景点介绍
The Dujiangyan Irrigation system is a miracle of ancient Chinese ingenuity. Before the completion of Dujiangyan irrigation project, the plains around the Min River were prone to floods due to the fast moving Min River flowing down from its mountain source and meeting flat ground. It was in the Warring States period about 2200 years ago, that the engineer Li Bing and his son led the construction of the Dujiangyan irrigation system that tamed the phantasmagoric Min River and irrigated the surrounding plains.
The central brilliant idea of the project is the annual silt removal and maintenance plan devised by Li Bing that ensures the projects long-term usefulness. The actual structure of the project includes a dyke that divides the Min River into inner and outer flows. The inner flow is then redirected to irrigate local farm land. One interesting thing about the irrigation system is that the project is still in operation and has trebled its original irrigation area of 1 million hectares.
The Fulong Temple (Fulong Guan) was erected in A.D.168 to commemorate the taming of the river. Fulong Temple locates in Lidui Park overlooking the split between the inner and outer flows of the Min River. Also, Li Bing's genius is again celebrated at the Two Kings Temple (Erwang Miao) near the dyke. The "two kings", of course, are Li Bing and his son, Er Lang. Two Kings Temple can be found in the western section of Yulei Park overlooking the dyke. There are cable cars that run between Lidui Park and Two Kings Temple in Yulei Park. The relatively high fares of RMB25 per ride keep the cable car's passengers to a reasonable number.
The Two Kings Temple: It is a temple commemorating Li Bing and his son.With a silk map in hands, Li Bing is fixing his eyes on the map as if the water-regulated project has been in his mind. With the tool in his hands, the statue of his son in the posterior hall is heroic as if he is going to cleave the mountain and build the weir. The experience and discourse on water regulation chiseled in the temple is the ancient Chinese people's scientific summary on conquering nature, and is of great importance to the construct of water control.
Anlan Bridge: It is 500m long and bestrides the inner and the outer rivers. The Anlan rope bridge is one of the famous bridgeworks in ancient China. Made of local material, the bridge is refinement in structure. Taking wood as pockets and bamboo as hawsers, the bridge, covered with board, is hung over the river. It is very interesting for visitors to step on the bridge and have a view of the river, which seems as if a boat is flying through the fierce billows.
Fulongguan Temple: With narrow river and strategic topography, this spot guards the throat of the Neijiang River, and therefore is called "the mouth of Aquarius". In 1974, the stone statue of Li Bing was unearthed here and now is installed in the middle of the main hall. The statue carved in 168 during the East Han dynasty is 2.9 meters in height and 4.5 tons in weight with a simple figure and graceful manner. It is considered as a very costful relic of stone carving. An iron"Flying Drago''of Tang dynasty is also displayed in the temple. There are eight lifelike flying dragons with vivid different expression emerging in the clouds. The quadripod weighing more than 500 kilograms is a rare ancient treasure.
