Dujiangyan Irrigation System

E211985
ancient water-management project irrigation system

Dujiangyan Irrigation System is an ancient Chinese water-management project built around the 3rd century BCE that still functions today, renowned for its innovative design that controls flooding and irrigates vast areas without using a traditional dam.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dujiangyan Irrigation System canonical 6
Dujiangyan 2
都江堰 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient water-management project ⓘ
irrigation system ⓘ
benefits agriculture in western Sichuan ⓘ
builtDuring Qin state period ⓘ
builtUnderRuler King Zhaoxiang of Qin ⓘ
surface form: King Zhao of Qin
ChineseName Dujiangyan Irrigation System self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 都江堰
constructionStartDate 3rd century BCE ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalSignificance important site in Chinese hydraulic engineering history ⓘ
symbol of ancient Chinese engineering ingenuity ⓘ
designedBy Erlang (son of Li Bing) ⓘ
Li Bing ⓘ
engineeringPrinciple sediment control through diversion and overflow ⓘ
using natural topography to regulate water flow ⓘ
era Warring States period ⓘ
function divert water from Min River to irrigate Chengdu Plain ⓘ
reduce flooding on the Min River ⓘ
hasPart Baopingkou (Bottle-Neck) channel ⓘ
Feishayan spillway ⓘ
Yuzui (Fish Mouth) levee ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit of China ⓘ
surface form: National Key Cultural Relic of China

UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception 3rd century BCE ⓘ
influenced development of Chengdu as a major agricultural center ⓘ
irrigates Chengdu Plain ⓘ
irrigatesArea over 5,000 square kilometers (approximate historical extent) ⓘ
languageOfName Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn Chengdu Plain ⓘ
Dujiangyan City ⓘ
Sichuan Province ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Min River NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy local and provincial authorities in Sichuan ⓘ
near Mount Qingcheng ⓘ
notableFor absence of a traditional dam ⓘ
continuous operation for over two millennia ⓘ
flood control ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
partOf Mount Qingcheng ⓘ
surface form: Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System World Heritage Site

hydraulic projects of ancient China ⓘ
RomanizedName Dujiangyan Irrigation System self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dujiangyan
status still operational ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2000 ⓘ
uses bottle-neck channel ⓘ
diversion weir ⓘ
fish mouth levee ⓘ
spillway ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sichuan Province → contains → Dujiangyan Irrigation System ⓘ
Sichuan Province → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Dujiangyan Irrigation System ⓘ
Chengdu Plain → irrigationSystem → Dujiangyan Irrigation System ⓘ
Chéngdū → nearbyAttraction → Dujiangyan Irrigation System ⓘ
subject surface form: Chengdu
Min River → flowsThrough → Dujiangyan Irrigation System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dujiangyan
Min River → hasStructure → Dujiangyan Irrigation System ⓘ
Min River → associatedWith → Dujiangyan Irrigation System ⓘ
Dujiangyan Irrigation System → ChineseName → Dujiangyan Irrigation System self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 都江堰
Dujiangyan Irrigation System → RomanizedName → Dujiangyan Irrigation System self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dujiangyan