Although the traditional traffic function of the Grand Canal is shrinking, as a living historical corridor, its symbolic significance and future economy

Historical value and contribution to the historical development of China: The world-famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the earliest and longest artificial river course in the world. The Grand Canal starts from Beijing in the north and ends in Hangzhou in the south. It flows through six provinces and cities of Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and connects five major water systems: Haihe River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River and Qiantang River. It is the crystallization of China people's sweat and history. For a long time after its establishment, it has played a great role in promoting the north-south culture and the north-south economic development in China. It played an extremely important role in the formation of China culture with various cultural elements, especially in the later southward movement of China's economic center, which had an indelible impact on the historical development of China. The Grand Canal is the longest canal in the ancient world, and its excavation has promoted the communication between the north and the south of China, with far-reaching influence. As the traffic artery between the north and the south, it has played a great role in the history of "half-day wealth, knowing that this road will enter". The navigation of the canal has promoted the rapid development of coastal cities. The Grand Canal is a masterpiece of utilizing nature and benefiting mankind, and it is also the wealth of mankind.

Cultural connotation: In the historical process of more than 2,000 years, the Grand Canal has made important contributions to China's economic development, national unity, social progress and cultural prosperity, and it is still playing a huge role. 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. It has left a rich historical and cultural heritage, bred a series of famous towns like bright pearls, accumulated a profound and long-standing cultural heritage, and condensed huge information in China's political, economic, cultural and social fields. The Grand Canal and the Great Wall are symbols of the cultural identity of the Chinese nation.

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