Grand Canal (World Wonder)

"This canal was blamed for the Sui Dynasty's fall. But on its waves goods are transported to all. If there had not been the dragon boat parade, Its builder could have been compared to Yu the Great." - Pi Rixiu The Grand Canal, stretching across the plains of eastern China, is the longest artificial inland waterway in the world. The Grand Canal is not a single channel built overnight, but a network of waterways constructed and maintained throughout the dynasties, dating as far back as 484 BC, as the Han Canal connected the Huai River and the Si River. During the Sui Dynasty, both Emperor Wen and Emperor Yang dedicated to the construction of a number of canals centering on Luoyang, namely the Guangtong Canal, the Yongji Canal, the Tongji Canal, the Shanyang Canal, and the Jiangnan Canal. Their efforts established a network of waterways stretching from Beijing in the north to Hangzhou in the south. However, during the reign of Emperor Yang, the excessive forced labor caused public discontent, which became the trigger for the demise of the Sui Dynasty. During the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan chose Dadu (present-day Beijing) as his capital city and built canals such as the Jizhou Canal, Huitong Canal and Tonghui Canal, allowing grain ships from Hangzhou in the south to reach the capital city without having to detour to Luoyang. The Grand Canal hydraulic project formed the major inland route of transportation of logistics in China, and the rise and fall of dynasties were correlated with the construction, dredging and management of the canals. Grand Canal Upon completion 1 or 2 adjacent Canal districts are automatically constructed. The Canal wonder tile can now be crossed by naval units. Trade Routes traveling through it can multiply the Gold they get from districts at their destination. Must be built on a flat land tile where there are two adjacent tiles directly across the build tile from one another that meet the following criteria: one adjacent tile must be able to legal