the Grand Canal stretches 1,794 kilometres and links northern Beijing to the southern Hangzhou – with Suzhou standing as the centrepiece of this enormous channel. Recently the Grand Canal was ...

together to explore different cities along the Grand Canal. Their itinerary includes stops in Ningbo, Shaoxing, and Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Huai'an in Jiangsu province ...

Suzhou captured in pictures – where stunning ... Its proximity to the Grand Canal encouraged the growth of its indigenous flora by nourishing its naturally fertile soils and so he constructed ...