Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System World Heritage Site

Official name: Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System | UNESCO
Country: China | Map
Continent: Asia
Location: Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province
31.1600° Lat, 103.6052° Lon | Map
Code: 1001
Time Zone: Asia/Shanghai (CST, +0800)
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Category: Cultural
Description: Inscribed 2000. Construction of the Dujiangyan irrigation system began in the 3rd century B.C. This system still controls the waters of the Minjiang River and distributes it to the fertile farmland of the Chengdu plains. Mount Qingcheng was the birthplace of Taoism, which is celebrated in a series of ancient temples.