Xianyang
Jingyang Zhengguo Canal Dam Site
The base of a large Qin earth-and-stone dam that once held back the silt-laden Jing River marks the birthplace of irrigation in Guanzhong.
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Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · County-level
Jing Yang County
World Irrigation Heritage Zheng Guo Canal engineered fertile bounty for Guanzhong in Jingyang, renowned for gold-flowered fermented Fu Brick Tea.
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A place shaped through time
World Irrigation Heritage Zheng Guo Canal engineered fertile bounty for Guanzhong in Jingyang, renowned for gold-flowered fermented Fu Brick Tea.
Jing Yang County
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Atlas Attractions
Han Bai Canal & Jinghui Hub Site
From the Han Bai Canal and Tang Three Bai Canals to Li Yizhi's modern Jinghui Canal, this site traces two thousand years of living irrigation heritage.
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Related Literature
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- Legend of Liu Yi · Delivering the Dragon Princess's LetterFictionLi Chaowei
Returning home after failing the examination, Liu Yi meets the dragon princess herding sheep and agrees to carry her letter to Dongting: 'I am a man of honour. Hearing your story, my blood and spirit are all stirred; I only regret I have no wings to fly.'
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- Records of the Grand Historian: Treatise on Rivers and CanalsProseSima 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.