School Trip to Chengdu

Unit U2 on the curriculum page uses Dujiangyan, an irrigation system with no dam, which has watered the Chengdu plain for more than two thousand two hundred years. Students measure how the flow divides, draw the water path, and argue it against a modern dam. The unit connects to IB DP Environmental Systems and Societies (water), IB DP Geography and AP Environmental Science. The unit page sets out the tasks and the evidence to bring home.

Chengdu is where giant pandas are the main reason groups visit. The PreeChina pandas theme page maps the places across China where pandas can be seen, and the giant panda trip from Chengdu route shows how a panda visit fits a day. In Beijing and Shanghai the 2026 and 2027 routes use city zoos for the same purpose.

• Sanxingdui. A museum and excavation site for an early Sichuan culture: see the Sanxingdui day trip.
• The Leshan Giant Buddha. See the Leshan Giant Buddha page.
• Teahouse culture. The blog guide Chengdu teahouse culture describes the teahouse as a place to sit and watch the city.

• Chengdu travel guide for the city as a whole.
• Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan
• Giant pandas theme page
• Unit U2: water management without a dam
• Units and courses

Has a PreeChina student group been to Chengdu?

Not yet. A Chengdu leg is drawn from the Dujiangyan unit and the city guide when a school asks for it.

Which courses does Dujiangyan connect to?

IB DP Environmental Systems and Societies (water), IB DP Geography and AP Environmental Science.