China Grand Canal Museum slated for opening soon

The China Grand Canal Museum is scheduled for opening on June 16 in Yangzhou city, east China’s Jiangsu province in concurrence with the Grand Canal Cultural Development Forum. JSBC has the story.

The China Grand Canal Museum gives the answers to such questions as why the Grand Canal was dug and what changes has the Grand Canal brought to China's development.

The largest exhibit in the museum is a section of the old Bianhe river, excavated near Kaifeng city of central China’s Henan province.

The 27-ton Southern Song Dynasty brick and tile kiln tells of the close connection between the canal and the lives of the people on its banks.

The 7.5-meter-long flood control sword and bronze bull in Yanzhou Prefecture witnessed the ancient people’s engagement of the canal.

The 55-ton Tang Dynasty ship-shaped brick chamber tomb was so large that the staff demolished a wall to move it to the hall.

The Grand Canal Museum of China will offer online appointment-based visit through its official wechat account when it opens to visitors on June 16.

With a history of more than 2,500 years, the Grand Canal is the world's longest man-made waterway and stretches from Beijing to Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province.