Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
Construction of the Dujiangyan irrigation system began in the 3rd century B.C. This system still controls the waters of the Minjiang River and distributes it to the fertile farmland of the Chengdu plains. Mount Qingcheng was the birthplace of Taoism, which is celebrated in a series of ancient temples.
Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province
N31 0 6.012 E103 36 19.008
Date of Inscription: 2000
Criteria: (ii)(iv)(vi)
Ref: 1001Source: http://whc.unesco.org
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