El Umjelo oMkhulu Ngenye yeeprojekthi ezinkulu ezakhiwe kwiChina yamandulo. I-China Grand Canal ebizwa ngokuba yi-Canal endala kwaye inde kakhulu emhlabeni, igqwesa kude imijelo emibini elandelayo kwihlabathi: iSuez kunye nePanama Canal.
Lo mjelo uqala emantla Beijing kwaye iphela ngo Hangzhou. Oku kuyifumene igama leJing-Hang Channel. I-Grand Canal edumileyo yase China ziikhilomitha ezili-1.795 (i-1.114 yeemayile) ubude kunye ne-24 locks kunye neebhlorho ezingama-60. Ukwakhiwa kweGran Canal yaseTshayina kwaqala ngo-486 BC. Ngexesha le-Wu Dynasty.
Yandiswa ke ngexesha le-Qi Dynasty, kwaye kamva ngu-Emperor we-Sui Yangdi Dynasty ngexesha leminyaka emithandathu yokwakha ingqumbo ukusuka kwi-605 ukuya kwi-610 AD. Ngo-604 AD, uMlawuli u-Yangdi we-Sui Dynasty watyelela uLuoyang. Kunyaka wesibini, wafudusa ikomkhulu waya eLuoyang kwaye wayalela ukuba iCanal Canal isebenze.
Lo msebenzi uthathe iminyaka emithandathu kunye namawaka emisebenzi ebandakanyekayo kuyo. Ekugqibeleni, imijelo yoqobo yahlangana yaza yadala iGran Canal.
IsiXeko saseTangqi e-Yuhang County sisixeko esidumileyo nesasendulo kwi-Grand Canal yase China. Kude kube namhlanje, emva kweminyaka engama-300, kukho iingqameko ezisixhenxe zeTongji kunye nezitalato zamandulo ecaleni komjelo ogcinwe kakuhle.
Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba i-Grand Canal inxibelelana noMlambo i-Yangtze, i-Yellow River, i-Huaihe, i-Haihe kunye ne-Qiantang, iqukuqelela i-Beijing, i-Tianjin, i-Hebei, i-Shandong, i-Jiangsu ne-Zhejiang ne-Hangzhou, kumazantsi ayo. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo sisidibanisi esibalulekileyo phakathi kweenkqubo zemilambo ezincinci, zibuyiselwa njengendlela yokujika amanzi.
IGran Canal yaseTshayina iyaqhubeka nokusebenza njengomgaqo wamanzi obalulekileyo, uphucula unxibelelwano phakathi komntla nomzantsi, ngelixa ukhuthaza ukutshintshiselana ngezoqoqosho nenkcubeko kunye nokomeleza umanyano lwelizwe.
