Article published in Map magazine, Nanjing, China
Capturing the Canal Town:
> Images of Tongli’s tranquility <
One of the ancient water towns of the Yangtze River Delta in China, Tongli has a history of over 1,000years. Being just 200 kilometers from Nanjing and 17 kilometers from Suzhou, it can be easily explored over a weekend. It’s so close, and yet seems so far away from the traffic and high buildings of Nanjing and Shanghai. Tongli is known as a “museum of ancient Chinese architecture” and life there is still lived quietly inside the Ming dynasty water-front buildings and upon its 49 ancient bridges....
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