Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System (UNESCO/NHK)

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James Blake Wiener
by UNESCO
published on 27 July 2018

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.

Source: UNESCO TV / © NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
URL: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1001/

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