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to discharge the excess water to
the Chengdu plain and beyond.
The levee was constructed
in 256 BC by placing sausageshaped woven baskets or cages
made from bamboo in-filled
with stones and held in place
with wooden tripods. Tens of
thousands of workers were
involved in the construction.
Excavating
the
new
channel using only human
force and primitive tools was
made even more difficult when
they encountered ɽ