Qingming Bridge
Ming dynasty.
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Wuxi's loveliest stretch of the Grand Canal, a historic quarter of about 18.78 hectares on both banks of the old canal, nicknamed «the water lane of the lower Yangtze»; since 2014 it has been part of the Grand Canal World Heritage Site. Its emblem is the arched stone Qingming Bridge of the Ming dynasty, crossing the canal between white houses with black roofs that lean over the water; on the bank runs long Nanchang Street, an official post road since the Song, with remains of old brick kilns nearby and the Bodu Canal, counted among the oldest dug canals in China. Today the street is lined with cafés, craft shops and snack stalls, pleasure boats glide along the canal, and in the evening the quarter becomes a scene of lanterns reflected in the water. The quarter is free and always open, with boat rides paid separately, per visitor guides. The best time is after sunset, when the houses and the bridge light up over the canal.
Ming dynasty.
An old post road.
Among the lanterns.
Nanchang Street, Liangxi District, south-central Wuxi
Near the Wuxi Mosque on Jiefang South Road, about 2 km northwest of Qingming Bridge, an Arab-style mosque rebuilt in 1999, with restaurants run by Hui Muslims around it, per visitor guides.