Is Hongqi Canal free during the Spring Festival?

Hongqi Canal is free of charge for tourists from all over the country.

Activity time

December 27, 2022 - January 6, 2023

Activity policy

Hongqi Canal Scenic Area Free admission for tourists from all over the country.

Reservation method

Visitors can make online reservations through the Hongqi Canal Scenic Area WeChat/Alipay applet and Meituan, and scan the QR code to enter the park.

Free range of Hongqi Canal tickets:

1. Medical workers are exempt from scenic spot tickets with valid certificates;

2. Height below 1.4 (exclusive) meters Children and senior citizens over 60 years old (inclusive) can visit for free with their ID cards;

3. Active military personnel, people's police, national fire rescue personnel, and disabled people can visit for free with their valid ID cards;

4. Journalists can visit for free with their press cards (issued by the State Information Administration);

5. Members of the Photographers Association at or above the county level can visit for free with their association membership cards.

Hongqi Canal, a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction and a national key cultural relics protection unit, is located in Linzhou City, Anyang City, Henan Province. In the 1960s, the people of Lin County (now Linzhou City) faced extremely difficult conditions. Next, the water conservancy project built from the Taihang Mountainside to divert the Yangtze River into the forest is called the "artificial Tianhe".

The Hongqi Canal project started in February 1960, and the branch canal supporting projects were fully completed in July 1969, which lasted nearly ten years. This project flattened 1,250 hills, erected 151 aqueducts, dug 211 tunnels, built 12,408 buildings of various types, excavated 22.25 million cubic meters of earth and stone, and the total length of the Hongqi Canal was 70.6 kilometers (Shanxi Shicheng Town) ~ Rencun Town, Henan Province), main canals and branch canals are distributed throughout the city's towns and villages. ?

The Hongqi Canal is a great project with a total length of 1,500 kilometers, nearly 100,000 people involved in its construction, and nearly 10 years of construction. It is the "miracle of New China" and is known as the "eighth wonder of the world."