Yesterday we toured the Dujiangyan water conservancy project.\u00a0 It has been named by the UN as a “World Heritage” site, and thus, has become quite popular as a tourist site.<\/p>\n
Over 2200 years ago, a governor named Li Bing stood on a high place and looked at the river.\u00a0 Every year, floods devastated the whole area.\u00a0 People characterized the river as a fierce dragon who killed their children.\u00a0 Li Bing devised a plan to divert the raging water during the rainy season, and save it during the drier season.\u00a0 He cut through a mountain to make a channel to divide the river.\u00a0 He was quite the engineer.\u00a0 He divided the water flow in a 60\/40 % split.\u00a0 He made spillways, not exactly a dam, but a way to open or close the channel according to the need.\u00a0 His system has been in use continually all this time, although it has been updated with modern materials.\u00a0 Li Bing was then honored for subduing the dragon.\u00a0 His temple stands today, and people still burn incense to honor him.\u00a0 His instructions are carved in stone.\u00a0 Artwork depicts the projects, and the annual ceremony of releasing the water.<\/p>\n
You can read all about this on various websites which describe it more accurately and with pictures.\u00a0 Put in “Dujiangyan Irrigation System” to your search engine.\u00a0 You’ll be amazed.<\/p>\n
We spent several hours there, walking around the project and walking in the mountain paths.\u00a0 It was cool and rainy, quite comfortable for hiking, and I was glad I had my hiking boots and wool socks.\u00a0 (The best ever socks from LL Bean) We didn’t go all the way into the many temples up in the high places, but we saw some of the statues in the entryways.\u00a0 This place is the “birthplace of Daoism.” \u00a0\u00a0 I don’t know much about that.\u00a0 In fact, my general feeling here is that the more I learn, the less I know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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