Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to ... the makeover required leveling nearly every canal-side building. For centuries the Grand Canal had been the heart of the city; now it’s just a ...

The Gongchen Bridge is a historical stone arch bridge over the Grand Canal in Gongshu district in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. [Photo provided to China Daily] In Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris ...

Recently the Grand Canal was given UNESCO World ... at the famous location of Zhouzhuang. Said to be China’s oldest ‘water town’, its buildings are submerged in the river’s flow ...

Daniya Yerinkyzy, an artist and graphic designer from Kazakhstan, wove the images of the relics, such as the turquoise-inlaid bronze plaque, the Buddha at the Longmen Grottoes and the Tang tri-colored ...