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| Lingqu Canal |
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Lingqu Canal is near Guilin, located in Xing'an county in Guangxi,
China.
In 214 B.C, Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty
(221-206 B.C.), ordered the construction of a canal connecting the
Xiang and Lijiang rivers. It is one of the three big water conservation
projects of ancient China and the oldest existing canal in the world.
The three big water conservation projects in ancient China are:
1. Lingqu Canal
2. Dujiangyan Irrigation Project
3. Zhengguoqu Canal
Ling Canal is two km. to the southeast of Xing An County, which
is 88 km. from the city of Guilin. The canal is a very famous irrigation
project completed in the 33 year of the Qin Dynasty (214 B.C.)and
is one of the oldest canals in the world. The building of the Ling
canal provided a transportation route for Emperor Qin's crusade
of southern China, thus making it possible for him to unify the
whole country. It also links Xiangjiang River of the Yangzhi System
with Lijiang River,which belongs to the Pearl River system.
Ling Canal is divided into the northern and the southern sections,
with a total length of 34 km. The dividing point is a V-shaped dyke
in the east of the county seat, commonly known as Tianping (The
balance). The sharp point of the dyke is called HuaZui (Plough Share),
which bifurcates the oceanic water from the upper reach of Xiang-jiang
River into two parts,of which one part, 30% of the whole flow, goes
to the Lijiang River, and the remaining 70% to Xiangjiang River.
The major spots for sightseeing are the "Plough Share",
the "Balance", "Qin Dyke", and "Windfall
Rock", etc. |
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