2022.07.11 19:36 GMT+8

The Beauty of the Grand Canal

Updated 2022.07.12 17:37 GMT+8
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The West Lake Cultural Landscape, the Grand Canal and the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City are Hangzhou's three world cultural heritage sites. June 22 marks the anniversary of the successful inscription of the Grand Canal as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the world's oldest and longest manufactured canal. The canal, which is 1,794 kilometers long and over 2,500 years old, starts in Beijing in the north and ends in Hangzhou in the south, running through Tianjin Municipality and then Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang provinces along the way. Let's have a look at its beauty!

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