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The Grand Canal

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*Location:Tomur,KalajunKuerdening,BayinbukukeandBogda,Xinjiang,northwestChina

*BestTimetoVisit:Summer

GrandCanalXIHUATheGrandCanalformsavastinlandwaterwaysysteminthenorth-easternandcentraleasternplainsofChina,passingthrougheightofthecountry鈥檚present-dayprovinces.ItrunsfromthecapitalBeijinginthenorthtoZhejiangProvinceinthesouth.ConstructedinsectionsfromthefifthcenturyB.C.onward,itwasconceivedasaunifiedmeansofcommunicationfortheChineseEmpireforthefirsttimeintheseventhcenturyA.D.(SuiDynasty).Thisledtoaseriesofgiganticworksites,creatingtheworld鈥檚largestandmostextensivecivilengineeringprojectensemblepriortotheIndustrialRevolution.Completedandmaintainedbysuccessivedynasties,itformedthebackboneoftheEmpire鈥檚inlandcommunicationssystem.

ItsmanagementwasmadepossibleoveralongperiodbymeansoftheCaoyunsystem,theimperialmonopolyforthetransportationofgrainandstrategicrawmaterials,andforthetaxationandcontroloftraffic.Thesystemenabledthesupplyofricetofeedthepopulation,theunifiedadministrationoftheterritoryandthetransportoftroops.TheGrandCanalreachedanewpeakinthe13thcentury(YuanDynasty),providingaunifiedinlandnavigationnetworkconsistingofmorethan2,000kmofartificialwaterways,linkingfiveofthemostimportantriverbasinsinChina,includingtheYellowRiverandtheYangtzeRiver.

TheGrandCanalisthelongestandoldestcanalintheworld,representingthegreatestmasterpieceofhydraulicengineeringinthehistoryofmankind.Itcontributedtothefundamentallinkbetweenthepeasanteconomy,theimperialcourtandthesupplyoffoodtothepopulationandtroops.Stillamajormeansofinternalcommunicationtoday,ithasplayedanimportantroleinensuringtheeconomicprosperityandstabilityofChinaovertheages.

INFOListedasaWorldCulturalHeritagein2014Location:FromBeijingthrougheightprovincestoZhejiang,eastChinaBestTimetoVisit:SpringandautumnTipsVisitonesectionatatime,preferablyatTongzhou(Beijing),Suzhou(Jiangsu,eastChina)orHangzhou(Zhejiang).Aboattouratnightisrecommendedinsomesections(e.g.Suzhou).
   

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