Recently, Xing'an County, Guilin City, Guangxi has experienced continuous rainfall for several days. The Tianpingba and Huazui of the ancient Lingqu have also become spectacular due to the abundant rain, and the scenery of Lingqu is fresher and more beautiful.

  It is understood that Lingqu, as one of the three major water conservancy projects in ancient China, was built in the Qin Dynasty. It is the oldest existing artificial canal in the world. It has special water conservancy, military and transportation functions. made of.

For thousands of years, Ling Canal has changed from the original "grain channel" and transporting army salaries to the opening of passenger transportation in the Han Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the water transportation of Ling Canal reached its heyday. It was called "living heritage" by experts and was included in the World Irrigation Project in 2018. It has become the first World Irrigation Engineering Heritage Project in Guangxi.

  (Yang Zongsheng)

Responsible editor: [He Sanli]