Why this ride
A 141 km round trip from Lianghu - roughly 1 h 55 in the saddle. On the way it passes Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal, Ningbo Sanjiangkou and back through Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Shangyu-YuyaoSection of Zhedong Canal and Ningbo Sanjiangkou
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 141 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 55
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Shangyu-YuyaoSection of Zhedong Canal
The Grand Canal is usually thought of as the great waterway linking Beijing and Hangzhou, but it did not stop there. From Hangzhou, the Zhedong Canal, the canal of eastern Zhejiang, continued east through Shaoxing, Shangyu and Yuyao to the port of Ningbo, linking the inland waterway system with the sea and maritime trade. The Shangyu to Yuyao section, a waterway of rivers and canals through the flat, fertile plain south of Hangzhou Bay, is part of the Grand Canal World Heritage site, inscribed in 2014. Along it, boats carried rice, silk, tea and porcelain for centuries, and towns grew up along its banks with bridges, locks and warehouses.
Read the complete Shangyu-YuyaoSection of Zhedong Canal write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Shangyu-YuyaoSection of Zhedong Canal is where the day begins. Next is Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal.
2. Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal
East of Hangzhou, the Grand Canal does not simply stop. A further waterway, the Zhedong Canal, carries on across the coastal plain of eastern Zhejiang through Shaoxing and Yuyao to Ningbo and the sea, linking the inland canal system to one of China's great ports. This point sits on the Ningbo section, in a flat, intensely worked landscape of rivers, locks, villages and factories between Yuyao and the city.
Read the complete Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal comes up about 47 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ningbo Sanjiangkou.
3. Ningbo Sanjiangkou
Ningbo is where three rivers meet, the Yao, the Fenghua and the Yong, and Sanjiangkou, the three rivers' mouth, is the heart of the old city. For more than a thousand years, Ningbo was one of the great ports of China, a place from which silk, porcelain and tea went to Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia, and where the monks and merchants of those countries landed. It was also the southern end of the Grand Canal, which connected it to Hangzhou and the north, and so it was a meeting point of river, canal and sea. Today, Ningbo-Zhoushan is the busiest cargo port in the world by tonnage, and the old waterfront is a neat, modern riverfront park.
Read the complete Ningbo Sanjiangkou write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 72 km into the recorded legs you reach Ningbo Sanjiangkou. Next is back through Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal.
4. back through Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal, late in the day. Next is Shangyu-YuyaoSection of Zhedong Canal.
5. Shangyu-YuyaoSection of Zhedong Canal
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Shangyu-YuyaoSection of Zhedong Canal write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Shangyu-YuyaoSection of Zhedong Canal. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Shangyu-YuyaoSection of Zhedong Canal to Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal
Shangyu-YuyaoSection of Zhedong Canal → Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal to Ningbo Sanjiangkou
Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal → Ningbo Sanjiangkou is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ningbo Sanjiangkou to back through Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal
Ningbo Sanjiangkou → back through Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal to Shangyu-YuyaoSection of Zhedong Canal
back through Ningbo Section of Zhedong Canal → Shangyu-YuyaoSection of Zhedong Canal is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.