Píxiàn

Pi County lies northwest of Chengdu on the irrigated plain fed by the Min River. It is associated with the ancient rulers of Shu, Wangdi and Congdi, honoured together at the Wangcong shrine. Tradition credits Wangdi with teaching agriculture and Congdi with controlling floods; another tale says Wangdi became a cuckoo whose call urged farmers to begin their work. The stories connect the county's fields with the remembered origins of Shu.