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Yuan Dynasty Grand Canal Grain Transport

Type Object Region China Time c. 1280–1368

The Yuan integration of the Grand Canal system and its grain transport system, linking Dadu and Jiangnan via the Tonghui River and Huitong River sect…

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  1. c. 1280–1300Dadu (present-day Beijing) · North ChinaGuo Shoujing oversaw the excavation of the Tonghui River and improved the Huitong River and its locks along the route, allowing Jiangnan grain to reach Dadu directly via the Grand Canal and establishing the main trunk of Yuan river-borne grain transport.
  2. 1341–1350Jiangnan grain transport origin (Hangzhou–Suzhou line) · JiangnanDuring the Zhizheng reign the Yuan maintained annual south-to-north grain shipments of several million shi, with river and sea transport (via Dengzhou and Laizhou with overland transfer) running in parallel; despite pressures such as the Yellow River course shift in the 1340s, Grand Canal grain transport remained the main channel for capital grain and provisions.

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