Canal Bay, Canal Sink, Canal Park...... Many Internet celebrity check-in points along the canal are transformed from old factories and old grain depots, which have both industrial style, a sense of age and a fashionable atmosphere.
From June 24th to 27th, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the People's Daily, and the Cyberspace Commission of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee sponsored the "Why China, Carrying the Thousands of Autumns" online theme publicity activity into the Changzhou Grand Canal Industrial Heritage Exhibition Hall, Suqian Middle Canal Old Grain Depot Cultural and Creative Industry Park, Wuxi Canal Art Park, Canal Hui and other new cultural and tourism landmarks.
Changzhou: Old factory turned into a "new wharf" for cultural tourism
China's first generation of train-making equipment, textile machinery in the 50s of the 20th century, 280 single-cylinder diesel engines in the 70s of the 20th century...... Walking into the Changzhou Grand Canal Industrial Site Exhibition Hall, the rich old photos and old objects witness the glory of this "industrial star city" and tell the century-old industrial changes of Changzhou. This exhibition hall with the theme of the industrial heritage of the Grand Canal is located in the south factory area of CRRC Qishuyan Locomotive Co., Ltd.
A number of national industrial enterprises such as Qiji Factory, Hengyuan Chang Factory, and Daming Yarn Factory have all risen from both sides of the canal. With the development of the times, the old industrial enterprises began to transform. On the basis of the original No. 5 Woolen Textile Factory, Changzhou has transformed the Canal No. 5 Creative District with a unique atmosphere, focusing on the three themes of canal culture, industrial heritage and creative industry, turning the "old factory by the ancient canal" into a "new cultural wharf in Changzhou", and becoming a "check-in point" for citizens and tourists for leisure tourism.
Zhang Zhong, senior technician and senior engineer of CRRC Group, is a national model worker and winner of the China Skills Award, who has worked for 40 years and has participated in the testing and manufacturing of various new locomotives of the company. "I was born by the canal and grew up drinking canal water. For 40 years, I have walked about 12 kilometers along the canal every day to get to work. From the beginning of the cycle to work, to now the car to commute, enjoy the view of the canal along the way. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has changed so much, and now the scenery is very beautiful. I have witnessed the transformation of this area from a traditional industrial center to a modern area with a beautiful ecological environment and a thriving urban culture. These changes have also brought more convenience and joy to the lives of citizens. ”
Wuxi: Facing the canal, there are seats for leisure and coolness
Want to have a drink facing the canal? In Wuxi's Canal Art Park, such a bar is arranged. In the evening and at night, the place is almost full.
Located at the intersection of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the ancient canal, the Canal Art Park is the starting point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passing through Wuxi City, and is also an important distribution center for Wuxi's rice market and grain and oil storage, transportation and processing in history. The bar is the best viewing platform in the park, with a view of the boats and the ancient tower in the distance.
The Canal Park is a comprehensive open urban cultural park integrating rice industry culture, canal culture, sports culture, ecological greening, tourism and leisure. The cultural heritage has been revitalized, and the rice warehouse light and shadow show, the "rice small grain" cultural IP, the white marble corridor, the metaverse corridor, etc., can be seen, heard, and touched by the culture of Caoyun Wharf, the culture of rice and rice market, the food culture of rice and soup, and the culture of water.
Separated from the Canal Art Park by five or six kilometers, Qingming Bridge is known as "the out-of-print place of the canal, the water alley in the south of the Yangtze River". On the banks of the ancient canal, the "Canal Hui" block has been open for a year. Its predecessor was Wuxi Iron and Steel Plant. In the reinforced concrete skeleton of the old factory, elements such as art exhibitions, pioneer markets, water curtain light shows, music performances, and pet exhibitions are injected into the old factory, and the industrial style meets the water charm of the south of the Yangtze River.
Suqian: The old grain depot no longer stores grain, but is exclusively for spiritual food
On the afternoon of June 24th, walking into the Cultural and Creative Industrial Park of the Old Grain Depot of the Middle Canal, a cordial welcome message was written on the old water tower of the landscape: "I am waiting for you in Jiuku." "In the No. 2 grain depot converted into a cultural and creative bookstore, a small reading sharing meeting is underway; The Canal Bookstore is performing traditional opera programs; The Water Art Museum is holding a photo exhibition of "Millennium Canal, Beautiful Suqian...... Each event appealed to audiences of different ages and interests. When night falls, Suqian's "Canal Jiuku Sleepless City" is crowded with people, and the open-air concerts on the square attract many residents and tourists who take a stroll.
In this canal-side cultural and creative industrial park, rows of red brick houses are very conspicuous, which is an old grain depot built in the 70s of the last century, which played an important role in the storage and transportation of grain. With the development of society, the old grain depot gradually faded out of the historical stage, and once became a garbage dump.
In 2021, Suyu District, Suqian City, will carry out a comprehensive transformation of the old grain depot to create a cultural and creative industrial park integrating cultural inheritance, leisure tourism, and exquisite commerce. Cultural and creative bookstores, art galleries, homestay hotels, badminton halls, bookstores, livehouse music bars...... "old granary" no longer stores grain, but has become a "granary" for people's daily leisure and cultural and tourism life.
Modern Express/Modern + reporter Liu Jingyan/Wen Su Rui/photo
(Part of the map provided by the Internet Information Office of the Changzhou, Wuxi and Suqian Municipal Party Committees)