Dujiangyan irrigation system

irrigation system, China

Also known as: Tu Chiang-yen irrigation system

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In Chengdu
…Chengdu Plain, the site of Dujiangyan, one of China’s most ancient and successful irrigation systems, watered by the Min River. The system and nearby Mount Qingcheng, an early center of Daoism, were collectively designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2000. The irrigation system, first set up during the Qin…
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In Sichuan: Agriculture and forestry
…most spectacular is the ancient Dujiangyan irrigation system of the Chengdu Plain, which dates to the Qin dynasty (221–207 bce); it captures the torrential flow of the Min River and guides it through an artificial multiplication of channels into numerous distributaries along the gently graded plain. Annual dredging keeps the…
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