thoroughfare".
Its network of river systems has remained unblocked so far, playing important roles in transportation, flood discharge, irrigation, and water conveyance. It is the "mother river" that nurtures Jiaxing.
The picture shows the transport ship passing the Changhong Bridge in the Jiaxing section of the canal on October 20.
(UAV photo) Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
Release time: 2021-10-21 10:39:06 [Edit: Zhai Lu]