我想要英文版的京杭大运河介绍

The capital Hang zhou Grand Canal, the abbreviation canal, and to stand side
by side serve as the engineering the greatest in China ancient times to the
Great Wall.
Beijing is risen in north in capital Hang zhou Grand Canal, and south is to
Hangzhou, and economizing through Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province,
Shandong, Jiangsu Province and Zhejiang four, linking up the big river system
of Haihe River, Huanghe River, Huaihe River, Changjiang River and Qiantang
River five, length overall is 1794 kilometers.
Begins five centuries spring and autumn last phase of chisel before the
Christian era in the capital Hang zhou Grand Canal, and Wu Wangfu is less than
opening ditch ( Han's ditch ) for felling the neat chisel river, can open the
navigation or air flight to Qin Dynasty time Suzhou to Zhenjiang, more than
is called the south of the River canal. Afterwards opening growing and
widening through Sui Yang emperor, until arriving first 29 years ( 1292 )
years, haves a thorough knowledge of in the all fronts that grandfather
accomplished Hang Yunhe in capital in first lifetime.
Run through the main artery of north and south when becoming the unit and the
Ming Dynasty and unmixed, and is taking the important effect in the communications
and transportation.
Only among them one small section is keeped opening the navigation or air
flight in season reluctantly before 1949, and the Changjiang River and Huaihe
River can smooth(ly) be sailed to more than 400 kilometers of river course
kiloton barges of Jiangsu Province north section at present. The ancient canal
Wuxi that our country newly opened up caused the very big interest of abroad
tour person to Yangzhou and Wuxi to the tour circuit of Hangzhou in April
1981.
The irrgation works that the capital Hang zhou Grand Canal is the greatest in
China ancient times, the canal that also is the longest on the world.
京杭大运河,简称运河,与万里长城并列为中国古代最伟大的工程.
京杭大运河北起北京,南至杭州,经北京、天津及河北、山东、江苏、浙江四省,沟通海河
、黄河、淮河、长江、钱塘江五大水系,全长1794公里.
京杭大运河始凿于公元前五世纪春秋末期,吴王夫差为伐齐凿河开沟（邗沟）,至秦时苏州至镇江已能通航,以上称为江南运河.后经
隋炀帝开长拓宽,直到至元二十九年（1292）年,元世祖完成了京杭运河的全线贯通.
成为元、明、清时贯穿南北的大动脉,在交通运输中起着重要作用.
1949年以前只有其中一小段勉强维持季节通航,现江苏北段的400多公里河道千吨级驳
船可畅驶长江、淮河.1981年4月,我国新开辟的古运河无锡至扬州、无锡至杭州的旅游线路
,引起了国外旅游者的极大兴趣.
京杭大运河是中国古代最伟大的水利工程,也是世界上最长的运河.