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Description: The 1,700-kilometer-long Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is a water conservancy project in ancient China . It begins at Beijing and ends at Hangzhou . First constructed at the end of Spring and Autumn Period in the 5 th century B.C., it has played an important role in the development of water, conservancy and the economic as well as cultural exchange between the northern part and the southern part. It now becomes a distinguishing cultural sites. |