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Qingming Bridge Historic District 清名桥古运河Qīngmíng Qiáo Gǔ Yùnhé
4A scenic area · Wuxi, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wuxi
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Qingming Bridge Historic District
A stretch of the old Grand Canal south of Wuxi's former city wall, lined with old waterside houses along Nanchang Street and Nanxiatang and crossed by the humpbacked Qingming Bridge, first built in the Ming dynasty and last rebuilt in 1869. Restored from 2007 and reopened in 2011, the district is part of the Grand Canal World Heritage Site; alongside its shops and creative businesses are museums in old industrial buildings, including the China Silk Industry Museum in the former Yongtai silk mill, and the remains of the brick kilns along Dayao Road.
How to get to Qingming Bridge Historic District
In Liangxi district about 2.5 km south-east of central Wuxi; the north end of Nanchang Street is a short walk from Nanchan Temple station on Metro Line 1 (Qingming Bridge station is not near the district).
Nearby
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 40 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block
Also within 20 km: Dayao Road Kiln Sites (Wuxi Kiln Ruins Museum) 大窑路窑群遗址 (under 10 km), Wuxi Museum 无锡博物院 (under 10 km), Nanchan Temple, Wuxi 南禅寺 (under 10 km), Donglin Academy 东林书院 (under 10 km), Xiaolou Lane 小娄巷 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Qin Bangxian (Bo Gu) 秦邦宪旧居 (under 10 km).
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