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The Dujiangyan Dam

Dujiangyan built in Chengdu, is a Daoistic reverential transformation for the natural environment, which has worked essentially for 2300 years.

Dujiangyan built in Chengdu, is a Daoistic reverential transformation for the natural environment. This waterworks has worked essentially for 2300 years without any need for being made better, made more modern, more technologically sophisticated.

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