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China pictures of canal barges on the Grand Canal as they pass our cruise boat during our journey, from Suzhou to Wuxi. The concrete hulls of most of the canal barges we passed on our journey contrasted sharply with the luxury of our cruise boat. Although much smaller than the one used on our cruise down the Li River, there was ample room for our 1987 group of 30 in the windowed cabin below deck, with its soft seats and polished tables. We spent very little time in the cabin, standing on deck for most of the journey, so that we could have a better view of the passing canal barges, and the activities on the canal bank.

Klaxon Warning To Canal Barges Ahead

One can only imagine the splendor of the loaded canal barges as they carried the tributes to the Emperor in Peking, but today's traffic was commercial, with the occasional tour boat to attract the attention of the local people. There were the individual motorized canal barges; canal barges propelled by rear oarsmen; boats with small sails; then came the trains of canal barges pulled along by powerful tug boats, their klaxons blaring out a warning to the canal barges ahead particularly on approaching a narrower stretch of canal, or where the arch of a road bridge had to be entered.

Most of the canal barges had concrete hulls, some had the luxury of decks and small open cabins.
Many times during our cruise we saw canal barges with living quarters for the barge-men and sometimes of their families

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