Dujiangyan
Dujiangyan Hotel listing, discount Hotel rates Dujiangyan, The Dujiangyan water conservancy project is west of the city of Dujiangyan on the northwestern Chengdu Plain in Sichuan Province. It is built to tame the Minjiang River in 256 B.C. under the direction of Li Bing, governor of Sichuan of the state of Qin.1
May 12, nurses are caring for people from the Dujiangyan transferred from the hospital the baby. the same day, in Wenchuan County, Sichuan 7.8 earthquake, about 100 km from the Wenchuan cities of Dujiangyan some of the facilities damaged, the number of housing collapse, the statistics of the casualties are.2
kilometers (34.8miles) west of Chengdu, the Dujiangyan Irrigation Project was built up in 256 B.C. to harness the Min River, a tributary of Yangtze River, which had frequently caused floods in rainy seasons. It was designed to divert the fast-flowing river and re-channel it into irrigation aqueducts.3
The Dujiangyan Region has a beautiful landscape and many cultural relics and historical sites, including the Fulong Temple, Erwang Temple, and the trail bridge. All of these, plus moving legends have exerted a great attraction for both domestic and overseas tourists.4
Around BC 250 during the Warring States Period, Libing, a governor of Shu in Qin state (present Sichuan Province) with his son directed the construction of Dujiangyan. The governor gave up the old ways of dam building which was simply try to catch the floodwaters.5
There is a large park area around Dujiangyan with various temples and pavilions sprinkled through the forest and gardens. Erwang Temple (two kings temple) was built as a tribute to Li Bing and his son.6