Longshou Canal is the first groundwater canal in China's history, it is the predecessor of Luohui Canal today. Longshou Canal was built during the years of the Emperor Wu of the West Han Dynasty. The channel has to pass through Shangyan Mountain, and the soil there is loose, the canal bank is easy to collapse, and can not adopt a one-like construction method, so that people invented the "well canal method" at that time, so that Longshou Canal from the ground through the seven-mile wide Shangyan Mountain.
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Longshou Canal is the first groundwater canal in China's history, it is the predecessor of Luohui Canal today. Longshou Canal was built during the years of the Emperor Wu of the West Han Dynasty. The channel has to pass through Shangyan Mountain, and the soil there is loose, the canal bank is easy to collapse, and can not adopt a one-like construction method, so that people invented the "well canal method" at that time, so that Longshou Canal from the ground through the seven-mile wide Shangyan Mountain.
The site of Longshou Canal Branch is located 130 meters south of Datainan on the first floor of Daming Palace Hanyuan Palace, Xi'an. The two walls of the channel are steep and straight. There are 3 bridges on the canal. The central bridge is facing the site of Hanyuan Palace. The overall protection of Daming Palace National Ruins Park is working. The Longshou Canal and its upper imperial bridge were demonstrated and restored.
After archaeological excavation of Daming Palace, an artificial channel was found 130 meters south of the first floor of the Datai, the site of the Hanyuan Palace. The two walls of the channel were steeper, and there were brick revetments in the area. There were also three bridges that were almost equal distances.