It is located at the centre of beijing . the construction began in the 4th year of the reign of yongle emperor in the ming dynasty , and completed 14 years later 位于北京市中心,建于明永樂四年年,完成于明永樂十八年年,距今已有多年的歷史。
In the first year under the reign of the yongle emperor l403 , his majesty nominated chen xuan as a general commander that supervised the grain s tranportation by the grand canal . during the supervising peried , he built a 130 li - long flooddyke from haimen to yanchen in jiangsu province 永樂元年1403年成祖授命陳?任總兵官,總督漕運,督漕其間,筑海門至鹽城悍湖堤130里,為使海運,又于青浦海邊筑土山,后皇上踢名寶山。
In the thirteenth year under the reign of the yongle emperor , after investigation and reconnaissance , chen xuan dug a 20 li - long river from the west of huai an city . the river channels off the water of guanjia lake into the huai rver . the river was named as qingjiangpu . along the river such four watergates as yifeng gate , qingjiang gate , fuxing gate and xingzhun gate were built to control the water level 永樂十三年,陳?通過實地走訪查勘,淮安城西鑿渠20里,導管家湖堤水至鴨陳口入淮,此河命名為清江浦,河上遞建移風清江福興新莊四閘,以便調(diào)節(jié)水位,此后,漕船可直入黃河,節(jié)省了大量費用。