The Lingqu (simplified Chinese: 灵渠; traditional Chinese: 靈渠; pinyin: Líng Qú) is a canal in Xing'an County, near Guilin, in the northwestern corner of Guangxi, China.

[3] In 214 BC, Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC), ordered the construction of a canal connecting the Xiang and the Li rivers, in order to attack the Baiyue tribes in the south.

The architect who designed the canal was Shi Lu (Chinese: 史祿).

[4] The canal also aided water conservation by diverting up to a third of the flow of the Xiang to the Li.

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