The entire Lingqu Canal was designed to serve the military strategy for conquest and was directly associated to the conquest of Lingnan region. Therefore it is more typical as a military canal. From a ...

Lingqu Canal: efforts to preserve and promote value — the man-made waterway links the Xiang and Lijiang rivers and Yangtze and Pearl river basins.

In addition to the world-famous Lijiang River, Guilin in Guangxi Province also has the Lingqu Canal, a man-made canal honored as the "Pearl of the World's Ancient Water Conservancy Architecture ...

The Lingqu Canal, possibly China's least-known ancient wonder, reveals the currents of history with its wealth of treasures - both cultural and technical.

Aerial photo taken on April 9, 2022 shows Lingqu Canal in Xing'an County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Lingqu, one of the world's oldest and most well-preserved artificial ...

Located in Xing'an County, near Guilin City, Lingqu Canal is one of the oldest canals in the world. First built in 214 BC, it has a history of 2217 years.

Professor Shahbaz Khan suggested that Lingqu Canal should actively expand the exchange and mutual learning of water culture between China and foreign countries, participate in international seminars ...

Aerial photo taken on June 30, 2019 shows Lingqu Canal, which is one of the oldest and well-preserved ancient water conservation projects in the world, in Xing'an County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang ...

Over 2,200 years ago during the Qin dynasty, China’s first emperor built the 36.4km (22.6 mile) Lingqu Canal to carry soldiers to conquer the southern tribes and expand the imperial territory.

Aerial photo taken on April 9, 2022 shows Lingqu Canal in Xing'an County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Lingqu, one of the world's oldest and most well-preserved artificial ...

On the afternoon of the 26 th July, Prof. Shahbaz Khan, Director of UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia, and Prof. Jianxin MU, Senior Consultant of Natural Sciences, UNESCO Regional Office for East ...