China s Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through those cities

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal flows through Tongzhou District of Beijing, Wuqing District of Tianjin, Cangzhou City, Hengshui City, Xingtai City of Hebei Province, Dezhou City, Tai'an City, Liaocheng City, Jining City, Zaozhuang City of Shandong Province, Xuzhou City, Suqian City, Huai'an City, Yangzhou City, Zhenjiang City, Changzhou City, Wuxi City, Suzhou City, Jiaxing City and Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province 18 urban areas.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is a great project created by the ancient working people of China, a precious material and spiritual wealth left to us by our ancestors, and an important human heritage that is alive and mobile. The Grand Canal began in the Spring and Autumn Period, formed in the Sui Dynasty, developed in the Tang and Song dynasties, and finally became a water transportation artery connecting the five major water systems of the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huai River, the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River in the Yuan Dynasty. In the course of more than 2,000 years of history, the Grand Canal has contributed to China's economic development and national unification.

First, social progress and cultural prosperity have made important contributions and are still playing a huge role today. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal shows the outstanding achievements of China's ancient water conservancy and shipping engineering technology leading the world, leaving a rich historical and cultural heritage, giving birth to a number of famous cities and ancient towns like bright pearls, accumulating profound and long-standing cultural heritage, and condensing the huge information in many fields of politics, economy, culture and society in China. The Grand Canal and the Great Wall are both symbols of the cultural identity of the Chinese nation.

Cities passing through on the way of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal: Tongzhou District of Beijing, Wuqing District of Tianjin, Langfang City, Cangzhou City, Hengshui City, Xingtai City of Hebei Province, Dezhou City, Linqing City, Liaocheng City, Jining City, Tengzhou City, Weishan County of Shandong Province, Xuzhou City, Suqian City, Huai'an City, Yangzhou City, Zhenjiang City, Changzhou City, Wuxi City, Suzhou City, Jiaxing City, Huzhou City and Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the world's longest mileage, the largest ancient canal, but also one of the oldest canals, and the Great Wall, Karez known as the three great projects in ancient China, and used so far, is a great project created by the ancient Chinese working people, is one of the symbols of China's cultural status.

At present, the navigable mileage of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is 1,442 kilometers, of which 877 kilometers are navigable throughout the year, mainly distributed in Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces south of the Yellow River.

The Grand Canal was excavated in the Spring and Autumn Period, completed in the Sui Dynasty, prospered in the Tang and Song dynasties, straightened in the Yuan Dynasty, and dredged in the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the long years, it has gone through three major construction processes. After the completion of the last construction, it was called the "Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal".

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The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal flows through Tongzhou District of Beijing, Wuqing District of Tianjin, Cangzhou City of Hebei Province, Dezhou City, Tai'an City, Liaocheng City, Jining City, Zaozhuang City of Shandong Province, Xuzhou City, Suqian City, Huai'an City, Yangzhou City, Zhenjiang City, Changzhou City, Wuxi City, Suzhou City, Jiaxing City and Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the world's longest and largest ancient canal, and it is also one of the oldest canals.

Meaning, value

The Grand Canal has served as an important passage for China's transportation for more than 1,200 years. After the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the northeast canal of Shandong was silted. In the fifth year of Daoguang (1825), Jiangnan grain and rice were transported to Tianjin by sea, and then transferred to Beijing.

In 1911, the Jinpu Railway was opened to traffic, and the Grand Canal gradually fell into oblivion. By 1949, the river section and the middle canal in Shandong were no longer navigable. The water level of the canal is unstable, and the embankment often bursts.

After 1949, the canal was completely renovated, with the construction of locks and control locks, and the opening of new channels to separate the rivers and lakes.

In the southern section of the Li Canal, a new channel between Wapu and Liuwei Port was opened up, which shortened the voyage with the Jiangnan Canal. The Middle Canal has also been dredged and reconstructed. In order to facilitate the southern transportation of coal from Xuzhou, a new channel was opened along the west side of Weishan Lake.

The Jiangnan Canal originally entered the river from the urban area of Zhenjiang, but due to the narrow and shallow river, it has been changed to enter the river from the mouth of the river, and a large lock was built in the city to control the water level.

As the main traffic artery between the north and the south, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has played a huge role in history. The opening of the canal has promoted the rapid development of coastal cities.

The Grand Canal stretched from Yuhang (present-day Hangzhou) in the south to Zhuojun (present-day Beijing) in the north, passing through the four provinces of present-day Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Hebei and the cities of Tianjin and Beijing.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the world's longest and largest ancient canal, and one of the oldest canals, connecting the five major water systems of the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huai River, the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River, with a total length of about 1,797 kilometers.

Significance. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is one of the richest agricultural areas in China, with a thriving industry. There are large and medium-sized coal mines in Yanzhou, Jining, Tengzhou, Fengxian, Peixian, Xuzhou, Pizhou and Lianghuai, connecting Shanghai, Nanjing, Xuzhou, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Yangzhou, Hangzhou and other industrial cities.

On June 22, 2014, the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee announced that China's Grand Canal project was successfully inscribed on the World Cultural Heritage List, becoming the 46th World Heritage Site in China.