In the history of China, there have been many great projects, the scale and construction process are very superb, so that modern construction masters are admired, to this day there are many projects alive, they have a deep impact on China. However, there is a major project in history, which has been built for more than 2,000 years until today, and continues to improve the construction of the show, this project is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Regarding the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, everyone has to mention the Sui Emperor, which is his criticism, in the records he abandoned the government, brutal, in order to build the Grand Canal spent a lot of manpower, but also caused the people to suffer unspeakable.
However, the Grand Canal was not built by the Sui Dynasty Emperor, in the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period, this canal has begun to be built, which is one of the longest and oldest canals in Chinese history, it has a deep influence on China, generations have benefited the people of all dynasties, and today's Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has also become a symbol of Chinese culture. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Wu began to build a canal in order to fight against the State of Qi, but at that time, because of the urgency of the project, the canal was relatively narrow and could only accommodate a boat, and then the Sui Dynasty expanded the canal, which was the largest expansion of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in history.
This canal has been influencing the country in subsequent dynasties, reaching prosperity in the Tang and Song dynasties, and the imperial court has also continuously expanded the canal, extending the canal to Beijing during the Yuan Dynasty, and then further dredging the canal in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and almost every dynasty in Chinese history has repaired and extended the canal, and since the beginning of construction, the canal has not stopped being built.
The reason why the canal can be developed and extended for thousands of years stems from the people's demand for materials, and if the stable development of a region is guaranteed, it is necessary to have enough materials for the people's living. In ancient times, our science and technology were not developed, transportation was relatively backward, so there were very few connections between regions, and one region was rich all the time, even if there was no end to the grain, it could not be transported to other poor areas.
In order to strengthen the ties between the various regions, so the rulers built roads and canals, and the birth of the Grand Canal did bring a lot of convenience to the people in the coastal areas, and of course greatly improved the efficiency of transportation. The sui emperor originally built the Grand Canal to strengthen the capacity of the capital, originally hoping to connect the whole country to the Grand Canal, when the time came, the taxes from various places could be directly transported to the imperial court to prevent them from being withheld by local officials on the way, but the canal was not perfected, and the Sui Dynasty was destroyed.
Since then, each dynasty has been constantly improving the canal, after more than 2,500 years, the Grand Canal has also been built for more than 2,000 years, until modern times, it is still constantly improving the facilities along the canal, playing an important role in history.