The Grand Canal is a system of interconnected canals linking major rivers and lakes across North and East China, built to carry waterborne trade between the north and south of the country during medieval and early modern China. It is the longest artificial waterway in the world and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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SignificanceThe longest artificial waterway in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it was for centuries the principal engineered link tying together the economies of northern and southern China. 1 Sources
1. Grand Canal (China) (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationLead section, history paragraph
The network was expanded and completed by Emperor Yang of Sui in 609, linking fertile Jiangnan in the south to his capital at Luoyang in the Central Plain and to his armies in the northern frontiers.
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It is the longest artificial waterway in the world and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In Group: Canals and Seaways, Introduction
The Grand Canal (Chinese: 大运河; pinyin: Dà yùnhé) is a system of interconnected canals linking various major rivers and lakes in North and East China, serving as an important waterborne transport infrastructure between the north and the south during Medieval and premodern China.
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