Tonghui Canal

This geocache isNOTlocated at the posted coordinates. You need to find the real coordinates. In 1290, Kublai Khan, one of grandsons of Genghis Khan, was building his glorious capital of Yuan Dynasty(1271-1368) in Chinese history, Dadu(Khanbaliq) - today's Beijing.Thecitywallhadbeencompletedandwhite-colored gates had been already under construction. The city moat was taking form...One of his ministers, and a brilliant engineer in history, Guo Shoujing had located a great water source for Kublai's capital and had constructed a canal, which carried sufficient water into Dadu. The canal ended at Dadu's harbor, today's Houhai area. But to build a capital, it needed also a huge amount of timber, brick and coal, so was an abundant amount of food. Both building material and food were available mostly in Central and South China, but not in North China. What to do?There was of course the famous Imperial Way: The Grand Canal was originally built in year 605 during Sui Dynasty (AD 581-618), runnin