Dujiangyan Irrigation System
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Title
Dujiangyan Irrigation System
Subject
Immovable Culture Heritage
Description
The Dujiangyan is an ancient irrigation system in Dujiangyan City, Sichuan, China. Originally constructed around 256 BC by the State of Qin as an irrigation and flood control project, it is still in use today. The system's infrastructure develops on the Min River (Minjiang), the longest tributary of the Yangtze. The area is in the west part of the Chengdu Plain, between the Sichuan Basin and the Tibetan Plateau. Originally, the Min would rush down from the Min Mountains and slow down abruptly after reaching the Chengdu Plain, filling the watercourse with silt, thus making the nearby areas extremely prone to floods. King Zhao of Qin commissioned the project, and the construction of the Dujiangyan harnessed the river using a new method of channeling and dividing the water rather than simply damming it. The water management scheme is still in use today to irrigate over 5,300 km2 (2,000 sq mi) of land in the region. The Dujiangyan, the Zhengguo Canal in Shaanxi and the Lingqu Canal in Guangxi are collectively known as the "three great hydraulic engineering projects of the Qin."
Source
wordlheritage2022
Date
256 BC
Contributor
ah373@st-andrews.ac.uk
Type
Site
Identifier
477
Date Submitted
02/05/2022
Date Modified
05/02/2022 12:38:11 pm
Extent
cm x cm x cm
Medium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dujiangyan
Spatial Coverage
current,31.0051695,103.6053421;
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Dujiangyan Irrigation System
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Institutional nature
Archaeological
Place
Dujiangyan City, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 611830
Prim Media
784
End Date
now
Contact
ah373@st-andrews.ac.uk
Collection
Citation
“Dujiangyan Irrigation System,” STAGE, accessed December 13, 2025, https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/780.
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