Dongfengyan-Qianfoyan Scenic Area

Visitor information

Also known as

东风堰-千佛岩景区

Scenic area grade

4A

City

Nanjing

Coordinates

32.1538504, 118.9550305

About Dongfengyan-Qianfoyan Scenic Area

Dongfeng Weir – Qianfo Rock Scenic Area is located on the banks of the Qingyi River, 3 kilometers west of Jiagang County in Leshan City, Sichuan Province, and is a national 4A-level tourist attraction. The scenic area is centered around Dongfeng Weir, a World Irrigation Engineering Heritage site, and the Qianfo Rock Caves, a nationally designated key cultural relic protection unit. Dongfeng Weir was first constructed in the first year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1662) and is one of China’s earliest World Irrigation Engineering Heritage sites; it continues to deliver comprehensive benefits such as irrigation to this day. The Qianfo Rock Caves were carved during the Sui Dynasty and flourished during the Tang Dynasty, and currently feature 162 caves containing more than 2,470 cliffside statues.

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