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Located within and as part of the Dujiangye Dam, a tourist attraction, Baopingkou started off as an artificially digged water channel no more than 20 meters wide for the purpose of adjusting the amount of inflow into the Neijiang River. Viewed from above, the waterway resembles in shape the mouth of a vase, hence its name. The topmost floor of Fulongguan Temple makes a perfect spot for a panoramic view not only of Baopingkou, but also the spectacular scene as the Mingjiang River surges past the channel.

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都江堰渠首枢纽工程,主要由渠首鱼嘴分水堤、飞沙堰溢洪道和宝瓶
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都江堰渠首枢纽工程,主要由渠首鱼嘴分水堤、飞沙堰溢洪道和宝瓶口引水道三大主体工程组成。这三项工程,采取“分流导江、筑堰引水”的科学办法,结构严谨,布局完善,形成了一座相互依存,互相制约的有机整体,收到“引水灌田,分洪减灾”的效益。而且这项工程直到今天还在发挥着作用,被称为“活的水利博物馆”。也是全世界至今为止年代最久、唯一留存、以无坝引水为特征的宏大水利工程。宝瓶口,这是都江堰工程的关键所在。岷江在此奔腾澎湃,流向广袤的田野村庄,造福人间万物。此处原是湔山(今名灌口山、玉垒山)伸向岷江的长脊,两千年前,李冰父子面对桀骜不驯的岷江水,火攻玉垒山,开凿出一条宽20米、高40米、长80米的口子,因其形如瓶颈而功能奇持,后人称“宝瓶口”。这处被称为“内江引水咽喉”的宝瓶口相当于"节制闸",能自动控制内江进水量。而宝瓶口右边耸立的原来湔山的那部分有42级台阶的小山丘,就是李冰父子当年率领劳动人民开宝瓶口,引岷江水灌溉川西平原所凿成的同玉垒山分离后的孤堆。因与其山体相离,故名离堆。宝瓶口的开凿一方面使得内江水冲到这里被离堆迎头顶托,形成壅水和漩流,使水更澄清,然后入口。在洪水期则迫使内江不致大量涌入狭窄的宝瓶口,只好随着漩流回壅,从飞沙堰排向外江,起节制闸的作用,确保成都平原安全。另一方面,内江水流通过宝瓶口后,再经大干渠分成千万条灌溉渠道,组成一个纵横交错的扇形灌溉网,使川西平原千里沃野,农产丰饶,成为“天府之国”。
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