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Ancient Towpath, Keqiao 古纤道Gǔ Qiàndào
National heritage site · Shaoxing, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shaoxing
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Ancient Towpath, Keqiao
A stone towpath along the Eastern Zhejiang Canal from which boats were hauled by men on foot, first worn along the banks after the canal was dug in the Western Jin and rebuilt in stone in the Hongzhi reign of the Ming (1488–1505). The protected 7.5 km stretch runs from Banqiao in Qianqing to Shangxie bridge in Keqiao, partly along the bank and partly as a causeway out in the water, with bridges at intervals to let boats through, which earned it the name 'white jade dyke'.
How to get to Ancient Towpath, Keqiao
Along the canal in western Keqiao, about 15 km west of Shaoxing's old city; the stretch by Taiping bridge, about 3.5 km west of central Keqiao, is the easiest to reach by road.
Nearby
- West Lake 西湖 30 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 40 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Oriental Neverland (Kuwan Town) 东方山水乐园 (under 10 km), Qiaobo Ice and Snow World 乔波冰雪世界 (under 10 km), Keyan Scenic Area 柯岩 (under 10 km), Anchang Ancient Town 安昌古镇 (under 10 km), Daxianglin and Doushuaitian 大香林·兜率天 (under 10 km), Angsang Lake Causeway 昂桑湖避塘 (under 10 km).
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