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Blog :Earliest and Longest Canal

Posted by admin on Aug 14, 2009 in China's World Best

The earliest and longest man-made canal in the world is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The canal was first built in the 5th century BC and was substantially extended twice during the Sui and Yuan dynasties. The canal begins at Tongxian County in Beijing in the north and ends in Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province in the [...]

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Blog :Largest Public Square

Posted by admin on Aug 14, 2009 in China's World Best

The largest public square in the world is Tian’anmen Square in Beijing. It covers an area of 40 hectares.
The Tian’anmen Square found in the center of Beijing boasts the largest of its kind in the world. Over a hundred years, many ceremonies and demonstrations have been held here.
The grand of Tian’anmen Gate (Heavenly Peace Gate) [...]

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Blog :Biggest and Earliest Encyclopedia

Posted by admin on Aug 14, 2009 in China's World Best

The biggest and earliest encyclopedia in the world is theYongle Encyclopedia(Yongle Da Dianin Chinese), complied between 1403 and 1408 in the Ming Dynasty by more than 2,000 scholars. It consists of 22,937 volumes.
Yongle is thereign name of the Ming emperor Yongle (1402-1424). The original edition of this large work was comprised of 917,480 pages — [...]

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