mount qingcheng and the dujiangyan
states: [china]
category: cultural
year: 2000
location: Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province
region: Asia and the Pacific
latitude/longitude: 31.0016700000, 103.6052800000
visited: 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.
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