Canal Park in Tongzhou line of total length of 4600 meters, is a leisure and recreation, education, sports fitness sports, water recreation as an integrated tourist site, is currently the largest urban park Jingdong. According to historical records, Tongzhou has always been Jingdong traffic. Water transport, storage powerhouse. Canal water transport, Goldmine is tied for the Zhouye dynasties as Tongzhou, so Tongzhou with the "Nine Zhouye the upper class is, the six countries of the male throat town" reputation.

The article said some memories, when the north-south fleet, tourists here are intertwined, and flow. Terminals, granary, merchants, wine shop, inn, one should be bothWhole. Culture is also quite strong, Lube College where ru exchanges, a number of incense in the temples continued. Driven up by the Tongzhou Canal and had exceedingly prosperous.

Canal has been declared World Heritage, "the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the world';s longest artificial river, was the only north-south river, which, like the Great Wall of China and the two major works of ancient wonders." The opening of the Grand Canal, the history of a three major cut, the first time was 486 BC, the Han Fuchai the dug ditch. The second time was Emperor in AD 605 to 609 years, re-opened Han ditch and northward. The third is the elementTwo decades towards the Yuan (1283), strong construction, since the formation of scale. Tonghui GuoShouJing chair again opened, so the South can be traced back to the boat Tonghui, direct access to the capital city.

Traffic

Canal Park is located in Tongzhou Canal in Tongzhou District, Beijing City section of New City, Bus: 322,342,728,938 Road branch 4, 938 9 East off Bridge Bus Station; Metro Line 1 322 Transfer Station four Hui Dongguan Bridge Bus Station; subway station, take Line 1 9 International Trade38 9 East off Bridge Bus Station; Beijing Metro Line 2 station, take bus 938 4 East off the bridge station.

Taxis and car: drive east from the DABEIYAO International Trade, Beijing to pass Expressway, running 13.4 km, direction Baliqiao Tongzhou toll exit, continue eastward to the forefront of Xinhua Avenue after traveling 2.4 km, along the East off the bridge the direction of travel 1.2 km, turn around and drive 1 km away.

Note: Keep the audience from the car park at the south side of East Bridge off the Olympic Park.

Tickets

Admission is free.

Hours: 5:00-22: 00.