Dujiangyan Water Releasing Festival

Date: Qingming Festival

Location: Guanxian ancient city, Du Jiang Yan, Qingcheng Mountain

The Dujiangyan Water-Releasing Festival takes place on April 5 each year in Du Jiang Yan, 58 km (36 mi) away from Chengdu. Residents dress up in ancient costumes and read elegies for Li Bing and his sons, in order to honor them for their contribution to the irrigation project they built over 2,000 years ago.