Who can say the historical value of Sui Canal?

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is a great project created by the ancient laboring people of China, a precious material and spiritual wealth left to us by our ancestors, and a living, flowing and important human heritage. The Grand Canal started in the Spring and Autumn Period, formed in the Sui Dynasty, and developed in the Tang and Song Dynasties. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was built more than 2,000 years ago during the Spring and Autumn Period, which is 2,500 years ago, and an important river channel was excavated by Qin Shi Huang (Ying Zheng) in Jiaxing, which also laid down the direction of the Jiangnan Canal in the future. According to "The Book of Yue Jie", Emperor Qin Shi Huang "ruled the Lingshui Road from Jiaxing to Qiantang and Yue land, which led to Zhejiang Province". About 2,500 years ago, King Fu-chai of Wu dug the Gan Gan ditch, opened the canal connecting the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and built Generali City, from which the canal and its culture originated.

The Grand Canal, as we call it today, was excavated in the Spring and Autumn Period, completed in the Sui Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, straightened in the Yuan Dynasty, dredged in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (from the beginning of the excavation in 486 B.C. to the opening of the entire canal in 1293 A.D.), and lasted for 1,779 years before and after ****. In the long years, the main experience of three larger repair process. To the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang used millions of people, excavated through the Grand Canal, which made a great contribution to the country's unprecedented economic and cultural prosperity in the future), the Sui Dynasty began to open the whole line, through the development of the Tang and Song dynasties, and finally in the Yuan Dynasty to become the communication of the Sea River, the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River, the Qiantang River, the five waterways, the north-south transportation arteries.

Generation of artificial heavenly rivers.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the second "golden waterway" in China after the Yangtze River. Its value is comparable to that of the Great Wall, and it is the earliest and longest man-made river in the world, 16 times longer than the Suez Canal and 33 times longer than the Panama Canal.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal has always been a major transportation route, playing a major role in economic and cultural exchanges between the north and the south. After the rise of shipping in the 19th century, the role of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal gradually diminished with the opening of the Jinpu Railway. After the migration of the Yellow River, the section of the river in Shandong had insufficient water, the river was silted and shallow, cut off from the north and south, and silted into flat land. The section in Jiangsu Province, which had a larger amount of water and better navigational conditions, could only pass small wooden sailing boats. Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is deserted, depressed, is a reflection of China's semi-colonial and semi-feudal system. After the liberation, some sections of the canal have been widened and deepened, and many modern docks and locks have been built, so the navigation conditions have been improved. The seasonal navigable mileage has reached more than 1,100 kilometers. More than 660 kilometers of waterway south of Pixian County, Jiangsu Province, the 500-ton fleet can be unimpeded. The ancient Beijing-Hangzhou Canal will have to become a water transfer channel for south-to-north water transfer in the future.

Declaration of world heritage

In March 2006, 58 CPPCC members jointly submitted a proposal to the fourth session of the 10th CPPCC National Committee, calling for the rescue and protection of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal from a strategic height and the declaration of a world heritage project in due course.

The 58 members, both Beijing, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Hebei and other six provinces and cities along the Grand Canal of the current chairman of the CPPCC and the former chairman of the CPPCC, but also before and after the State Administration of Cultural Heritage two directors - Zhang Wenbin and Shan Jixiang. Shu Yi, Wang Tiecheng and other well-known personalities have also signed.

The first sponsor Liu Feng said, the Grand Canal with its deep historical and cultural connotations, known as the "ancient cultural corridor", "ancient scientific and technological library", "Museum of Sights". "Folklore showroom", its historical remains is the study of ancient China's political, economic, cultural, social and other aspects of the excellent physical information, is China's long history and civilization of the best witness. Viewed from the height of protecting human civilization, the Grand Canal is not only unique in China, but also recognized worldwide for its role in the development of human history. The Grand Canal water system stretches for thousands of miles across the north and south, constituting a unique natural flavor and nurturing a strong linear cultural landscape, which is even richer when added to the intangible cultural heritage that has not yet been well explored. "If you add up the historical value, cultural connotation and contribution of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to China's historical development, it can be said to be comparable to the Great Wall in a way." Two authoritative experts - Zheng Xiao Xie and Luo Zhe Wen, who called for China's accession to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1985 - predicted so, "We firmly believe that the success rate of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal's 'application for inscription' is very high. "

"The Grand Canal and the Great Wall should be sisters on the heritage list." Liu Feng member reminded that, but must see, with the economic and social development, the Grand Canal's traditional function gradually weakened, authenticity and integrity is being destroyed. If you do not pay attention to start such as "heritage" such a major, for the protection of local attention, her history and culture, relics and natural scenery, etc., will inevitably degradation and rapid extinction, which will be the Chinese nation irreparable huge loss.

The protection of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the "heritage" work is by no means the business of a certain place and department. The CPPCC members suggested that the rescue and protection of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal should be started immediately from a strategic height, and a research organization should be set up with the participation and full support of relevant ministries and commissions, experts, and coastal governments to map out the Grand Canal, formulate an overall protection plan for the Grand Canal as soon as possible, and apply for the World Heritage project at an appropriate time.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is a great project created by the ancient working people of China, and it is a precious material and spiritual wealth left to us by our ancestors, and it is a living, flowing and important human heritage. The Grand Canal began in the Spring and Autumn Period, was formed in the Sui Dynasty, developed in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and finally became a major water transportation route in the Yuan Dynasty, communicating with the five major water systems of the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River, and the Qiantang River, and stretching across the north and south. In the course of more than 2,000 years of history, the Grand Canal has made important contributions to China's economic development, national unity, social progress and cultural prosperity, and still plays a great role today.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal shows the outstanding achievements of China's ancient water conservancy and shipping engineering technology which is ahead of the world, leaving behind rich historical and cultural relics, giving birth to a bright pearl of famous cities and towns, and depositing a profound and long-lasting cultural heritage, condensing huge information in many fields of our country's politics, economy, culture and society. The Grand Canal and the Great Wall are symbols of the cultural identity of the Chinese nation. Protecting the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is of great significance to the inheritance of human civilization and the promotion of harmonious social development.

With the development of economy and society, the traditional transportation function of the Grand Canal has been changed, and the river, the landscape along the river and the people's life have changed a lot, and now it is facing the serious challenge of modernization of the city and construction of rural urbanization. If protection is not strengthened, the historical and cultural remains, scenery and natural ecological environment of the Grand Canal will inevitably be destroyed, and its authenticity and integrity will cease to exist, which will be an irreparable loss for the Chinese nation. The salvage protection of the Grand Canal and the realization of sustainable development have come to a critical juncture

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