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Waterwheel Park
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Waterwheel Park
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Tour Code : C2299
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City / Province : Gansu (Lanzhou Dunhuang）
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Built in : 1994
Highlights
The Waterwheel Park is mainly consist of 12 unique shaped waterwheels,where the Yellow River roars,the waterwheels rotate, and the trees are in picturesque disorder,,recreating the harmonious scene of agricultural production along the Yellow River in ancient times.Now it becomes a symbol of Lanzhou City.
Waterwheel Park
The water wheels were introduced into Lanzhou from Yunnan Province by a local people, who used to work in Yunnan in Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), the first water wheel was successfully built on the north bank of the Yellow River in 1556. The large water wheels have a diameter of about 20 meters, small ones around 10 meters, therefore, through the irrigation device, the water can be lifted about 15-18 meters high. Generallywheels can irrigate 600-700 Mu of land (1 Mu=666.6 square meter), andone about 100-200 Mu. In the ancient time, water wheels were very advanced and convenient irrigation tool.
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