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Lingqu Canal 灵渠Líng Qú
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Guilin, Guangxi
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Guilin
- Region
- Guangxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Lingqu Canal
A canal dug on the First Emperor's orders between 219 and 214 BC to move troops and supplies south, linking the Xiang River, which flows to the Yangtze, with the Li River and the Pearl River system across a low watershed. Its works survive in and around Xing'an town: the Huazui, a ploughshare-shaped stone spur that splits the Xiang, the angled spillway dams called the Big and Small Tianping, the Qin embankment and old lock gates along the 36.4 km of the South and North channels. It was named a World Heritage Irrigation Structure in 2018.
How to get to Lingqu Canal
In Xing'an town, about 60 km north-east of Guilin, roughly an hour by road or a short high-speed train ride to Xing'an North.
Nearby
- Longji Rice Terraces 龙脊梯田 60 km
Rice paddies stacked up the mountains like the scales on a dragon's back
Also within 20 km: Guilin Merryland Resort 乐满地度假世界 (under 10 km), Xiang River Breakthrough Martyrs Monument Park 红军长征突破湘江烈士纪念碑园 (under 10 km), Sites of the Battle of the Xiang River (Jieshou) 湘江战役旧址 (20 km).
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