Grand Canal of China

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UNESCO World Heritage Site canal cultural heritage site waterway system

The Grand Canal of China is an ancient, extensive man-made waterway system that historically linked northern and southern China, facilitating trade, transport, and economic integration for over a millennium.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Grand Canal 9
Grand Canal of China canonical 8
Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal 5

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
canal ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
waterway system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Grand Canal of China ⓘ
surface form: Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal

Grand Canal of China ⓘ
surface form: China Grand Canal
connects Beijing ⓘ
Hangzhou ⓘ
Hebei ⓘ
Jiangsu ⓘ
Shandong ⓘ
Tianjin ⓘ
Zhejiang Province ⓘ
surface form: Zhejiang
constructionBegan 5th century BCE ⓘ
country China ⓘ
followsRiverBasinsOf Hai River ⓘ
Huai River ⓘ
Qiantang River ⓘ
Yangtze River ⓘ
Yellow River ⓘ
governedBy China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
hasPart Grand Canal of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jing–Hang Grand Canal main line

Grand Canal of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Li Canal (historical section)

Beiyun River ⓘ
surface form: Tonghui River section
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageType cultural ⓘ
length approximately 1776 km ⓘ
locatedIn eastern China ⓘ
surface form: Eastern China

North China ⓘ
surface form: Northern China

southern China ⓘ
surface form: Southern China
majorExpansionDuring Ming dynasty ⓘ
Sui dynasty ⓘ
Tang dynasty ⓘ
Yuan dynasty ⓘ
partOf Chinese hydraulic engineering tradition ⓘ
passesThrough Beijing ⓘ
Hangzhou ⓘ
Jining ⓘ
Suzhou ⓘ
Tianjin ⓘ
Yangzhou ⓘ
primaryHistoricalFunction administrative integration ⓘ
facilitating internal trade ⓘ
military logistics ⓘ
transport of grain ⓘ
recognizedAs world’s longest man-made waterway ⓘ
significance enabled long-distance inland water transport ⓘ
linked northern and southern China ⓘ
promoted economic integration of China ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 2014 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1443 ⓘ
usedFor flood control ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
modern inland shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Huai River → associatedWithCanal → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
Taierzhuang → locatedOn → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canal
Xuzhou → crossedBy → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
Hangzhou → hasFamousSite → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canal
Hangzhou → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteNearby → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canal
Grand Canal of China → alsoKnownAs → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal
Grand Canal of China → alsoKnownAs → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: China Grand Canal
Grand Canal of China → hasPart → Grand Canal of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jing–Hang Grand Canal main line
Grand Canal of China → hasPart → Grand Canal of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Li Canal (historical section)
Sui dynasty → constructed → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canal
Suzhou → locatedOn → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
Huaian → hasHeritage → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
Huaian → traversedBy → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal
Wuxi → hasCanal → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal
Yangzhou → knownFor → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canal culture
Yangzhou → traversedBy → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canal
Yangzhou → famousSite → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yangzhou Ancient Canal
Zhenjiang → river → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
Zhenjiang → locatedOn → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
Liaocheng, China → traversedBy → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
subject surface form: Liaocheng
this entity surface form: Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal
Wuzhen → traversedBy → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canal
Ancient China → majorConstruction → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
Zaozhuang City → traversedBy → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal
Zaozhuang City → hasCulturalHeritage → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: sections of the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal
Jiaxing → traversedBy → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
Tongzhou District → river → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canal
Rahan → hasNearbyWaterway → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canal
World Heritage Sites in China → hasPart → Grand Canal of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canal