Quebei irrigation project
The Quebei irrigation project ( Chinese 芍 陂 , Pinyin Quèbēi , English Quebei irrigation project ) and the Anfeng pond (also Anfengtang or beginning tang) ( 安 丰 塘 , Ānfēng táng , English Anfeng Pond ) in the south of Shou County in the Chinese province of Anhui is a water reservoir dating back to the spring and autumn annals (Chunjiu) as part of an irrigation project in the catchment area of the Huai He River . It is said to have been built by Sunshu Ao ( 孙叔敖 ), the chancellor of the ancient Chu State . After the establishment of the Chinese state (1949) it was extensively repaired. Its storage capacity is over 73 million cubic meters with an irrigation area of over 42,000 hectares.
According to Garbrecht, the storage capacity of the Anfengtang reservoir was 56 million cubic meters when it was completed. It was only part of the entire irrigation project, which consisted of seven reservoirs.
From 598 to 591 BC According to Garbrecht, the barrier structure built in Shouxian had a final height of 31 m. For several centuries this structure was the highest dam on earth, possibly until the Romans built the 40 m high dam of Subiaco around the year 50 . This is insofar as the Paskanda Ulpotha dam in Sri Lanka, which was built in 460 or 300 BC, could have been 34 m high (also according to Garbrecht). Another dam in China (Gukow from 240 BC) was 30 m high.
The Anfeng pond has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (3-53) since 1988 .
literature
- Günther Garbrecht: Historical dams . Wittwer, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-87919-145-X .
Coordinates: 32 ° 17 ′ 30 " N , 116 ° 40 ′ 58" E