This is a section of China's Grand Canal which is the longests and the oldest canal in the world. It surpasses the Suez and Panama Canals. It connects Beijing and the area surrounding it with Hangzhou in the south. Most of China's rivers move east to west so this is an important transportation artery. The canal is 1,114 miles long. Construction on it started in 486 B.C. during the Wu dynasty. It was finished in 650 A.D. It has 24 locks and 60 bridges. 
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