Tonghui Canal stretched east to Tongzhou and was connected withNorth Canal,so that the tribute grains can directly reach the capital.AsNorth Canal was formed by dredging natural rivers,the transportationchannel was greatly affected with river change; and ...[继续阅读]

    In the late Eastern Han Dynasty,Cao Cao (the Leader of WeiCountry) commanded to excavate Baigou,Pinglu Canal,and LicaoCanal for interconnecting all water areas of Weihe River.In the SuiDynasty,Yongji Canal was excavated to form a main waterway toconnect w...[继续阅读]

    Before the construction of Daicun Dam,Gangcheng Dam and JinkouDam were the main water source project in the Huitong Canal.Thediversion projects consisted of two parts:Gangcheng Dam fordiverting water from the Wen River to the Huitong River and JinkouDam f...[继续阅读]

    Construction and use of the canal in China have lasted for more than2,000 years.The values of the Chinese Grand Canal should berecognized from the political,scientific,technological,cultural,andother comprehensive cognitive perspectives.According to the W...[继续阅读]

    Tianjin Sanchakou is the joining point of the South and North Canals,and also the starting point of Haihe River.The joining point iscurrently near the Shizilin Bridge in downtown Tianjin,now calledOld Sanchakou.The area is relatively high in altitude,abov...[继续阅读]

    In the Zhiyuan 9th year of Yuan Dynasty (AD 1272),Kublai Khanestablished the capital-Khanbalik City in Beijing,and since thenBeijing became the political and cultural center of the Yuan,Ming andQing Dynasties.In the early Yuan Dynasty,the canal transporta...[继续阅读]

    During the period from AD 1522 to 1566,in the reach betweenKaifeng and Xuzhou,the Yellow River burst its banks over and overagain.When the Yellow River burst its north bank,flood waterstended to flow northeast into the Huitong Canal.In AD 1565,theNanyang ...[继续阅读]

    (1) Distribution,types and characteristics of control projectsFigure 7-20 Sanjiang Sluice and Stage-Gauging Stelas drawn in the 19th centuryIn history,the control projects in the Zhedong Canal were locatedmostly at the confluences of the canal and natural...[继续阅读]

    The reach of the Middle Canal downstream of Suqian was adjacent tothe Yellow River.In some places,distance between the Middle Canaland the Yellow River was even less than 50 m.Huanglu Levee downstreamof the Shizi River at Suqian was the south levee of the...[继续阅读]

    Figure 1-1 Location of Tong hui CanalNote: Tonghui Canal is the northernmost section of the Grand Canal.It located on North China Plain where is semiarid area,but depending on the diversion works from springs atwest of Beijing,not only water transportatio...[继续阅读]