Great Canal at Wuxi


With a history of over 2,500 years, the Beijing-Hangzhou Great Canal is the oldest and longest man-made canal in the world. It is one of the greatest projects from Ancient China, together with the Great Wall. It is 1794 km long but now only 883 km are useable; basically the parts of the canal in Shandong Province, Jiangsu Province and Zhejiang Province.

The Wuxi section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Great Canal is considered to be the most spectacular part. The river surface is wide and the old rice market still exists along Sanli Bride area. The essence of the Great Canal at Wuxi is the south section, where the houses along the river are ancient with the water town characteristics.


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