Around 2200 years ago a governor of Sichuan found that the floods happened frequently in the rainy season,and water storage was short during the dry season.

2200 多年前，一位四川的地方官發(fā)現(xiàn)：當(dāng)?shù)卦谟昙竞樗僚?，旱季卻無水可用。

Therefore based on the geographic features of the MinJiang River,and without doing any damage to the natural environment,he built a special structure dam.

于是，他根據(jù)岷江上游出山口處特殊的地形、水勢，在不對環(huán)境造成任何破壞的基礎(chǔ)上修筑了一座特殊結(jié)構(gòu)的水壩；

The dam is known as Dujiangyan. Dujiangyan functions to direct water and divert floods and sand.

這就是都江堰。它集引水、分洪和調(diào)沙三種功能為一體。

Thanks to the dam the region would no longer be plagued by flooding during the rainy season,and water supply will be sufficient in the dry season.

使周邊地區(qū)雨季不再洪水肆虐，旱季不再無水可用。

Dujiangyan has functioned for more than 2200 years even the earthquake with a magnitude of 8 on the Richter scale in 2008 which happened near the dam,didn't destroy it.

都江堰 2200 多年來仍舊正常使用，即便是 2008 年那場 8.0級的大地震也沒能摧毀它。

Dujiangyan reflects the idea that the land water and people can live in harmony.

都江堰體現(xiàn)了土地、水與人在這里和諧共生的觀念。