Great Canal of Ancient Times

Author: Cai Guiling
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Starting with the digging of the "Tai Bo Canal" during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, it extends to the flow of Wu and Yue boats across the sky; from the emperors of Qin and Han who advanced their armies along the waterways and set their fires along the great rivers, to the Yangzhou campaign of Emperor Yang of Sui who dug the Grand Canal; from the rise and fall of the Tang and Song dynasties tied to this water, with their fate hanging on the river, to the emergence of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the Yuan Dynasty; from the bloodshed of the old man from Wenshang who lost countless liters of blood, to the successive generations of Qing Dynasty canal workers who left their mark on three thousand years of history, capturing the vastness and depth of canal culture and the vibrant folk customs along both banks; hundreds of characters come to life on the pages, with the destinies of those who dug the canal and the people along its banks pulsing through the words.