THE PROTECTION RESEARCH ON LINEAL CULTURAL HERITAGES OF CHINESE CANAL FROM CULTURAL ROUTES: A CASE OF ANHUI SECTION OF CHINESE CANAL OF SUI AND TANG DYNASTY
ZHU Han1,2, ZHAO Rong1,3, XI Tong-di4
1. School of Cultural Heritage, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China;
2. Foreign Language Department, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China;
3. Cultural Relics Bureau of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an 710061, China;
4. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development of China, Beijing 100083, China
Abstract The Chinese Canal is the world's longest artificial digging canal, which is not only the important shipping channel connecting the north and south of China, but also plays a huge flood control, irrigation, water supply and other benefits and greatly promotes the development of economy, society and culture in the canal area and national scale. As the typical Lineal Cultural Heritages, the heritage of Chinese Canal holds the entire basic elements of Cultural Routes, and the protection for it should be based on the study and evaluation for its nature, value and characteristics. According to the difference in the size of excavation, shipping and level of prosperity, its construction process can be divided into three stages. The period of Sui and its former is regarded as the preliminary formation stage of canal; the period of Sui and Tang to North Song is thought of as the stage of further improvement and prosperity; And the period of Yuan, Ming and Qing is considered as the one where shipping was realized. The canal has been called "The Grand Canal" connecting south and north area of China. After finished and put in operation, it tended to link the five river systems as the major part of national transportation and benefited to the development of whole China. Sui section of Chinese Canal is the important part of it of Sui and Tang Dynasty.
2013, Vol. 28 
