At the beginning of the 7th century, after the rule of Yang Di, the capital was moved to Luoyang. In order to control the vast areas in the south of the Yangtze River and transport the rich materials in the Yangtze River Delta to Luoyang, in 603 AD, Yang Di ordered the excavation of the Yongji Canal, which was about 1 000 km long from Luoyang to Zhuo Jun County, Hebei Province (now southwest of Beijing).
In the first year of Daye (AD 605), he was ordered to dig a "Tongji Canal" with a length of about 1000 km from Luoyang, Jiangsu Province to Qingjiang (now Huai 'an City) to directly communicate the traffic between the Yellow River and Huaihe River, and to transform the Hangou and Jiangnan Canal. In three years, Yongji Canal was dug, leading to Zhuo Jun in the north. Together with the Guangtong Canal dug in 584 AD, a number of canal systems were formed.
Then in 6 10 ad, the "Jiangnan Canal" with a length of about 400 kilometers was dug from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu to Hangzhou, Zhejiang; At the same time, the Hangou was reformed. In this way, the river from Luoyang to Hangzhou with a total length of 1700 kilometers can be directly connected to ships. Yangzhou is a famous Li Canal city. When Yang Di dug a canal in Yangzhou, Yangzhou became the hub of north-south traffic. Thanks to grain transportation, it has become one of the most prosperous areas in China.
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The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is a real river and an invisible meridian. The canal is saturated with water, which is not only a comfortable life in peacetime, but also a generous and tragic life of self-improvement and national salvation.
1289, Kublai Khan of Yuan Shizu moved the Grand Canal of Sui Dynasty eastward, from Linqing to Huai 'an, forming the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the pattern of the northern political center echoing the southern economic center was formally formed.
As an artificial canal with the earliest construction time, the longest use time and the largest spatial span in the world, the Grand Canal is still playing its role, closely integrated with the national economy and becoming a "living linear cultural heritage".
For thousands of years, river transportation has brought prosperity to many towns along the route.
In Yangzhou, Jiangsu, an ancient waterway connects the Grand Canal and the Slender West Lake. There are many trees on both sides of the river, and there is an intangible cultural heritage gathering area on the pillow river. Qionghua, lacquer painting, Hanfu and birdcage, inheritors from all walks of life gather here to inspire each other. This area is called "486"-486 BC, which is the earliest excavation age of a canal ditch.
A pear board in Huang Chengcheng, a sharp fist knife, a woman in the mood for love is holding her breath. "The hair knife should be fast and clean; Hold the knife accurately, not by a hair. " Behind him, Chen Yishi, a 7 1 year-old non-genetic inheritor, gently guided his apprentice.
"There is no shortcut to mastering carving technology, it depends on hard work. Let's talk about lettering. It takes at least 6 months to practice basic skills, one year to engrave some simple words, and about 3 years to get started. " Chen Yishi said, "With the application of the Grand Canal, engraving printing technology has been successfully selected as a world-class intangible heritage, which has attracted more and more attention from all walks of life. As an inheritor, I am really happy. More importantly, skills have a new biography. "
Early in the morning, Zhang Zeqing, who lives in Dongguan Street, Yangzhou, always invites him to the old neighborhood, goes to Yuan Kui tea shop to order cage jadeite for sale, scalds a bowl of dried ginger juice, makes a pot of Quelongzhu tea, and listens to Yangzhou Pinghua. Xie Fuchun, Old Teahouse and Three Knives? These rich cultural elements on the Grand Canal constitute a fascinating picture, which inherits the life of "Old Yangzhou" for thousands of years.
The Grand Canal is a real river and an invisible meridian. Both of them are running through and stirring the spiritual world of everyone in China.
The canal is saturated with water, which not only has a comfortable life in peacetime, but also has the generosity and tragic spirit of strengthening the country and saving the country.
Along the canal, many economic centers have emerged and formed a strategic route. In the era of internal troubles and foreign invasion, national industrial towns have appeared one after another along the canal, echoing waves of voices of self-improvement and national salvation.
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