Thanks to its convenient waterways , visitors can easily arrive in sichuan and guizhou provinces as well as tongting lake .
拜水路交通发达所赐,游客可以从四川和贵州、也可以从洞庭湖前往。
Guo shoujing , a 13th-century scientist , is still revered for designing a network of lakes , weirs and waterways .
十三世纪科学家郭守敬如今依旧因为设计出的河流、堰堤以及水路网络而受人敬仰。
Progress has been less marked in inland waterways and coastal shipping , where users complain about the stranglehold of a few state-owned monopolies on operations .