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Larix , Qin par with the Dujiangyan Water Conservancy, but also the world';s oldest artificial canals. greatness lies in its communication of the Lijiang River and the Xiangjiang River, the Yangtze River and Pearl River to navigation. Two thousand years since the Qin Dynasty to the Republic to become the only South and Central Plains traffic channel.

length of 34 km, divided into South and North drainage canal, which drains south length of 33.15 km, sub-four paragraphs, most of the karst topography, the use of the dayNatural rivers and artificial excavation only 5 km; North Drainage although only 4 km in length, but it is connected Xiangjiang River and the Lijiang River Channel. Today, there are commonly known as the watershed area units, can be described as the mainstay of the Hua mouth; used for storing and raise the water level in order to lead the Lijiang River water through the channel hub project - the size of the balance; three generals tomb of Qin embankment, flying to stone, four-Yin Temple and other views. The whole area is simple and elegant, can fully understand "the line to make Lingqu Road, Hung Yen do not have days," the mood.

Qin embankment
; In Hung Yen and the Xiangjiang River drainage south between the old course, built in the Qin Dynasty, to prevent leakage into the Xiangjiang River in the south drainage channels cut to divert the old course, protection from floods drainage impact of the South. Tai Wan from the sub-reservoir embankment steep, full-length 3150 meters. 1 m under the embankment to open many of the "Drainage Eye," can be discharged from the wet season, dry season the small streams to overflow irrigation. Old trees, shady embankments to form Seven Mile Road, Long Beach landscape.

Flying stone
In the Qin embankment above the stone 4 meters high, the circumference of 20 meters, nearly square. Top of stone, flat asTaiwan, a class can be registered. Platform has two cracked stones out of osmanthus trees, slim. Flying stone stone composition and the surrounding rock huge difference, towering in the Xiangjiang River alone drains oxbow dihydrate and South, between the origins of its people have the infinite reveries. Song, where inscriptions ages 11 poems, the "Tobe pillar", "Qiu, such as," "Night Moon Lake-hui," "rehabilitation mind" and so on. Flying stone is indeed a great odd reward.

Doumen
Doumen is built on the north-south a navigation channel in the setFacilities. Its role is similar to the modern lock, but lock building simple than modern, but the operation is quite simple and flexible. the doumen is the oldest lock, is the world';s first navigation facilities. It can be said is the world';s ancient water conservancy construction of the Pearl, the father of the world';s lock.

Background:
Qin Ying Zheng in 221 BC destroyed the six countries, in order to consolidate the imperial power, sent troops half a million large-scale land offensive Baiyue Lingnan. Due to the rugged mountain road, but no less than Jiugong forage bad. InPaul is the history of Qin Shi Huang ordered to pass grain Road chisel . After the completion of the channel is known to smart, hence the name.
hewn later, Qin With adequate forage, which in one go and move forward, when the unified Lingnan. Occupation of Lingnan, the troops guarding, but also security. By , South Qin also a large number of immigrants from the Central Plains to speed up the integration of the nation';s largest, accelerated economic development of Lingnan, strengthening cultural exchanges. of safeguarding national unity, economic and cultural exchanges to promote the Central Plains and the South have made important contributions. Guilin is also due to the cut and As "waters of the south and north of the Central Plains," the South city.
In addition, a single architecture for the brilliant achievements of water, is the world';s oldest existing one canal, and its hydraulic engineering construction, creating some of the world';s most ancient, with a high scientific content, is the Chinese national pride. Traffic

1, from GuilinTake the bus station "Guilin - Hung Yen," the Express bus to Hung Yen town, every half hour, the fare of 10 yuan. Go to the county, and take the tricycle.

2, since the driving directions

Liuzhou direction: under the freeway in Lingchuan through Lingchuan County, about 50 kilometers north of the road to Hung Yen.

Wuzhou, Yangshuo direction: through the Guilin area, north along the mountain has been opened, after the urban areas to Hunan, Lingchuan about the direction of travel 57 km to the Hung Yen town.

Hunan direction: down the highway in the state, not into the city of Quanzhou County, the direction of travel to Guilin 60 km is to Hung Yen.

Tickets

Tickets: 40 yuan / person (including the cost of charter tours).

Opening hours: daily 8:30-17:30.