MORE than 1,500 years ago, poet Lu Kai, living in the south, sent a sprig of plum blossom to his friend Fan Ye in ...

Jiangnan's prosperity was propelled by the construction of the Grand Canal, which began in the Sui Dynasty (581-618) and ...

The Grand Canal is a vast waterway system in the north-eastern ... it was conceived as a unified means of communication for the Empire for the first time in the 7th century AD (Sui dynasty). This led ...

Grand Canal barges have no fancy names ... The original canal system, built by Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty, was seen by Chinese historians as an act of brilliant madness.

Jiangnan's prosperity was propelled by the construction of the Grand Canal, which began in the Sui Dynasty (581-618) and reached its historical zenith during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644 ...