ancient engineering, china flooding, dujiangyan, flood control, irrigation, sichuan

The Dujiangyan Irrigation System, a Masterpiece of Hydraulic Engineering

There has been frequent flooding in mainland China recently, causing chaos everywhere. This makes us think of the Dujiangyan Irrigation System on the Western Sichuan Plain, which has been turning frequent flood damage into abundance and prosperity for the local people for more than 2,000 years. It is the longest-lasting hydraulic engineering project in history ...