举世闻名的京杭大运河,是世界上开凿最早、最长的一条人工河道,它是苏伊士运河的16倍、巴拿马运河的33倍。大运河北起北京,南达杭州,流经北京、河北、天津、山东、江苏、浙江六个省市,沟通了海河、黄河、淮河、长江、钱塘江五大水系,全长1794公里。京杭大运河建于两千多年前的春秋时 The world-famous Grand Canal is the earliest and longest man-made river in the world. It is 16 times that of the Suez Canal and 33 times that of the Panama Canal. The Grand Canal flows from Beijing to the north and reaches Hangzhou in the north. It flows through the six provinces and municipalities of Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and communicates with the five major river systems including the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River. Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was built more than two thousand years ago in the Spring and Autumn Period