Tonghui Canal
canal, China
Also known as: T’ung-hui Canal
Learn about this topic in these articles:
history of Beijing
- In Beijing: The early empires
…time that a waterway, the Tonghui Canal, was dug and connected to the Grand Canal, so that boats transporting tribute rice from the provinces south of the Yangtze could sail into one of the new lakes inside the city. Dadu, which had magnificent imperial palaces and treasures drawn from every…
Read More