Mount
Qingcheng:
65km west of Chengdu, Qingchengshan Mountain (Qingchengshan)
is one of the ancient cradles of Daoism. The mountain
has numerous Daoist temples and sites along the paths
to its peak. The area is green all
year round and is known for its secluded tranquility.
Jianfu Temple (Jianfu Gong) sits at the base of the mountain
and is a large, well-preserved Daoist temple from the
Tang Dynasty. About halfway up the mountain sits Tianshi
Cave (Tianshi Dong) the temple and school of Zhang Daolin,
a famous Daoist master who taught here and contributed
greatly to spreading Daoism in China. The present Tianshi
Cave buildings were built at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Lastly, near the peak sits Shangqing Temple, which was
originally established in the Jin Dynasty, while the current
temple buildings are Qing Dynasty constructions.
Dujiangyan
Irrigation System:

During the 277-237 BC period, Li Bing, prefect of Shu,
devoted major efforts to harnessing the rivers, and constructed
the Dujiang Weir, which serves to divide the Minjiang
River in two, so that excessive water can be diverted
along the outer river and the inner river channels water
to counties in the vicinity of Chengdu for irrigation
and shipping purposes. Since the completion of the Dujiang
Weir, flood and drought have come under effective control,
the local people never know what starvation is, and the
place has become nature's veritable storehouse. Hence
Sichuan's nickname, "Nature's Storehouse". Two
thousand and more years later today, the Dujiang Weir
is still playing a major role in irrigating the Chengdu
Plain; it is indeed the one and only miracle in the world's
water conservancy history.

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