Such an unsentimental attitude might suggest unimportance, but barges plying the Grand Canal have knit China together for ... re-create village life on their $100,000 barges.

"The Great Wall ... another part of China’s defenses. The 16th-century Yaoziyu Fort, for example, is the best preserved of Huanghuacheng’s six forts. Changyucheng Village was founded 500 ...