Construction of Dujiangyan Irrigation System by Li Bing
256 BCE
Brilliant non-dam river engineering project turning Sichuan into China's supreme agricultural engine.
Sources and References
Site de Dujiangyan (Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, Sichuan)
Consulter l'archive officielle ↗Sima Qian, Shiji (Chapitre 29 : Traité sur les canaux)
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