Live: Yibin – The gateway to the Yangtze River in Southern Sichuan - Ep. 3 Yibin, located in southwestern China's Sichuan Province, sits at the confluence of the Jinsha and Minjiang rivers, which continue onward as the mighty Yangtze, earning it the title "the first city on the Yangtze River." Once a key hub on the Southern Silk Road, the city still pulses with river-port vitality, where historic temples, old streets and stilt houses open onto scenic spots such as White Tower Mountain and the lu

China's Dujiangyan irrigation system was built over 2,200 years ago between the Sichuan basin and the Qinghai-Tibet plateau in the city of Chengdu. This engineering marvel still controls the waters of the Minjiang River today, distributing it to fertile farmland on the Chengdu plains. It was inscribed on the World #Heritage List in the year 2000 along with nearby Mount Qingcheng. | China Plus Culture