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 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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