Dujiangyan Irrigation System Chengdu

Chengdu , Sichuan, China
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    Historic site, National park, Landmark/point of interest, Waterway

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    Fell in Love with Chengdu

    Arrived Chengdu by air in the evening on Sept. 16th. Arranged a taxi and a driver for the next day with the hotel. It costed RMB 1,200 (approximate to $200 US).

    The round trip to Leshan Giant Buddha was a solid 6 1/2 hours. You'd say that was crazy. Yes. It was! However, we only had 2 days in Chengdu. Weather was hot and humid. Mob of tour …

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    Adorable Pandas And Lots More!

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    ... board the two day and two nights train to Lhasa, Tibet,   Footnote: Mount Quingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System are UNESCO World Heritage listed. The Chendu Panda Research Center has been granted United Nations Global 500 Environmental ...

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    Journey to the West - V

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    ... a spillway called Feishayan that was dug to discharge water and silt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dujiangyan_Irrigation_System My last trip from Chengdu was to Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve and Songpan. Located in the north of Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou ...

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    Breakfast, leaving Enshi and arriving in Chengdu

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    ... checked into our room and it was probably the most luxurious we had on the trip—the bed was more comfortable, for example. We made up to meet the next morning. Qinger would meet us at 9:20 with Peter to go to see the Dujiangyan Irrigation System. ...

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    Dujiangyan, Sichuan Opera and Häagen-Dazs

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    ... in the inner river; less than five percent of the silt from the river makes it through and reaches the Chengdu plain. The Dujiangyan irrigation system had a powerful impact on Sichuan and on China. The Chengdu Plain enjoyed unprecedented prosperity. The ...

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    Fell in Love with Chengdu

    ... when night falls in Chengdu. On the 2nd day (Sept. 18), we took the bullet train to Dujiangyan Irrigation System (都江堰)., a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Late afternoon on the same day, we returned to Chengdu and had ...

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    "eff caution!!!": 3 foreign girls loose in Chengdu

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    ... is nuts!! There's alot more really sweet info that you could check out. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dujiangyan_Irrigation_System) Mount Qingcheng: apparently it was the birthplace of Daoism.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Qingcheng So after ...

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    Day 26: Stairs

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    ... nice looking suburbs before we got out into the more rural areas. The first place we went to is called the Dujiangyan Irrigation System. Construction on it began in the 2nd century BC, and according to the UNESCO World Heritage Website "is a major ...

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    Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan

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    Mount Qingcheng (Green City in Chinese) and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System are two state-level scenic attractions in China. Both are located west of Chengdu and both are listed as the World Heritage Sites. Mount Qingcheng, one of the most famous Taoist ...