Great Wall On the Sea-ancient Seawall (Chinese Water Taming Stories)

There is a long history of building seawalls in Jiangsu Province and Zhejiang Province.

It received special attentions in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.The peak of ancient seawall technology is Yulin Stone Seawall.When Zhu Shi served as Governor of Zhejiang Province in the Qing Dynasty, he is the first to adopt the "e;water tank method"e; to build seawalls, which made remarkable contributions to treatment of flood disasters of coastal areas.Since the Qianlong Period, seawalls in Jiangsu Province and Zhejiang Province were built with appropriations of the government and seawall construction in Jiangsu Province and Zhejiang Province became a national act.