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The Grand Canal (Chinese: 大运河; pinyin: Dà yùnhé) is a system of interconnected canals linking various major rivers in North and East China, serving as an important waterborne transport infrastructure between the north and the south during Medieval and premodern China.
Wielki Kanał – najdłuższy na świecie sztuczny kanał transportowy, budowany w Chinach od V w. p.n.e. Zaczyna się w Hangzhou i dociera do Pekinu. Mierzy ok. 1800 km długości i 20–350 m szerokości. Przecina pięć większych rzek: Jangcy, Rzekę Żółtą, Hai He, Huai He i Qiantang Jiang. Na kanale są 24 śluzy.
Le Grand Canal débute au nord par Pékin et se termine au sud à Hangzhou, dans le Zhejiang, avec une longueur totale de 1 794 km. Il passe notamment dans les villes de Pékin, Tianjin, et traverse les provinces du Hebei, du Shandong, du Jiangsu et du Zhejiang.
23 wrz 2024 · Grand Canal, series of waterways in eastern and northern China that link Hangzhou in Zhejiang province with Beijing. Some 1,800 km (1,100 miles) in length, it is the world’s longest constructed waterway, though, strictly speaking, not all of it is a canal.
23 paź 2024 · The Grand Canal, about 1,764 kilometers (1,200 miles) long, is the longest and greatest man-made waterway in ancient China, far surpassing the next two of the world: the Suez and Panama Canals. With 27 sections and 58 historical sites, it was placed on the UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2014.
As the oldest and longest man-made canal in the world, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is 1,794 kilometers (1,115 miles) long with a history of over 2,500 years, and it starts at Beijing in the north and ends at Hangzhou in the south, running through Tianjin, Hebei Province, Shandong Province, Jiangsu Province and Zhejiang Province along its way.
Barges long plied the 1,100-mile canal between Beijing and Hangzhou, its glittering southern terminus. Bankside revitalization includes replicas of ancient temples. Michael Yamashita
