The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was built in the Spring and Autumn Period. It was dug by the State of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period to conquer Qi. The Sui Dynasty expanded and repaired it on a large scale, and connected it with the capital Luoyang and Zhuojun County. It was abandoned in the Yuan Dynasty and brought to Beijing. It has been dug for more than 2500 years.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the longest and largest ancient canal in the world and one of the oldest canals. Together with the Great Wall and Karez, it is called the three major ancient projects in China, and it has been in use ever since. It is a great project created by the working people in ancient China and one of the symbols of China's cultural status.

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Geographical location of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal

Total length of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal 1794 km. By 2065,438+02, the navigation mileage of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is 65,438+0,442 kilometers, of which the annual navigation mileage is 877 kilometers, mainly distributed in southern Jining, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

The Grand Canal flows through Tongzhou District of Beijing, wuqing district of Tianjin, Langfang, Cangzhou, Hengshui and Xingtai of Hebei, Dezhou, Linqing, Liaocheng, Jining, Tengzhou and Weishan of Shandong, Xuzhou, Suqian, Huai 'an, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi and Suzhou of Jiangsu, Jiaxing and Huzhou of Zhejiang.

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