Not far away the Temple of Two Kings, over the Minjiang River hangs the Anlan Cable Bridge. The bridge is regarded as one of the five most famous ancient bridge in China. With a length of 320 meters, it was first dubbed the Rope Bridge or the Bamboo Rattan Bridge according to the materials […]
Located at the foot of Mt. Yulei, Erwang Temple (Temple of Two Kings) was built in honor of the esteemed builders of Dujiangyan Irrigation Project, Li Bing and his son. The temple was originally named Wangdi Shrine, a temple constructed to commemorate Du Yu, a king of the ancient Shu Kingdom. Later it was moved […]
Fulongguan or Dragon-taming Temple is built on the Isolated Mound, named after the legend "Erlang captures the evil dragon". In the 4th century the temple was originally built in memory of Fan Changsheng, the chieftain of the Tianshi Sect of Taoism at Mr. Qingsheng.
In the period of Five Dynasties and Ten States, […]
Lidui was carved by Li Bing out of Mt. Yulei, an opening for water to pass through. It was indeed a laborious task to cut through the mountain of gravel and sedimentary rock more than 2,000 years ago, when gunpowder was not yet invented and ironware was primitive. However, Li Bing was full of […]
A key section of Dujiangyan Irrigation Project, the well-designed Baopingkou or bottleneck Channel, acts as a water inlet that controls the water volume which flows to the Chengdu Plain from the inner canal. Shaped like a bottleneck, the channel places rigid limits over the flow entering the irrigation network of the Chengdu Plain. It […]