Dujiangyan is the reason Sichuan is called the Land of Abundance. Some 2,280 years ago the engineer-governor Li Bing tamed the Min River with a dam-free system of levees and channels that still irrigates the Chengdu Plain today — the oldest working hydraulic project on earth and, with Mount Qingcheng next door, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Come for the engineering, stay for the riverside teahouses and the best night-food street within reach of Chengdu.
