Dujiangyan Irrigation System hosts school trail from 11 November
Published on 11/14/2026 at 11:26 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSSchool trail and heritage setting
- The scenic area runs its school stamp trail from 11 to 15 November 2026 under the Qingchengshan-Dujiangyan management.
- Six stops connect the irrigation works with subjects including history, geography, biology and physics.
- UNESCO says construction began around 256 BC and the World Heritage property was inscribed in 2000.
The Dujiangyan Irrigation System hosts the Read the Textbook at Dujiangyan school stamp trail from 11 to 15 November 2026 in Chengdu, China. The programme uses six stops across the scenic area to connect the working water system with lessons in history, geography, biology, physics and language.
The activity takes place during the autumn school holiday and is intended for school pupils. Its route gives visitors a current reason to examine the waterworks through specific points rather than treating the site only as a historic landscape.
Dujiangyan Irrigation System sets six-stop school trail
The Qingchengshan-Dujiangyan Scenic Area management announced the programme through its official account on 9 November 2026. The trail runs from 11 to 15 November 2026 at the six subject stations and the Tiangong Kaiyan immersive cultural experience museum.
Participants collect a stamp sheet at Gate 1 before following the route. The listed stops are Lidui Ancient Garden, Zhang Song Ginkgo, the Flying Sand Weir, Baopingkou, Fish Mouth and the Tiangong Kaiyan museum. The completed sheet can be checked at the museum, where participants can receive a commemorative postcard.
The activity links each place to a subject. Lidui Ancient Garden is paired with language, Zhang Song Ginkgo with biology, the Flying Sand Weir with physics, Baopingkou with history and Fish Mouth with geography. The final museum stop presents a model-based interpretation of how the three main engineering elements work together. The official programme notice gives the dates, venue and route.
Ancient water engineering gives the trail its setting
The attraction is part of the UNESCO property Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System. UNESCO says construction began around 256 BC, and the system still controls Minjiang River water and distributes it across the fertile Chengdu plains.
The waterworks use natural topography and hydrology for diversion, sediment removal, flood control and flow management without relying on a conventional dam. UNESCO identifies the Yuzui Bypass Dike, Feishayan Floodgate and Baopingkou Diversion Passage as the three key components of the weir works.
That structure gives the school trail a direct link to the landscape. The Flying Sand Weir and Fish Mouth are not simply named viewpoints on the route: they are working parts of the system whose functions correspond to the physics and geography themes listed for the activity. UNESCOs heritage description records that the property was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2000.
Visiting Dujiangyan Irrigation System: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- The school stamp trail runs from 11 to 15 November 2026 at the six subject stations and the Tiangong Kaiyan immersive cultural experience museum.
- The route begins at Gate 1, where participants collect the stamp sheet, and ends with checking the completed sheet at the museum for a commemorative postcard.
- The six named stops include the Flying Sand Weir, Baopingkou and Fish Mouth, linking the visitor route with the waterworks themselves.
- The site is in the Chengdu plains in Sichuan, China, and is part of the UNESCO property inscribed in 2000.
- Mandarin Chinese is the official language and the national currency is the renminbi.
- Entry requirements depend on your nationality; UK travellers can check the FCDO travel advice at gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice, Irish travellers the Department of Foreign Affairs at ireland.ie.
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Frequently asked questions about Dujiangyan Irrigation System
When does the school stamp trail take place at Dujiangyan Irrigation System?
The trail runs from 11 to 15 November 2026 across six stations and the Tiangong Kaiyan museum.
What is the Dujiangyan Irrigation System?
It is a water-management system begun around 256 BC that still controls Minjiang River water and irrigates the Chengdu plains.
Where is Dujiangyan Irrigation System and how do you get there?
The World Heritage property is in the Chengdu plains in Sichuan, China. Its visitor route includes Gate 1, the named waterworks and the Tiangong Kaiyan museum.
