Source: Beijing Daily｜ Author: ｜ Time: 2021-06-27 ｜ Editor: Liu Jia
Original title: The entire Beijing section of the Grand Canal is open to navigation, and the 40-kilometer river is “one trip to the end”
Yesterday morning, the 40 kilometers of the Beijing section of the Grand Canal was officially opened for navigation. Citizens can take a cruise to start a new water tour, enjoy the beautiful scenery of the canal, and experience the charm of the canal culture.
Yesterday morning, the Beijing section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal held a navigating ceremony at Gantang Lock, and the 40-kilometer river ushered in navigation
Navigation ceremony to showcase canal culture
The navigating ceremony with the characteristics of the canal culture was held yesterday morning at Gantang Lock. The non-genetic inheritors of the canal chants showcase the intangible cultural heritage of the canal, and the song “Shipman’s chants” brings the historical memory of ancient canal water transportation to the audience. The original poem recitations performed on-site praised the outstanding characters and deeds in the construction of the general aviation industry, and showed the contemporary style of the builders of the general aviation industry in Beijing. As the first group of tourists, the representatives of the party members of the “Two Excellences and One First” boarded the cruise ship, waved the five-star red flag and sang “There would be no New China without the Communist Party” with the audience.
The navigation of the Beijing section of the Grand Canal is divided into “two steps.” On October 3, 2019, the Tongzhou urban section of the Grand Canal was officially opened to navigation. Tourists can take a cruise on the 11.4 km river from Beiguan Gate to Gantang Gate to enjoy the scenery. After nearly 3 years of construction, the 28.7 kilometers of river from Gantang Ship Lock to the city boundary was opened for tourism and navigation yesterday. Since then, the two sections of the waterway have been officially connected, and citizens can take a cruise on the 40-kilometer river to “swim to the end”.
Three tourist routes have been confirmed
Beijing’s cultural and tourism department is combining the construction of Beijing (Tongzhou) Grand Canal cultural tourism 5A-level scenic spot to improve tourism products. In order to meet the needs of tourists embarking and disembarking and transportation, Tongzhou District cooperated with the operating company’s cruise line setting. On the basis of Pier 1, Pier 2, Water Transport Wharf and Liuyin Wharf along the Grand Canal, two newly built Rulin and Heheyi stations were built. A temporary floating pier. At present, the two terminals are equipped with mobile toilets and temporary parking spaces.
According to Liu Zhenfeng, deputy director of the Water Affairs Bureau of Tongzhou District, according to the location of the terminal and the surrounding conditions of the 40-kilometer channel, according to the model of “one short, one long, and one night sailing”, three recent tourist routes have been determined to meet the needs of the city section of the canal and the classics on both sides of the canal. The demand for scenic water leisure sightseeing and the full experience of the Beijing section. The newly opened long-term route is a slow-travel mode, which can reach Heheyi Wharf. During the voyage, special product display, Grand Canal cultural and creative product sales, and catering are provided.
In the next step, Tongzhou District will continue to improve the night lighting landscape of bridges, and drive the development of tourism resources and products. On the basis of comprehensive consideration of comprehensive factors such as tourism resources, linkage of scenic spots, and restoration of ancient posts, cruise ships will be added in stages on both sides of the canal to improve The surrounding ecological environment provides the general public with a new place for tourism and leisure.
Discounted fare for short routes is RMB 75
The navigation of the Grand Canal is an important achievement of the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei. At present, the Langfang section of the Grand Canal and the Beijing section of the Grand Canal are simultaneously piloted. In June next year, tourists will realize their desire to travel to Hebei by boat and realize the Beijing-Hebei interconnection. In the long term, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei interconnection will also be realized.
Song Jingjing, director of passenger service at the cruise ship operating company Jingyunwen, said that starting from tomorrow, citizens can buy tickets to board the ship. The short route lasts 60 minutes, starting from Pier 2 to the water transport terminal, without stopping in the middle, and the discounted fare is 75 yuan; the long route lasts 400 minutes, from Pier 2 to Heheyi Wharf, without stopping in the middle, tourists can visit on board The new ship locks and other landscapes are offered at a discounted fare of 180 yuan and meals are provided; the night cruise will start from June 28 to July 4, which lasts 60 minutes and lasts for one week.
Citizens can purchase tickets on-site or log in to the WeChat public account of “Canal Olympic Sports Park” to make an appointment.
Create multiple “firsts”
In order to ensure high-quality navigation, the Beijing Water Affairs Bureau is responsible for the implementation of the North Canal comprehensive treatment project and the Gantang Ship Lock and Yulinzhuang Ship Lock construction projects. Xue Wenzheng, director of the Beijing Municipal Water Affairs Construction Management Affairs Center, introduced that during the construction process, the water affairs department dredged the main channel of 28.7 kilometers from the Gantang lock of the North Canal to the city boundary, widened the river channel to 140 to 180 meters, and added The embankment was raised, the risk-avoidance platform, waterfront revetment channel and greenway on the top of the embankment were built, and landscape greening was implemented. It is now in the flood season, and the water affairs department is raising the flood control and drainage standards of the North Canal, and at the same time fully guaranteeing the safety of navigation.
In terms of ship lock construction, in order to ensure the passage of cruise ships, the water affairs department reconstructed the Gantang ship lock and Yulinzhuang ship lock, and added a ship lock on the side of the river for cruise ships to pass through. Both Gantang Ship Lock and Yulinzhuang Ship Lock are dual-line locks, which can pass up to 8 cruise ships in both directions, and can meet the demand of 2.5 million long-term passenger traffic through reasonable dispatch.
Jiao Tongmin, director of the Waterway Transportation Management Office of the Municipal Transportation Committee, said that the navigation of the Grand Canal will create a number of new histories: the first appearance of waterways and shipping in Beijing; the first appearance of the operation and management of navigable buildings such as ship locks; the first appearance Intra-city waterway transportation; after connecting with Langfang City, Hebei Province next year, inter-provincial waterway transportation will appear for the first time.
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