The original canal system, built by Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty, was seen by Chinese ... Within weeks China surrendered. The Grand Canal was also a cultural conduit. Emperors on visits to ...

The Gongchen Bridge is a historical stone arch bridge over the Grand Canal in Gongshu district in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. [Photo provided to China Daily ... during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) is ...

Its western borders skirt the banks of one of China’s biggest ... alongside its Tang dynasty (618-907AD) waterfront. The key artery, however, will always be the Grand Canal (Da Yunhe).

Genghis Khan's grandson, Kublai Khan, defeated the Chinese Southern Song in 1279, and for the first time all of China was under foreign rule. In 1271 Kublai Khan named his dynasty Yuan which ... on ...

served as volunteer guides at the China Grand Canal Museum in Yangzhou. They used their respective expertise to talk about the Grand Canal with visitors, presenting information in either a ...