ChinasGrandCanal.doc

Chinas Grand Canal The Grand  HYPERLINK C:\Program Files\NSE\NSE-SH3\Template\Normal\temp7.htmlCanal of China, which is also called the Jinghang Grand Canal, has long been recognised as the longest manmade waterway in the world. It is also the worlds oldest  HYPERLINK C:\Program Files\NSE\NSE-SH3\Template\Normal\temp7.htmlcanal, surpassing the next two grand canals of the world: Suez and Panama  HYPERLINK C:\Program Files\NSE\NSE-SH3\Template\Normal\temp7.htmlCanal. The Grand  HYPERLINK C:\Program Files\NSE\NSE-SH3\Template\Normal\temp7.htmlCanal, together with the Great Wall, represents the magnificence of  HYPERLINK C:\Program Files\NSE\NSE-SH3\Template\Normal\temp7.htmlancient China. It begins in the north at Beijing and ends at Hangzhou, which is 1,795 km (1,114 miles) away. It has 24 locks and some 60 bridges. The building of the Grand  HYPERLINK C:\Program Files\NSE\NSE-SH3\Template\Normal\temp7.htmlCanal in China began in 486 BC, during the Wu dynasty. It was extended during the Qi dynasty, and later by Emperor Yangdi of the Sui dynasty during six years of furious  HYPERLINK C:\Program Files\NSE\NSE-SH3\Template\Normal\temp7.htmlconstruction from 605–610 AD. In 604 AD, Emperor Yangdi of the Sui dynasty made a tour to Luoyang. In the second year, he moved the capital to Luoyang and ordered the  HYPERLINK C:\Program Files\NSE\NSE-SH3\Template\Normal\temp7.htmlconstruction of the Grand  HYPERLINK C:\Program Files\NSE\NSE-SH3\Template\Normal\temp7.htmlCanal. This task, which lasted for six years, involved thousands of labourers. Finally, the separate canals were joined up and the Grand  HYPERLINK C:\Program Files\NSE\NSE-SH3\Template\Normal\temp7.htmlCanal formed. Tangqi Town, which is in the Yuhang County of Hangzhou, is a famous  HYPERLINK C:\Program Files\NSE\NSE-SH3\Template\Normal\temp7.htmlancient town on the Grand  HYPERLINK C:\Program Files\NSE\NSE-SH3\Template\Normal\temp7.htmlCanal. The 300-year-old seven-arched Tongj