Dujiangyan Irrigation System
The world's oldest functional eco-hydraulic project without dams, turning Chengdu plain into the Land of Abundance.
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Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · County-level
Du Jiang Yan City
Ancient flood dividers at Dujiangyan Irrigation System 5A UNESCO World Heritage water Chengdu Plain in Dujiangyan beside serene Daoist Mount Qingcheng 5A.
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A place shaped through time
Ancient flood dividers at Dujiangyan Irrigation System 5A UNESCO World Heritage water Chengdu Plain in Dujiangyan beside serene Daoist Mount Qingcheng 5A.
Du Jiang Yan City
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Atlas Attractions
Dujiangyan Yuzui Water-Dividing Dike
Where the Min River leaves the mountains, the Yuzui fish-mouth dike splits the flow four to six, irrigating the Chengdu Plain without a dam.
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Dujiangyan Feishayan Spillway
Using the helical flow of a river bend, the Feishayan spillway sheds floodwater and sand automatically, a brilliant example of ancient hydraulic design.
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Dujiangyan Baopingkou Intake
Cut through Yulei Mountain under Li Bing, the narrow Baopingkou intake controls the inner river's flow, giving people command over drought and flood.
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Erwang Temple & Fulong Temple at Dujiangyan
Honouring Li Bing and his son for taming the waters, these temple halls hold the carved maxim on dredging riverbeds deep and building weirs low.
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Dujiangyan Anlan Cable Bridge
Stretched across the Min River where Dujiangyan splits it into inner and outer channels, the Anlan Bridge is counted among China's five great ancient bridges.
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Tianshidong Daoist Temple on Mount Qingcheng
Zhang Ling founded his Taoist tradition here in the Eastern Han, and a ginkgo said to be planted by the Celestial Master himself still towers after some two thousand years.
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Shangqing Palace at Mount Qingcheng Summit
Founded in the Jin dynasty at about sixteen hundred metres on the summit, this temple hosted the painter Zhang Daqian for several years amid towering old trees and Taoist calm.
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Jianfu Palace at Foot of Mount Qingcheng
First built in 730 at the foot of Zhangren Peak, this temple of lush trees and soaring eaves serves as the first Taoist gateway on the front slopes of Mount Qingcheng.
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Zushidian & Yuanming Palace on Mount Qingcheng
Celebrated in the saying that Qingcheng is the most secluded mountain under heaven, this path of bamboo, mossy stone steps and trickling springs suits Taoist reclusion.
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Related Literature
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- Records of the Grand Historian: Treatise on Rivers and CanalsClassical ProseSima Qian
Bing, the governor of Shu, cut through the Li Dui to ward off the harm of the Mo river, and opened the two rivers through the middle of Chengdu.
- Records of the Lands South of Mount Hua: Records of ShuClassical ProseChang Qu
Flood and drought obey men, and famine is unknown; there are no lean years, and the world calls it the Storehouse of Heaven.