Grand Canal in Hangzhou & Gongchen Bridge 京杭大运河杭州段Jīngháng Dàyùnhé Hángzhōu Duàn

About Grand Canal in Hangzhou & Gongchen Bridge

The southern end of the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal, part of the Grand Canal World Heritage Site since 2014, runs through northern Hangzhou, and its landmark is Gongchen Bridge, a three-arch stone bridge 92 m long first built in 1631 and rebuilt in 1885. Around the bridge are the canal-side streets of the Qiaoxi historic quarter and the Grand Canal Museum on Canal Culture Square. Further south along the canal stands Fuyi Granary, built in 1880–84 to store tribute grain and now Hangzhou's only surviving canal granary.

How to get to Grand Canal in Hangzhou & Gongchen Bridge

In Gongshu District about 8 km north of West Lake, a short walk from Gongchenqiao East station on Metro Line 5; Fuyi Granary is about 3 km south along the canal.

Nearby

• West Lake 西湖 under 10 km
  The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like
• Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 under 10 km
  A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
• Wuzhen Water Town 乌镇 60 km
  Stone bridges and lantern-lit canals in a water town that's best after dark

Also within 20 km: Baochu Pagoda 保俶塔 (under 10 km), Sutra Pillar of Longxing Temple 龙兴寺经幢 (under 10 km), West Lake Expo Museum 西湖博览会博物馆 (under 10 km), 1954 Constitution Drafting Site 五四宪法历史资料陈列馆 (under 10 km), Yue Fei Temple and Tomb 岳王庙 (under 10 km), Wenlan Pavilion 文澜阁 (under 10 km).

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