Canals
The five thousand years long magnificent history of China has made the Chinese an intelligent people that created many great world-renowned projects. Some of them survived thousands of years of changes and still benefit us today. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) is an ancient canal with the longest course and largest construction scale in the world. It is also the world’s oldest canal.

Canals mainly illustrates the complete development process of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal from the Sui Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty. The book also shows how the canal’s completion created tremendous convenience in transportation and great changes for local residents by depicting the prosperous cities along the canal.
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Canals
The five thousand years long magnificent history of China has made the Chinese an intelligent people that created many great world-renowned projects. Some of them survived thousands of years of changes and still benefit us today. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) is an ancient canal with the longest course and largest construction scale in the world. It is also the world’s oldest canal.

Canals mainly illustrates the complete development process of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal from the Sui Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty. The book also shows how the canal’s completion created tremendous convenience in transportation and great changes for local residents by depicting the prosperous cities along the canal.
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Canals

Canals

by Chaodong Li
Canals

Canals

by Chaodong Li

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Overview

The five thousand years long magnificent history of China has made the Chinese an intelligent people that created many great world-renowned projects. Some of them survived thousands of years of changes and still benefit us today. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) is an ancient canal with the longest course and largest construction scale in the world. It is also the world’s oldest canal.

Canals mainly illustrates the complete development process of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal from the Sui Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty. The book also shows how the canal’s completion created tremendous convenience in transportation and great changes for local residents by depicting the prosperous cities along the canal.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781487811013
Publisher: Royal Collins Publishing Company
Publication date: 10/20/2023
Series: Chinese Pioneering Inventions Series
Pages: 40
Product dimensions: 9.75(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range: 5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Li Chaodong, born in 1963, graduated from the Department of History of East China Normal University. He is a famous education publisher in China. He has edited and published more than 50 sets of books. He has won the title of “National Leading Talent in Press and Publication” and “China’s Annual Publication Figure.”
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