The highlight of the Grand Canal is that it carries Chinese culture.
The thousand-year-old canal that has been flowing endlessly has nurtured and created a batch of historical celebrities who will shine throughout the ages. In the pre-Qin period, representatives include Tai Bo, Wu Zixu, Fu Chai, Gou Jian, Fan Li and others. Among them, Fan Li, who did not love the country but loved the beauty, resigned from his job and took the beauty Xi Shi to Heze to make pottery deep in the canal, and became the "god of wealth" who trafficked silk.
From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Fan Ye, who was born along the canal, was particularly prominent and compiled 90 biographies in the "Book of the Later Han". Gu Kaizhi, a painter of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was born in Wuxi by the canal. There is still a copy of "Pictures of Proverbs of Women's History". There are also father and son Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, great calligraphers, who grew up and were active in the canal area. In addition, chemist Wei Boyang, medical scientist Hua Tuo, mathematician Zu Chongzhi, etc. were either born beside the canal or were active in the canal area.
The significance of the construction of the Grand Canal
1. It promoted north-south transportation and people-to-people exchanges, and greatly strengthened the government's centralized rule of national power.
2. It strengthened the economic construction of various regions in history, promoted economic development, and improved the living standards of the people at that time.
3. Strengthen cultural exchange and integration in various places, allowing people to communicate and get along better.
4. Promote the development of the transportation industry and make the transportation of grain and antler from north to south more convenient.
5. It also played a huge role in the economic development of future generations and left precious cultural heritage for future generations of people.
In general, the significance of digging the Grand Canal is very important both in ancient China and in today's society. It not only allows the government to better rule the country, but also promotes the development of various regions. Economic and cultural exchanges and the development of water transportation.
The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Grand Canal