File:Dujiangyan Irrigation System (50619502968).jpg
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| Description | Dujiangyan Irrigation System, Sichuan, China 25 April 2009. Amazingly, the system was originally constructed in 265 BC by Li Bing, Governor of the Shu for the State of Qin. It was built on the River Minjiang, the longest tributary of the Yangtse, which was very prone to flooding at this point. Unfortunately, a very severe earthquake in 1933 destroyed much of the system but it was reconstructed to the same layout. Another earthquake in 2008 damaged it but it was repaired. Pictured is the Anlan Suspension Bridge made from rope and wooden planks. It links the upper end of an artificial island/dyke (the Yuzui or Fish Mouth Dyke) in the centre of the river with each shore. The dyke divides the river into the inner (deep and narrow - pictured) and outer (wide and shallow) channels, the former being for irrigation purposes. Seen beyond the Anlan Bridge is a modern weir on the inner channel. |
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| Author | Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK |
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