当古巴比伦汉谟拉比渠、古罗马的人工渠道等古老的灌溉工程早已湮没在历史的烟尘中，位于中国四川的都江堰水利工程在2200多年后的今天，仍在持续发挥着巨大作用——灌溉1133.2万亩农田、服务2800多万人口……

Ancient Babylon’s Hammurabi Canal and ancient Rome’s aqueducts have faded into history. However, the Dujiangyan Irrigation System in China’s Sichuan province continues to be put to good use more than 2,200 years later: irrigating 11.332 million mu of farmland and serving over 28 million people.

发源于川西北高原的岷江是成都平原的母亲河，每年春夏两季，上游高山融雪和丰富降雨给岷江带来了浩大的水流。然而在两千多年前，从高原奔腾而下的岷江却经常给成都平原带来水患灾害。公元前256年，一个“驯服”岷江的人出现了：秦国蜀郡太守李冰!他吸取前人的治水经验，率民众修建了都江堰。

The Minjiang River, which originates in the Northwestern Sichuan Plateau, is the mother river of the Chengdu Plain. Every spring and summer, snowmelt from the upper mountains and abundant rainfall bring huge water flows to the Minjiang River. However, more than 2,000 years ago, the waters of the Minjiang River coming down from the plateau often resulted in floods upon the Chengdu Plain. In 256 BC, the man who"tamed"the Minjiang River arose: Li Bing, the Prefect of Shu City in the State of Qin. He learned from his ancestors’ flood control experience and led the local people in constructing the Dujiangyan Irrigation System.

这个古老水利工程到底有何神奇魔力?一起来看这个“世界奇迹”背后古蜀人民治水的大智慧!

What is the magic power of this ancient irrigation system? Let’s take a look at the ancient Shu people’s wisdom of flood control throughthis wonder of the world.