Guazhou Ancient Ferry Park
瓜洲古渡
A thousand-year-old ferry crossing where the Old Grand Canal meets the Yangtze. It is the setting of Wang Anshi's line “Only a river lies between Jingkou and Guazhou.” The park has a Sunken Chest Pavilion and riverside trails facing Zhenjiang.
Guazhou Ancient Ferry is on the north bank of the Yangtze about 15 km south of Yangzhou, at the important point where the Old Grand Canal enters the river. Poets from the Tang and Song dynasties wrote about it. Wang Anshi's “Only a river lies between Jingkou and Guazhou” and Zhang Hu's “Staying Overnight at Guazhou” were both composed here, and the story of Du Shiniang angrily sinking her treasure chest also took place here. The site is now Guazhou Ancient Ferry Park, with the Sunken Chest Pavilion, the Imperial Stele Pavilion, the Tide-Watching Pavilion, and riverside trails that look across the water to Jinshan and Jiao Mountain in Zhenjiang. The park is free, and a visit takes about an hour. A car ferry runs from Guazhou to Zhenjiang nearby. It can be combined with Gaomin Temple on the same trip.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Gaomin Temple
- China Grand Canal Museum
- Yangzhou Museum
- Xiaopangu Garden
- He Garden (Jixiao Mountain Villa)
- Renfengli Lane
- Fuchun Teahouse
- Pishi Street