El I-Grand Canal Ngenye yamaphrojekthi amakhulu kakhulu akhiwe eChina yasendulo. I-China Grand Canal ebizwa ngokuthi yi-canal endala futhi ende kunazo zonke emhlabeni, idlula kude imisele emibili emikhulu elandelayo emhlabeni: iSuez nePanama Canal.
Lo mgudu uqala enyakatho ye Beijing futhi iphela ku Hangzhou. Lokhu kuyitholile igama lesiteshi seJing-Hang. IGran Canal edumile yaseChina ingamakhilomitha ayi-1.795 (amamayela ayi-1.114) ngamalokhi angama-24 namabhuloho angaba ngu-60. Ukwakhiwa kweGran Canal yaseChina kwaqala ngo-486 BC. Ngesikhathi sobukhosi bakwaWu.
Kwabe sekukhuliswa ngesikhathi sobukhosi bakwaQi, kwathi kamuva ngumbusi waseSui Yangdi Dynasty phakathi neminyaka eyisithupha yokwakhiwa okuthukuthele kusuka ngo-605 kuya ku-610 AD. Ngo-604 AD, u-Emperor Yangdi weSu Dynasty wahambela eLuoyang. Ngonyaka wesibili, wathuthela inhlokodolobha eLuoyang futhi wayala ukwenziwa kabusha kweGran Canal.
Lo msebenzi uthathe iminyaka eyisithupha nezinkulungwane zemisebenzi ebandakanyeka kuwo. Ekugcineni, imisele yasekuqaleni yahlangana yakha iGran Canal.
IDolobha laseTangqi eDolobheni laseYuhang yidolobha elidumile futhi lasendulo eGrand Canal yaseChina. Kuze kube namuhla, ngemuva kweminyaka engama-300, kunamakhothamo ayisikhombisa oThongji nemigwaqo yasendulo egudle umsele egcinwe kahle.
Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi iGran Canal ixhumana noMfula iYangtze, uMfula oPhuzi, iHuaihe, iHaihe neQiantang, igeleza idlule eBeijing, eTianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu naseZhejiang neHangzhou, ekugcineni kwayo eseningizimu. Akungabazeki ukuthi isixhumi esibalulekile phakathi kwezinhlelo ezimbalwa zemifula, ebuyiswa njengomgwaqo wamanzi wokuphambukisa.
IGran Canal yaseChina iyaqhubeka nokusebenza njengomgwaqo wamanzi obalulekile, ithuthukisa ukuxhumana phakathi kwenyakatho naseningizimu, ngenkathi ikhuthaza ukushintshaniswa kwezomnotho namasiko kanye nokuqinisa ubumbano lwezwe.
