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- 最早的运河（- the earliest canal） - the earliest canal, the earliest canal The earliest canal Key words: Popular Science Literature source: doubt - China technology ingenuity story original text original text A canal is a man-made river. China is one of the earliest countries to dig canals in the world. Chinas the Grande Canale, is the second largest after the ancient China project of the Great Wall, is the ancient economic and cultural development of the longitudinal media, is a great witness to the transformation of human nature. Why was the canal excavated in ancient China? When did the earliest canals come into being? The vast territory of our country shows the trend of West High and east low, and the rivers in the eastern part are mostly flowing from west to East and flowing into the sea. The Yellow River and the Yangtze River are the two longest rivers. The the Yellow River Valley and the Yangtze River Basin are the two cradles of ancient civilization in china. When the economic and cultural development of the two major rivers reaches a certain level, the requirements of North South exchanges will inevitably arise, while water transportation is the easiest way to transport. From the local region, communication between many rivers, rivers and lakes must also be carried out by canals. As a result, the introduction of artificial canals between natural rivers has long referred to the agenda for social development. The earliest canal in China appeared in the state of Chu in sixth Century bc. In the annals of history, it is the Jing Han canal and the nest canal in the past 613 years. The former is Jingjiang through the Han River canal, is to use the Hanjiang River Waterway in the middle reaches of the Yellow River communication, from the capital (now Hubei Jiangling) river water, through the excavation of the canal, to the Qianjiang county east to now, into the Han river. The nest canal is the canal of Chaohu, which is located in the territory of Anhui. Later, also exca