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In 214 B.C., Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.), ordered the construction of a canal connecting the Xiang River|Xiang and Lijiang River|Lijiang rivers. It is one of the three big water conservation projects of ancient China and the oldest existing canal in the world. The three big water conservation projects in ancient China are:
china-stub Category:Canals Category:China zh:灵渠 category:Geography of China This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Lingqu Canal".
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