The development of the ancient canal tourist line Yangzhou section of the ancient canal is 30 kilometers long from Guazhou to Wantou. There are dozens of scenic spots along the coast with high tourism value. It combines the Yangtze River and canals, nature and man-made, history and reality, economy and culture, old and new routes, cities and villages, forming a colorful, amorous feelings, different scenery and rich connotation tourist route. What is even more amazing is that as a newly developed tourist line, it echoes and connects with the Yangtze River amorous feelings tourist line. Boating from Guazhou, an ancient town where the Yangtze River meets the canal, and transferring to Gudu, Dongguan via the ancient canal can naturally connect with the Ganlong water tourism line formed by our city for many years. This has fully completed the article on "water", highlighted the characteristics of "fewer chariots and horses than boats" in the history of the ancient city of Yangzhou, and made tourists feel something.
Yangzhou Sanwan River has twists and turns. At the beginning, in order to eliminate the ground elevation difference and keep the water level of the canal flat, the canal digger adopted the method of extending the river course and reducing the slope, so the canal was dug in a zigzag shape. This method is an outstanding creation of ancient river workers in China. It is wrong to say that winding the past is not to destroy Yangzhou Feng Shui. From the perspective of tourism aesthetics, the Sanwan section of the ancient canal gives people a special and unpredictable perspective space because of its bend, which will be a big selling point on the ancient canal tourism line.
One of the key points of Yangzhou ancient canal tourism line is the salt merchant cultural group scenic spot. Yangzhou salt merchants, not only along the ancient canal stretching thousands of miles, but also in the history of China, are a unique phenomenon. Its particularity makes us have to talk about salt merchants when talking about Yangzhou; As long as you talk about salt merchants, you can't leave Yangzhou to talk about salt merchants. Yangzhou gave birth to salt merchants, who also left a very rich historical and cultural heritage for Yangzhou.
The development of tourist routes of the ancient canal should not only highlight the history and culture, let people reproduce the past glory in the long corridor of history, but also reflect the landscape of modern civilization, let more tourists see the great changes of the canal in the new society and the new pioneering work of human beings in using nature, and integrate ancient culture with modern civilization.
The ancient canal of South-to-North Water Transfer Project is a great wealth left by our predecessors. Although its transportation function is not so important compared with its heyday in history, its water conservancy function will be fully exerted and utilized in the new century.
The ancient canal has become the channel of the contemporary South-to-North Water Diversion Project, which has greatly played its historical role, activated its cultural heritage and improved its cultural taste. Yangzhou is facing new historical opportunities. It is necessary to combine the South-to-North Water Transfer Project with the canal culture, promote the economic development along the Yangtze River, strengthen pollution prevention and control, and at the same time highlight the development and utilization of the canal tourism resources, embody ancient culture and modern civilization, and promote the economic development and overall progress of Yangzhou.