Dujiangyan - Park

Japanese: 都江堰 - とこうえん
Dujiangyan - Park

A county-level city in central Sichuan Province, China. It is located about 50 km northwest of the provincial capital, Chengdu, at the top of the alluvial fan formed by the Minjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, at the outlet of the Qionglai Mountains into the Chengdu Plain. It is part of Chengdu prefecture-level cities. Population: 671,200 (2014). In 1988, the former Guan County was incorporated as a city and became Dujiangyan City. In the mid-3rd century BC, father and son Li Bing and Li Erlang opened the Dujiangyan irrigation canal network that used the waters of the Minjiang River, and the area became the grain-producing region of Sichuan. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the repair and expansion of irrigation canals not only prevented flooding in the upper reaches of the Min River but also greatly increased the irrigated area, resulting in abundant production of rice, wheat, rapeseed, and other crops.

The famous scenic spot is Mount Qingcheng, a sacred place for Taoism. In 2000, it was registered as a cultural heritage site of the World Heritage Site "Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Waterway System" together with the waterway network of Dujiangyan (World Cultural Heritage). At the foot of Mount Qingcheng is the Panda Conservation and Research Center, and the surrounding scenic spot is also one of the constituent assets of the World Natural Heritage Site "Sichuan Giant Panda Conservation Areas."

[Kikuo Ono, Editorial Department, August 21, 2017]

[References] | Chengdu | Minjiang

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

中国、四川(しせん)省中部の県級市。省都成都(せいと)の北西約50キロメートル、揚子江(ようすこう)支流の岷江(びんこう)が邛崍(きょうらい)山脈から成都平原への出口に形成した扇状地の頂部にある。成都地級市に属する。人口67万1200(2014)。1988年旧灌(かん)県が市制を施行して都江堰市となった。紀元前3世紀中ごろ、李冰(りひょう)、李二郎(りじろう)親子が、岷江の水を利用した灌漑(かんがい)用水路網「都江堰」を開き、以後この地は四川地方の穀倉地帯となった。中華人民共和国成立後、用水路の補修、拡張により、岷江上流の洪水防止とともに灌漑面積を大きく増加させ、米、小麦、ナタネ(アブラナ)などを豊富に産出している。

 名勝として、道教の聖地といわれる青城山(せいじょうさん)が有名。2000年、水路網の都江堰とともに「青城山と都江堰水利(灌漑)施設」として世界遺産の文化遺産に登録された(世界文化遺産)。青城山麓にはパンダ保護研究センターがあり、一帯の風景名勝区は世界自然遺産「四川ジャイアントパンダ保護区群」の構成資産の一つでもある。

[小野菊雄・編集部 2017年8月21日]

[参照項目] | 成都 | 岷江

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