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, they are called the three major ancient projects in China, and they are still in use today. It is a great project created by the working people in ancient China and one of the symbols of China's cultural status.
The main water source of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is Nansi Lake (Weishan Lake, Weishan County, Shandong Province), and the total length of the Grand Canal is about 1797 km. The canal has played a great role in the economic and cultural development and communication between the north and the south of China, especially in the development of industrial and agricultural economy along the route.
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The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal flows from north to south through Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and runs through five major water systems in China-Haihe River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River, Qiantang River and a series of lakes. From the North China Plain to the Yangtze River Delta, the terrain is flat, rivers and lakes crisscross, and fertile fields are thousands of miles away. Since ancient times, it has been the main producing area of grain, cotton, oil, sericulture and hemp in China.
Dense population, high degree of agricultural intensification and great production potential. Since modern times, the railway and highway networks of Beijing-Tianjin, Jinpu, Shanghai-Nanjing and Shanghai-Hangzhou have been built one after another, which are closely connected with the canal. Along the line, industries have sprung up and towns are dense, which is the place where the economic essence of China gathers.
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is one of the richest agricultural areas in China with developed industries. There are large and medium-sized coal mines in Yanzhou, Jining, Tengzhou, Fengxian, Peixian, Xuzhou, Pizhou and Huaibei, connecting industrial cities such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Xuzhou, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Yangzhou and Hangzhou.
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