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Lundong tunnel, Zhushan
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Competent authority:Nantou County Government
Announcement date:2006/07/11
Level:County Monument
Location:Jiji Barrage weir South end, Drawbridge Head in Fuzhou Village, Zhushan Township, Nantou County
Lundong tunnel digging in the 59th year of Qing Emperor Qianlong dynasty, shall be used for the Sang Liao hundreds of farmland irrigation, When the digging, Qing Dynasty Sang Liao people, Zhang Tian-qiu gathered craftsmen to open up the mountain wall, chiseled rock plate into a tunnel diversion to Sang Liao four miles, such manual precision is to adopt the accurate technology by 205 years ago, it is really a great wisdom from our ancestors to develop the water conservancy project.
The new building Jiji Barrage weir will replace the original channel, in order to preserve the ancestral relics and coordinate with the latest type of embankment engineering landscape, contrasting the new and saved the oldest channel, will be the best example of cultural assets preservation.