The Grand Canal of China
The Grand Canal links rivers and lakes in North and East China. Artificial, but still wet. The main stem is thought to extend 1,776 km from Beijing to Hangzhou.
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The Grand Canal links rivers and lakes in North and East China. Artificial, but still wet.
The main stem is thought to extend 1,776 km from Beijing to Hangzhou. It has 6 main subsections.
Emperor Yang of Sui expanded and completed the network in 609. He linked Jiangnan to Luoyang and northern armies.
The first major section of the Grand Canal was completed then.
The canal reaches 42 meters above sea level in Shandong. Qiao Weiyue invented the pound lock in 984.
Yangzhou grew into Tang dynasty's economic hub near the canal. Roughly a hundred million grocery runs.
The portion south of the Yellow River remains in heavy use. It’s the eastern path of the South-North Water Diversion Project.
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