China's Ancient Lifeline

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Barges long piled the 1,100-mile canal between Beijing and Hangzhou, its glittering southern terminus. Bankside revitalizatio...
A fisherman loads cormorants onto his boat on Weishan Lake, which is part of the canal system. As their forebears have for mo...
Steel rods on a flatbed at Huaigang Steel in Huaian will be loaded onto barges for shipment on the Grand Canal. The waterway ...
Stars of the Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theatre prep for rehearsal. Kunqu opera - a stylized art form that strives for a harmonious ...
Canal villages reflect the tug of China's past and its present. Birde-to-be Wei Li, 23, wears a traditional red gown for the ...
Living on the water was once part of the fabric of Grand Canal life - and still is for this mother and daughter bringing prov...
A young man herds his flock on an early morning search for food before leading the geese to the canal just south of Huaian fo...
Zhouzhuang—a restored water town that promotes itself as the Venice of the Orient—draws more than 2.5 million sightseers a year.
The load of bricks that each stickman carries weighs about 200 pounds. The porters, at Beixinqiao dock in Hangzhou, get the n...
Fishermen work the Hai River in the shadow of the Ferris wheel in Tianjin. The Hai, which flows through Tianjin, fills a stre...
Three-year-old twins are among the youngest students at the Changfa Acrobatic School in Wuqiao County. Their program includes...
The Grand Canal once ferried acrobats from Wuqiao County to shows in port towns. Though the canal is now dry, the circus trad...
The Grand Canal once ferried acrobats from Wuqiao County to shows in port towns. Though the canal is now dry, the circus trad...
The Grand Canal once ferried acrobats from Wuqiao County to shows in port towns. Though the canal is now dry, the circus trad...
The Grand Canal once ferried acrobats from Wuqiao County to shows in port towns. Though the canal is now dry, the circus trad...
The Grand Canal once ferried acrobats from Wuqiao County to shows in port towns. Though the canal is now dry, the circus trad...
The Grand Canal once ferried acrobats from Wuqiao County to shows in port towns. Though the canal is now dry, the circus trad...
Changfa Acrobatic School. Wuqiao is most famous for acrobats in China, sent it's performers up and down the GC to perform in ...
Changfa Acrobatic School. Wuqiao is most famous for acrobats in China, sent it's performers up and down the GC to perform in ...
Changfa Acrobatic School. Wuqiao is most famous for acrobats in China, sent it's performers up and down the GC to perform in ...
Changfa Acrobatic School. Wuqiao is most famous for acrobats in China, sent it's performers up and down the GC to perform in ...
Changfa Acrobatic School. Wuqiao is most famous for acrobats in China, sent it's performers up and down the GC to perform in ...
Wuqiao Zhi Jiao Acrobatic School. Wuqiao is most famous town for acrobats in China, sent it's performers up and down the GC t...
Wuqiao Zhi Jiao Acrobatic School. Wuqiao is most famous town for acrobats in China, sent it's performers up and down the GC t...
Changfa Acrobatic School. Wuqiao is most famous for acrobats in China, sent it's performers up and down the GC to perform in ...
Changfa Acrobatic School. Wuqiao is most famous for acrobats in China, sent it's performers up and down the GC to perform in ...
Changfa Acrobatic School. Wuqiao is most famous for acrobats in China, sent it's performers up and down the GC to perform in ...
Linens dry along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
Old meets new Grand Canal at Hanshan Temple from Fengqiao Bridge.
Jiambi lock to Wuxi along Grand Canal aboard barge #1622, 10 year olds carrying cargo of 300 ton steel plates. Luo Jiayou, 46...
Jianbi Lock, south of Yangtse where it meets Grand Canal.
Fish pond in Dacheng supplies Wuxi fish market. Pics of netting fish.
Old Grand Canal winds its way through Wuxi at dusk.
Wuxi fish market at 4am
Shilizha Village corn harvest
Shilizha Village corn harvest
Liaocheng, Shandong. Panorama of the oldest part of the city on Nangyuan Island has been torn down to be rebuilt as an, "old ...
Dezhou pics of South North Water Diversion Project. This section started in June will be finished end of October. Will bring ...
Dezhou pics of South North Water Diversion Project. This section started in June will be finished end of October. Will bring ...
Dezhou pics of South North Water Diversion Project. This section started in June will be finished end of October. Will bring ...
Local Farmers shucking corn on newly built roads of Solar City..
Eye of Tianjin Ferris Wheel from Beiyingkou Bridge at sunrise
New Year painting in Tianjin Old Town. Once the most famous for producing this folk art, now mass produced for tourists. Comb...
Changfa Acrobatic School. Wuqiao is most famous for acrobats in China, sent it's performers up and down the GC to perform in ...
Ming Dynasty Canal town, once collected a fourth of taxes along GC as it was here that boats had to be removed from the water...
Ming Dynasty Canal town, once collected a fourth of taxes along Grand Canal as it was here that boats had to be removed from ...
Ming Dynasty Canal town, once collected a fourth of taxes along Grand Canal as it was here that boats had to be removed from ...
Old town, Nanguan island. 3 year construction project now in first year. Entire area is being torn down and rebuilt. Guangyue...
Remnant of the northern section of the Grand Canal which dried up in 1961.
End of navigable Grand Canal and last loading dock at Yuejin Port, Jining city power plant