Along the Grand Canal
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The Grand Canal (大运河) is in China, an engineering work comparable to the Great Wall. Like the Wall, it is very old and parts of it were built by different dynasties. Unlike the wall, it is still heavily used and actively maintained today.
The Canal runs roughly North-South from Hangzhou, South of Shanghai in Zhejiang province, 1800 kilometers to Beijing. On the way it crosses two of China's great rivers, the Yangtze and the Yellow River (we also have itineraries for trips along both rivers) and passes through many cities.
[edit] The route
The main canal runs:
