Atttractions and activities: Qingcheng Mountain, Dujiangyan Irrigation System
Meal: Not Included
Accomodation: Ovenight in Chengdu
Begin your tour of Chengdu with pickup from your centrally located hotel. Take a comfortable private vehicle to start the trip. Drive approx. 1.5 hour to visit Qingcheng Mountain. Surrounded by undulating peaks and lush trees, it enjoys the reputation of "Qingcheng world secluded". It is the holy land of the Quanzhenlongmen Sect of Taoism and one of the famous Taoist mountains in China.
Later have a break and enjoy delicious lunch, move on to explore the only surviving no-dam irrigation system in the world - Dujiangyan Irrigation System. It makes full use of the local geographical conditions of high northwest and low southeast, according to the special topography, water veins and water potential at the mouth of the river, take advantage of the potential to guide, no dam water diversion, self-flow irrigation, so that dikes, water distribution, flood discharge, sand discharge and flow control are interdependent, a total system, to ensure the full play of the comprehensive benefits of flood control, irrigation, water transportation and social water use. Its greatest point is that the weir has been built for more than 2250 years, and it is playing more and more benefits.
After the trip, the guide will transfer you back and drop you off at the hotel.