Lidui Park

Lidui Park

• The entrance to the Dujiangyan Scenic Area, featuring attractions such as the Fulong Temple and the Dujiangyan Museum.

Lidui Park is situated at the urban entrance of the Dujiangyan Scenic Area, and most tourists opt to enter the scenic area from here. Within the park lies a small hill with 42 steps, known as Lidui, which is an isolated mound separated when Li Bing carved the Bao Pingkou through the Yulei Mountain. The park also houses attractions like the Fulong Temple and the Dujiangyan Museum.

On Lidui Hill stands the Fulong Temple, originally named Fanxian Hall, built during the Jin Dynasty to commemorate Fan Changsheng, the leader of the Tianshidao sect on Qingcheng Mountain during the Han Dynasty and revered as the Heavenly Master of Heaven and Earth – the Marquis of Xishan. It was renamed Fulong Temple during the Song Dynasty. In the main hall of the temple sits a stone statue of Li Bing, a cultural relic excavated from the river in 1974 during the relocation of the Anlan Cable Bridge. The sculpture dates back to the first year of Jianning during the Eastern Han Dynasty (168 AD) and was originally used as a hydrological marker.

Inside the Huicui Palace of Lidui Park is the Dujiangyan Museum. Though the exhibits are not numerous, they provide a concise yet profound understanding of the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, making it a great place to visit before exploring the main sites.

Lidui Park is one of the attractions of Dujiangyan. Covering an area of over 90 acres, it was built in 1932.

The park features pavilions and terraces arranged with charm, ancient wooden stumps, exotic flowers, ponds, and fountains, all laid out ingeniously and uniquely. Among its highlights are the “Lagerstroemia Vase” and “Lagerstroemia Screen,” cultivated over two or three hundred years with exquisite craftsmanship. There is also an ancient ginkgo stump, said to have been planted by Zhang Song in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. It still stands tall and lush, resembling a crane lifted by the spiritual energy of the local landscape. Legend has it that it even bears fruit. The Lagerstroemia Vase, Lagerstroemia Screen, and Ginkgo Stump are known as the “Three Treasures of the Garden.”

The viewing pavilion of the Fulong Temple offers the best panoramic view of the entire headwork system of the Dujiangyan Canal. The headworks consist of three main components: the Fish Mouth Levee for water diversion, the Flying Sand Weir for flood discharge, and the Bao Pingkou for water intake. These elements form a scientifically integrated system based on the principles of “diverting the river and guiding water with weirs.”

Fish Mouth Levee. From a distance, the Min River appears to descend from the heavens. It originates from Gonggang Ridge in Songpan County, flows through Maoxian, Wenchuan, Dujiangyan, Leshan, and other areas, and joins the Jinsha River in Yibin City, where it becomes the Yangtze River. The Min River stretches 735 kilometers in length with an average annual flow of 496 cubic meters per second.

Flying Sand Weir, the spillway. Known in ancient times as the “Flood Reduction River,” it served the purposes of flood discharge and sediment removal. Located at the end of the Jingang Levee, it features a 200-meter-wide opening excavated from south to north at a specific elevation (2.15 meters above the riverbed).

Bao Pingkou. Situated at the foot of Lidui, it serves as the throat for diverting water into the Inner River. It is a 20-meter-wide, 40-meter-high, and 80-meter-long opening carved by Li Bing, resembling a bottle neck—hence the name “Bao Pingkou” (Bottle-Neck Opening).

These three projects form a rigorously structured, well-coordinated, and mutually dependent system, creating an integrated whole that achieves the goals of “diverting water for irrigation and channeling floods to reduce disasters.” After passing through Bao Pingkou, the Inner River water is distributed through major canals into countless irrigation channels, forming an extensive, crisscrossing fan-shaped irrigation network. This has turned the fertile plains of western Sichuan into a land of agricultural abundance, earning it the title “Land of Abundance.”

Address: Qingcheng Mountain, Dujiangyan Scenic Area, Qingchengshan Road, Dujiangyan City, Chengdu

Type: Garden / Urban Park / Historical Site

Recommended Visit Duration: 1–2 hours

Phone: 028-87136609

Opening Hours:

Summer: 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM

Ticket Information:

No separate ticket required. Included in the Dujiangyan Scenic Area ticket (Scenic Area Ticket: 90 RMB)