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When they say China thinks long term, this 👇 is a perfect example: we're in Dujiangyan in Sichuan province, a massive irrigation project constructed in 256 BC that's still very much in use today, making it literally the longest-serving infrastructure project in human history. The project was supervised by... show more

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Arnaud Bertrand1 year ago

This is a spot where they dug through the mountain in 256BC to create a path for the new river.

Arnaud Bertrand1 year ago

This is so China: a 168 AD statue of Li Bing, the engineer behind the construction of the project, in a temple dedicated to him. The only country in the world that literally deifies engineers 😊

Arnaud Bertrand1 year ago

Fun fact: this site also has a 1,800 years old Gingko tree!

Srdjan Krtolica1 year ago

There was a time when people in the west thought similiarly. But then the capitalist elite realized if you made something "forever" no one is gonna want to buy a new one.

Chetan Phalke1 year ago

Way ahead of its time…visited this place in April this year. If you travel from Chengdu to Xi’An via high speed train, almost 30-40% of the journey is through tunnels in mountain terrain. Amazed to see the audacity of projects & quality, speed of execution.

Rosemary MacKenzie1 year ago

Real forward thinking! Interesting that there is so much English translation at Chinese sites. Thanks for the tour.

Arnaud Bertrand1 year ago

Yes, but extremely few Western tourists, which is an immense, immense shame: the direct effect of decades of relentless anti-China propaganda in Western media...

Hanlie Ignatiev1 year ago

If only we could get those ancient ones to help Valencia re-route their Turia River! Most people blame t floods (over 100 dead) on "climate change" or heavy rain but I believe China could help - IF ONLY Spain would oblige!

Astolfo Naturesio1 year ago

Thank you Arnaud! It is nice to travel around China with you and your family ! Enjoy

Debs1 year ago

We built schools 30/40 years ago that are falling to pieces and going to apparently cost over 500m to fix. We privatised our water and sewage 30+ years ago, rivers, lakes, seas toxic with billions of litres of raw sewage pumped into them annually.

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