Current location:Earth Edges news portal > business
Four More Chinese Irrigation Projects Designated World Heritage Structures
Earth Edges news portal2024-05-22 11:29:29【business】6People have gathered around
IntroductionContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom
- Home
- News
- People
- In-depth
- ACWF
Four More Chinese Irrigation Projects Designated World Heritage Structures
October 8, 2022Aerial photo taken on April 9, 2022 shows Lingqu Canal in Xing'an County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Lingqu, one of the world's oldest and most well-preserved artificial canals, was inscribed on the World Heritage Irrigation Structures in 2018. [Xinhua/Zhou Hua] |
BEIJING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) — Four more ancient Chinese irrigation sites have been recognized as World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS), according to the Ministry of Water Resources.
Granted by the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) on Thursday, the inclusions of the Tongjiyan Irrigation System, the Xinghua Duotian Irrigation and Drainage System, the Songgu Irrigation Scheme and the Chongyi Shangbao Terraces have brought the total number of Chinese irrigation projects on the WHIS list to 30.
"China, among all countries, has the most diverse types of heritage irrigation projects with the widest distribution and the best irrigation benefits," said Chen Mingzhong, an official with the water resources ministry.
With its headwork located at the confluence of three rivers in Chengdu City in southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Tongjiyan Irrigation System has the largest and longest-operating movable weir in Chinese history. It now irrigates nearly 35,000 hectares of land and provides water for four counties in the cities of Chengdu and Meishan.
The Xinghua Duotian Irrigation and Drainage System, located in Xinghua City in the eastern Jiangsu Province, waters arid uplands with the likes of dykes, channels and water gates. It remains a contributor to local irrigation, drainage, flood control, drought prevention, ecological agriculture and tourism.
Located in Songyang County in east China's Zhejiang Province, the Songgu Irrigation Scheme is an excellent model of ancient irrigation works for small and medium-sized river basins. With a dense network of weirs, dykes, ditches and channels and drawing water from a local stream, the irrigation system was perfected during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911) and now has an irrigation area of about 11,000 hectares.
The Chongyi Shangbao Terraces cover an area of about 3,400 hectares in the mountainous region of Chongyi County in the eastern Jiangxi Province. Built on steep slopes as early as in Song Dynasty (960-1279) and perfected during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the terraces have sound irrigation and ecological systems.
It is important to present the history and culture of Chinese irrigation works and study the science, technology, cultural value and management experience behind them, Chen said, noting that this will help the country's efforts to advance rural revitalization, ecological protection and sustainable water resource utilization.
Along with the four Chinese projects, another 15 irrigation projects in countries including Australia, India and Iraq were also added to the WHIS list, which now covers 140 projects in 18 countries.
Established in 1950, the ICID is an international organization aimed at boosting scientific and technological exchanges on irrigation, drainage and flood control.
The WHIS designation, established by the ICID in 2014, aims to protect and promote irrigation projects of historical value and their scientific experience.
(Source: Xinhua)
32.3KPlease understand that womenofchina.cn,a non-profit, information-communication website, cannot reach every writer before using articles and images. For copyright issues, please contact us by emailing: [email protected]. The articles published and opinions expressed on this website represent the opinions of writers and are not necessarily shared by womenofchina.cn.
Comments
Magazines
Projects
- 2023 Women Science and Technology Innovation Pioneer...
Photos
- People Enjoy Blooming Tulips in Jinan, East...
- Flowers Bloom Across China in Spring
Special Coverage
Address of this article:http://tromelinisland.argoasecurityeu.com/news-21e099933.html
Very good!(98)
Related articles
- Election 2024: Biden and the Democrats raised far less in April than Trump and the GOP
- Ricky Rudd, Carl Edwards and Ralph Moody selected to NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2025
- Connecticut's first Black chief justice, Richard A. Robinson, to retire in September
- Two top Penguin Random House editors are leaving as publisher transforms
- The 49ers begin on
- Inside 'billionaire' gypsy Alfie Best's family
- Iran: Thousands mourn President Raisi and others killed in helicopter crash
- Detroit could be without Black representation in Congress again with top candidate off the ballot
- State Supreme Court and Republican congressional primary elections top Georgia ballots
- Divided Supreme Court rules no quick hearing required when police seize property
Popular articles
- Judge in Trump’s hush money trial did not bar campaign finance expert from testifying for defense
- Jailed Guatemalan journalist to AP: 'I can defend myself, because I am innocent'
- Chicago PD star Tracy Spiridakos explains why she is leaving the long
- Judge in Trump’s hush money trial did not bar campaign finance expert from testifying for defense
Recommended
Police break up pro
North Carolina bill seeks to restrict public and media access to criminal autopsy reports
Andrew Abbott handcuffs Padres as Reds rebound from disastrous road trip to win 2
Judge in Trump’s hush money trial did not bar campaign finance expert from testifying for defense
Bell's RBI single in 10th lifts Marlins to 3
Analysis: Bryson DeChambeau doesn't win the PGA trophy, but he does win the crowd
Bills linebacker Matt Milano still at least a month away from being cleared to practice, coach says
A woman has died in a storm in Serbia after a tree fell on her car
Links
- Village benefits from ecological improvement of Erhai Lake in Yunnan
- Lotus flowers seen across China
- Xi Sends Congratulatory Letter on 50th Anniversary of Cooperation Between China, WIPO
- Palace Museum raises the number of daily visitors to 12,000
- Jiangcun Village in East China's Jiangsu: sample of China's rural development
- Xi's Speech at CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High
- Traditional villages with local characteristics built to develop rural tourism in Hebei
- Autumn scenery at Pofengling Scenic Area in Beijing
- People go outside to enjoy scenery of flowers in many parts of China
- World Wetlands Day: A glimpse of China's earth’s kidneys