Dujiangyan

The Dujiangyan is an ancient hydraulic engineering system in , , . Originally constructed around 256 BC by the State of Qin as an irrigation and flood control project, it is still in use today.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: irrigation system in Dujiangyan City, Sichuan, China
  • Also known as: “Bewässerungssystem von Dujiangyan”, “Công trình thuỷ lợi Đô Giang Yển”, “Công trình thủy lợi Đô Giang Yển”, “Dujiang Weir”, “Dujiang Yan”, “Dujiangyan irrigasjonssystem”, “Dujiangyan Irrigation System”, “Dujiangyan-irrigasjonssystemet”, “Dujiangyango garaztatze-sistema”, “Dujiangyanirrigasjonsprosjektet”, “Dujiangyans irrigasjonsystem”, “Irigacijski sistem Du Jiang Yan”, “Irrigasjonsanlegget i Dujiangyan”, “Irrigasjonsanlegget ved elven Du i Sichuan”, “Sistema de irrigacion de Dujiangyan”, “Système d’irrigation de Du jiang yan”, “Systeme d’irrigation de Dujiangyan”, “Tu-chiang Yen”, “Tu-ťiang-jenský zavlažovací systém”, “Дуцзянъяньская ирригационная система”, “დუცზიანიანის საირიგაციო სისტემა”, “سامانهٔ آبیاری دوجیانگ یان”, “سامانه ابیاری دوجیانگ یان”, “سامانهٔ ابیاری دوجیانگ یان”, “سیستم آبیاری دوجیانگ یان”, “도강언”, “宝瓶口”, and “都江鱼嘴”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Lidui Park and Libing Square.

Railway station
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The railway station is an underground railway station. is situated 2½ km southwest of Dujiangyan.

Railway station
The railway station is an underground railway station. is situated 3 km south of Dujiangyan.

Railway station
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The Yingbin Road railway station is an underground railway station. is situated 3½ km south of Dujiangyan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dujiangyan and Qingchengshan-Dujiangyan National Park.

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is a part of , and is home to a variety of attractions.

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Mount Qingcheng is a sacred Taoist mountain in , , .

Dujiangyan

Latitude
31.01667° or 31° 1′ north
Longitude
103.63333° or 103° 38′ east
Elevation
737 metres (2,418 feet)
Open location code
8P352J8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
1811883
Wiki­data ID
Q824157
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Dujiangyan” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Sistema de regación de Dujiangyan”
  • Basque: “Dujiangyan ureztatze sistema”
  • Chinese: “都江堰”
  • Croatian: “Dujiangyan sustav za navodnjavanje”
  • Czech: “Tuťiangjenský zavlažovací systém”
  • Danish: “Dujiangyan”
  • Dutch: “Irrigatiesysteem Dujiangyan”
  • Dutch: “Irrigatiesysteem van Dujiangyan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دوجيانجيان”
  • Esperanto: “Dujiangĝan (irigacio)”
  • Esperanto: “Dujiangĝan”
  • Finnish: “Dujiangyanin kastelujärjestelmä”
  • French: “système d’irrigation de Dujiangyan”
  • French: “Système d’irrigation de Dujiangyan”
  • Georgian: “დუძიანიანის საირიგაციო სისტემა”
  • German: “Dujiangyan-Bewässerungssystem”
  • Hebrew: “מערכת ההשקיה של דוג’יאנגין”
  • Icelandic: “Dujiangyan áveitukerfið”
  • Indonesian: “Dujiangyan”
  • Italian: “Sistema di irrigazione del Dujiangyan”
  • Japanese: “都江堰”
  • Korean: “두장옌”
  • Macedonian: “Дуџјиангјан”
  • Malayalam: “ഡൂജിയാങ്യാനിലെ ജലസേചന സമ്പ്രദായം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dujiangyans irrigasjonssystem”
  • Norwegian: “Dujiangyans irrigasjonssystem”
  • Persian: “سامانه آبیاری دوجیانگ یان”
  • Polish: “System irygacyjny Dujiangyan”
  • Portuguese: “Sistema de irrigação de Dujiangyan”
  • Russian: “Дуцзянъянь”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Irigacijski sistem Dujiangyan”
  • Slovak: “Zavlažovací systém pri Tu-ťiang-jene”
  • Slovenian: “Namakalni sistem Dudžjangjan”
  • Spanish: “Sistema de irrigación de Dujiangyan”
  • Swedish: “Dujiangyans bevattningssystem”
  • Turkish: “Dujiangyan Sulama Sistemi”
  • Ukrainian: “Дуцзян’янь”
  • Vietnamese: “Đô Giang Yển”
  • Wu Chinese: “都江堰”
  • Yue Chinese: “都江堰”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Baihua and Lingyan.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Guo Yan and Holiday Inn Express Dujiangyan Ancient City.

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Worth a closer look: Emeishan National Park and Mianyang.

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