Lingqu Canal

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The Lingqu Canal (Simplified Chinese: 灵渠; Traditional Chinese: 靈渠; pinyin: Líng Qú) is located in Xing'an County, near Guilin, in Guangxi Province, China.

In 214 BC, Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.), ordered the construction of a canal connecting the Xiang and Lijiang rivers. It is one of the three big water conservation projects of ancient China and the second oldest existing canal in the world.^{[citation needed]}

The three big water conservation projects in ancient China are:

• Lingqu Canal
• Dujiangyan Irrigation System
• Zhengguo Canal

[edit] See also

• Grand Canal of China