In 605 AD, Emperor Yang Guang, the second emperor of Sui Dynasty, ordered excavation of the Grand Canal to meet the political, economic and military needs of unified nation.

Veteran China journalist Ian Johnson, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for his coverage of persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, recently spent two weeks aboard a barge on China’s Grand Canal ...

Archaeologists have discovered a total of 85 ancient sites from the Sui Dynasty (581-618) and later periods in the Hengshui section of the Grand Canal, according to the Hebei provincial institute of ...

The 3,200-kilometer China Grand Canal dates back over 2,000 years, and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. The Sui (581-618) and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties witnessed two peak ...

China's Grand Canal, ... The locating position of the boat lies on the old course of the grand canal in Sui Dynasty (581-618) and Tang Dynasty (618-907) according to historical records.

The Grand Canal s considered to be the longest canal in the world (Image: Getty) At its peak during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644 AD), the system totalled about 2,500 kilometres (1,553 miles).

Just as the Grand Canal performed the critical function of transporting grains, silk and even messages between north and south China during the early dynasties of the Sui, Tang and Song, the hopes ...

Yang-ti of the brief, reunifying Sui dynasty who died in 618 A.D., revived the government examination system but also built a new capital, rebuilt the Wall, and dug the early Grand Canal, all by ...

In the 13th century, during the Yuan Dynasty, the Grand Canal reached a new peak providing a unified inland navigation network that linked five of the most important river basins in China.

Stretching 1,782 kilometers (1,107 miles) – about nine times the length of the Suez Canal, China’s Grand Canal is the world’s longest human-made river. ... a Qing Dynasty-themed resort hotel.