Such an unsentimental attitude might suggest unimportance, but barges plying the Grand Canal have knit China together for 14 centuries, carrying grain, soldiers, and ideas between the economic ...

The Grand Canal is a vast waterway system in the north-eastern and central-eastern plains of China, running from Beijing in the north to Zhejiang province in the south. Constructed in sections from ...

The documentary sheds light on the preservation of 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, the innovative development of ...

China: The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Temporarily Diverted Posted: February 6, 2025 | Last updated: February 6, 2025 Huaian, China - February 06, 2025 [Note: no sound] Workers excavate the ...

A major feature of the 24 lattice-style waterways is their proximity to the Grand Canal. As the main artery flowing through the heart of China’s economy and culture for over two millennia ...

The Gongchen Bridge is a historical stone arch bridge over the Grand Canal in Gongshu district in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. [Photo provided to China Daily] East China's Zhejiang province will fully ...