China Grand Canal Museum is decorated with lights at night in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, June 15, 2021. The museum will officially open to the public on June 16. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Bo)
The museum combines elements in the Tang Dynasty (618-906 A.D) to the architecture style.
The Grand Canal, with a total length of 1,776 km, starts from Beijing and runs over provinces to Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province. The King of the State of Wu (495?473 BC) ordered to build a canal called Han Gou (now locates at Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province) 2,500 years ago in the late Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC). Han Gou is also the earliest section of the China Grand Canal with a definite date.
The China Grand Canal Museum turns attractive at night with the decoration of light, June 15, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Bo)
The China Grand Canal Museum turns attractive at night with the decoration of light, June 15, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Bo)
The China Grand Canal Museum turns attractive at night with the decoration of light, June 15, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Bo)
Aerial photo shows the China Grand Canal Museum at night. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Bo)
Aerial photo shows the China Grand Canal Museum at night. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Bo)
