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The basic information length is 5464 kilometers, the source altitude is 4800 meters, the average flow is 1774.5 cubic meters/second, the basin area is 752443 square kilometers, the source is in Qinghai Province, and flows into the Bohai Sea. The dividing point between the middle and lower reaches: the mouth of the river, Jiumengjin Another name. Origin: Northern foothills of Bayan Har Mountains, Qinghai Province.

Natural Features

The Yellow River is the second longest river in my country. It originates from the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai. Its main stream runs through nine provinces and autonomous regions, flowing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong, with a total length of 5,464 kilometers, a drainage area of ​​750,000 square kilometers, an annual runoff of 57.4 billion cubic meters, and an average runoff depth of 79 meters. However, the amount of water is not as large as that of the Pearl River. There are 35 main tributaries along the river. The larger tributaries are in the upper reaches, including Huangshui River and Tao River. In the middle reaches, there are Qingshui River, Fen River, Wei River and Qin River. In the lower reaches, there are Yi River and Luo River. There are no lakes on both sides of the river, the lower reaches of the Yellow River are very small, and there are very few rivers flowing into the Yellow River. The mouth of the Yellow River is 1,500 meters wide, usually 500 meters, and the narrower part is only 300 meters. The water depth is generally 2.5 meters, and in some places the depth is only 1.2 to 1.3 meters.

Environmental Protection

The geographical environment of the Yellow River Basin from 3000 to 2000 BC (from the Yangshao Culture Period in the Yellow River Basin to the Yin Ruins in Anyang) was suitable for the growth of vegetation and the development of human production and living activities. , the climate environment that is about 2℃ higher creates excellent conditions for the development of crops and vegetation. During this period, there were a large number of lakes such as Leixiaze and Ohnoze in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. "Mencius Tengwengong I" once recorded that the Yellow River Basin has "luxuriant vegetation and breeding of animals". The Guanzhong Plain until the Warring States Period in China still had "beautiful mountains, forests, rivers and valleys, and many talents" ("Forests in the Middle Reaches of the Yellow River in Historical Periods", Shi Nianhai, 1981).

After the Warring States Period, with the widespread use of iron farm tools and the migration of the economic center of the Qin State to Guanzhong, the vegetation in the Yellow River Basin and the Loess Plateau began to be destroyed. Since the Yellow River Basin has been the center of Chinese civilization for a long time ("Chinese Historical Geography", Lan Yong, 2002), coupled with the phenomenon that ancient China emphasized agriculture over animal husbandry, the destruction of vegetation in the Yellow River Basin has become a long-term, A large number of phenomena. As the climate began to turn colder in the 11th century AD, and with the southward migration of China's economic center, the ecological damage in the Yellow River Basin began to decrease. However, it was difficult for the forest cover to return to the situation in the 3rd century BC. With the destruction of vegetation, the Loess Plateau began to be eroded by the Yellow River and a large amount of soil was swept away, forming a surface pattern of thousands of ravines. According to research by scientists, there are two reasons for the changes in the Yellow River. First, since the Qin Dynasty, the temperature on the Loess Plateau has turned cold and heavy rains have concentrated. In addition, the loess itself has a loose structure and is easily eroded and collapsed, which contributes to soil erosion and causes a large amount of sediment to enter the Yellow River. Second, rapid population growth and unrestricted cultivation and grazing have destroyed forests, destroyed grasslands, and seriously damaged green vegetation. The Loess Plateau has lost its natural protective layer, causing serious water and soil erosion. Every year, four thousand tons of precious soil is eroded per square kilometer in the Yellow River Basin, which is equivalent to destroying 5.5 million acres of cultivated land a year! What's more serious is that soil erosion has significantly reduced the fertility of the soil, causing a large reduction in crop yields. The more production is reduced, the more people have to cultivate wasteland: the more land is reclaimed, the more serious soil erosion will be. In this way, the more people are cultivated, the poorer they become. The poorer they are, the more they are cultivated, and the more sediment there is in the Yellow River. Therefore, the number of Yellow River breaches and diversions becomes more and more frequent. The key to managing the Yellow River well is to control the sediment and prevent it from flowing into the Yellow River as it pleases. After the founding of New China, scientists have designed plans for regulating the Yellow River. They believe that the Loess Plateau area should adhere to the management direction of focusing on pastoralism and forestry. We must protect forest resources and restore lost vegetation as soon as possible. We need to make everyone understand that destroying forests is an act of suicide. We need to rationally plan and utilize land, and at the same time build a large number of water conservancy projects. This multi-pronged approach will definitely prevent soil erosion and the dream of making the Yellow River better will become a reality.

Drying of flow

Since 1972, the Yellow River has often dried up. There are many reasons for the drying up of flows. In summary, the main points are as follows:

1. Global warming - With the intensification of global warming in recent years, on the one hand, the evaporation of rivers has increased significantly. On the other hand, the melting of upstream glaciers in spring and summer absorbs a large amount of heat, causing local temperatures in the inland to be lower than usual. This reduces the temperature difference between the inland and the ocean, which in turn causes the monsoon to weaken and lack the monsoon to be brought from the sea into the inland. of water vapor. Although global warming has caused glaciers to melt and increase the flow of water upstream, it cannot offset the effects of increased evaporation and weakened monsoons. Ultimately, the amount of water in the middle and lower reaches decreases year by year.

2. Vegetation destruction - The vegetation in the Loess Plateau has been seriously damaged. The land lacking vegetation conservation has gradually become desertified, and the evaporation rate has become higher. The dry land and groundwater need to be continuously absorbed and flowed through the rivers to replenish it.

3. Backward irrigation methods - the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River flow through mostly old, minority, border and poor areas with less developed economies. They lack the technology and funds for water-saving irrigation. Most of them are flooded, and the Yellow River water is wasted. serious.

Changes of River Course

According to historical records, in the three to four thousand years before 1946, the Yellow River was threatened by flooding nearly 1,593 times, and the flooding caused major changes in the course of the river*** 26 times, more than a thousand breaches.

The most recent major diversion of the Yellow River was in 1855 (the 5th year of Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty). Before the major diversion of the Yellow River, the course of the lower reaches of the Yellow River, according to the current administrative divisions of China, generally passed through Xingyang, Zhengzhou, Yuanyang, Yanjin, Fengqiu, Zhongmou, Kaifeng, Lankao, and Puyang in Henan, and then passed through Shandong Caoxian and Shanxian, then pass through Dangshan and Xiaoxian in Anhui, and finally enter Fengxian, Peixian, Xuzhou, Pixian, Suining, Suqian, Siyang, Huai'an, Lianshui, Funing and Binhai in Jiangsu, and then enter the Yellow Sea. However, after the change of course, after the gap in the Tongwa Xiang, the Yellow River broke through the original river course, changed its direction to the northeast, and entered the Bohai Sea through the Daqing River in Shandong.

Recently, the problem of weathering has become more and more serious. Now experts say that if humans continue to deforestation, the source of the Yellow River is likely to be submerged in wind and sand. The Yellow River is the origin of the Chinese nation, but the source of this river, known as the mother river, is surrounded by barren mountains and is surrounded by wind and sand.

Experts point out that human beings’ unnatural lifestyle and indiscriminate deforestation are the main reasons for destroying water sources. This ecosystem with a history of thousands of years is facing collapse, and it is likely to become another disaster caused by the destruction of human civilization. A ruins.

Xuanhe River

Due to sedimentation, in most sections of the 5,464-kilometer-long Yellow River, the riverbed is higher than the cities and farmland in the basin, and is restricted by levees. Otherwise, it will bring disaster to the local people in the basin, so it is called "Hanging River". So where did the Yellow River become a "hanging river"?

In Dengkou County in the southwest of Bayannur League, Mongolia, the Yellow River channel here is 4 to 6 meters higher on average than where the county seat is.

The Yellow River flows between Zhongtiao Mountain and Qinling Mountains, traveling eastward through Mengjin, Henan. From here, 30 kilometers away from the Yellow River, is Luoyang, the famous capital of my country. Luoyang is one of the eight ancient capitals of China. Starting from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, Sui (Yangdi), Tang (Wu Zetian), Houliang, and Later Tang Dynasties successively established their capitals here, and it is known as the "Ancient Capital of Nine Dynasties".

After the Yin Dynasty was destroyed, the Jiuding, a national treasure, was moved to Luoyang, with the intention of making Luoyang its capital. After the death of King Wu, the Dukes of Zhou and Zhao, who assisted in becoming king at that time, built Luoyi on a large scale and built two royal cities and one Zhou city respectively. Between the east and west of Jianshui is the Imperial City, which is the area around the Wangcheng Park in Luoyang, Henan today; to the east of Shuidong, near the present-day White Horse Temple, is the Chengzhou City. King Ping of Zhou moved his capital to Wangcheng, and King Jing of Zhou moved his capital to Zhoucheng. After Liu Xiu became emperor in the Eastern Han Dynasty, he established his capital in Luoyang.

Luoyang City during the Han and Wei Dynasties was expanded based on the ruins of Chengzhou City. According to historical records, Luoyang City is "nine miles and seventy paces from north to south, and six miles and ten paces from east to west". Therefore, it is also called "Nine-sixth City".

As early as five or six thousand years ago, the "Yangshao Culture" existed 50 miles west of Luoyang, which shows that the matrilineal clan commune system was quite developed at that time. From this beginning, it became more and more brilliant.

Li Bai's poem said: If you don't see it, the water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky, and rushes to the sea never to return. The Yellow River originates from the Yogu Zonglie Basin at an altitude of 4,500 meters at the northern foot of the Bayan Har Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It passes through Qinghai, Sichuan, and Gansu on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, and Shanxi on the Loess Plateau and Ordos Plateau, and Henan and Shandong on the North China Plain, and flows into the Bohai Sea with a total length of 5,464 kilometers and a drainage area of ​​750,000 square kilometers. Because the Yellow River flows through the Loess Plateau,

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the vibrant upstream section - this section is known as the "rich ore area" of the Yellow River's hydraulic resources. Among them, the section from Longyang Gorge to Qingtong Gorge is alternating with rivers and gorges, and the river bed has a large drop, which contains rich water resources. The planned utilization drop exceeds 1,200 meters and the installed capacity exceeds 10 million kilowatts, accounting for nearly 50% of the entire river. The average annual power generation is nearly 60 billion kilowatt hours.

The gentle and lingering Ningmeng River Section-the Yellow River flows peacefully here, irrigating the farmland on both sides of the bank and benefiting the local people. Therefore, there are sayings that "the Yellow River in the world is rich in Ningxia" and "the Yellow River has many harms, but only one thing is rich." The land near Yinchuan in Ningxia is flat and vast, and water from the Yellow River has been used for gravity irrigation for more than 2,000 years. The area is rich in products, and the precious traditional Chinese medicine wolfberry and Yinchuan rice are of high quality. It is known as "the north of the Great Wall and the south of the Yangtze River". (Wolfberry Photo) The Hetao Plain in Inner Mongolia is very arid. In its western part, the annual precipitation is less than 200 mm. Here "without water, it is a desert, but with water, it is an oasis." The water of the Yellow River creates excellent conditions for industrial and agricultural production here.

The courageous middle reaches of the river - the Shaanxi-Shanxi Gorge, where the Yellow River splits the Wanren Mountains with overwhelming force, forming the longest continuous canyon section on the Yellow River. There are the following two famous places in this section of the river:

Hukou Waterfall - The Yellow River rushes in and roars away here with thunderous momentum. Hukou Waterfall is not only a symbol of the Yellow River, but also a It is a symbol of the spirit of the Chinese nation that is not afraid of hardships and dangers, has the courage to explore and move forward courageously.

"The wind is roaring, the horses are roaring, the Yellow River is roaring, the Yellow River is roaring." This majestic song sings the grace of the Yellow River, and also sings the invincibility and heroic spirit of the Chinese nation.

Dragon Gate - the popular story of "carp jumping over the Dragon Gate" originated from this. The water here is so fast that it is said that if a carp can jump over the dragon gate, it will become a dragon. This legend expresses people's best wishes to reach their ideal state after hard work, and also inspires the Chinese people to fight tenaciously and strive endlessly. According to legend, this place is a gorge dug by Dayu to control floods, so it is also called Yumenkou.

Related Culture

1.5 million years ago, the Xihou Hominids appeared in Ruicheng County on the Yellow River in Shanxi Province. Later, the Lantian Hominins 1 million years ago and 30 Thousands of years ago, the Great Lychee ape man hunted and fished on the banks of the Yellow River, lived and multiplied, and continued to work quietly for the birth of the Yellow River civilization.

The early Homo sapiens in Ding Village, Xiangfen, Shanxi 70,000 years ago, and the late Homo sapiens in Dagouwan, Wushen Banner, Inner Mongolia 30,000 years ago, played the prelude to the ancient Yellow River civilization.

Microlithic cultural sites from 10,000 to 7,000 years ago, Neolithic cultural sites from 7,000 to 3,700 years ago, bronze cultural sites from 3,700 to 2,700 years ago, and iron cultural sites that appeared in 770 BC are almost all All over the Yellow River Basin. Since the Mesolithic Age, the Yellow River Basin has become the development center of ancient Chinese culture. Suiren, Fuxi, and Shennong invented artificial fire technology, primitive animal husbandry, and primitive agriculture. They kicked off the development of the Yellow River civilization.

Emperors of Qin and Han, Emperors of Tang and Song, Genghis Khan, these emperors led the Chinese nation and pushed the ancient Yellow River civilization to a glorious peak that attracted the attention of the world. Gunpowder, compass, papermaking, printing, Tang poetry, Song lyrics, and Yuan opera are the shining treasures of the Yellow River civilization. Inventions and scientific achievements not only promoted the development of China, but also spread to all parts of the world, promoting the progress of all mankind.

1. The second longest river in my country

The Yellow River, the second longest river in my country, is a 5,464-kilometer-long river that meanders in northern China. Viewed from a high altitude, it looks like a huge "ji", and it is also the unique totem of our nation.

2. Characteristics of the Yellow River

It is not just a big river. The Yellow River, the yellow land, the emperor, the yellow skin and the legendary Chinese dragon, all these yellow symbols sublimate this turbid current flowing through the heart of China into a holy river. "Han Shu·Gou Xiu Zhi" regards the Yellow River as the first of hundreds of rivers: "There are hundreds of river sources in China, none of which are located in the four rivers, but the river is the ancestor."

3. The theory of loess custom< /p>

In ancient geological times, in the Gobi desert in inland Asia, sand and gravel everywhere were disintegrated and crushed in the harsh environment of sudden cold and heat until they formed powder. The prevailing northwest air current in the inland blows them to the east over the years. The coarse sand falls on the Mongolian Plateau, and the finest powder falls with the wind to today's six provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Henan. After millions of years of transportation and accumulation, a loess plateau stretching from the Great Wall in the north to the Qinling Mountains in the south, to the Riyue Mountain in the west and to the Taihang Mountain in the east was finally formed.

4. The deep and vast loess layer

This is an unparalleled loess, covering an area of ​​410,000 square kilometers, and the loess coverage is generally more than 100 meters thick. In places such as Longdong, Shaanxi, and western Shanxi, the loess is 100 to 200 meters deep, and in Lanzhou it is more than 300 meters thick.

The Garden of Eden five or six thousand years ago

Botanists have found that although the rainfall on the Loess Plateau is not as abundant as in the south, the leaching loss of nutrients is also less, making it very suitable for Poplar, birch, oak, pitch pine, spruce, wild jujube, yellow vitex, etc. grow. The lush vegetation at that time maintained a warm and rainy Garden of Eden. Today, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other provinces are covered with large areas of virgin forest. Henan Province, located in the Central Plains, is called "Yu" for short, which shows that it was still a place where elephants roamed in the era when Cangjie coined the Chinese character.

7. The Enlightenment of Ancient Era Civilization

In the ruins of human activities in Xihoudu, Ruicheng, Shanxi more than 1.6 million years ago, people found animal fossils and antlers that had been burned by fire. , in the human ruins of Lantian, Shanxi Province 1 million years ago, people found many carbon powder accumulations.

Since then, people from Lantian, Dali, Dingcun and Hetao have all thrived in the arm bay of the Yellow River. Until 6,000 years ago, matrilineal clan culture represented by Banpo Civilization appeared on the loess land.

Our ancestors spent their golden childhood of Chinese civilization hunting and gathering in such a green field.

8. History describes the achievements of transforming nature

This is indeed the first place to be bathed in the light of civilization, and it is inevitable that it is also the first to be exposed to the fire of civilization. According to ancient legend, Shennong once taught the people how to farm. What is intriguing is that Shen Nong was Emperor Yan, the God of Fire, and what he taught was actually burning forests for reclamation. "Mencius" records the "accomplishments" of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors burning mountains and forests: "In the time of Yao... the vegetation was luxuriant, the animals multiplied, the crops were not harvested, and the animals were overpowering the people... Yao was the only one to worry about it, and raised Shun to treat it."

Shun ordered Yi to control fire. The mountains and rivers were burnt, and the animals fled. "

In the "Book of Songs", we heard the chants of our ancestors when they were cutting down trees: "Talk about cutting down the sandalwood, and place it on the dry side of the river. The water is clear and ripples. ""The trees are clinking and the birds are chirping. "9. The vegetation on the Loess Plateau was severely damaged for the first time. The First Emperor unified the six countries, and a large number of people moved into Guanzhong, and the cultivated area increased greatly. At the same time, he carried out large-scale construction, built palaces and mausoleums, and cut down the forests in the mountains of Guanzhong. The First Emperor In the thirty-third year (214 BC), Meng Tian defeated the Xiongnu and obtained a large area of ​​land in the Hetao area. Later, he carried out reclamation and border garrison, and immigrated to the Ordos Plateau many times, with hundreds of thousands of people each time. The originally endless grassland turned into Farming area.

11. Uncovering the bottom of the river

A few days ago, a century-old wonder "unveiled" appeared in the Da and Xiaoshizui sections of the Hejin section of the Yellow River (Shanxi and Shaanxi sections). "River bottom", the sediment at the bottom of the river is rolled up by the current like a carpet.

The phenomenon of "river bottom" is a unique sediment movement pattern on the Yellow River, which mainly occurs in the Xiaobei main stream of the Yellow River. The Longmen and tributary Weihe River sections are characterized by the fact that when a flood peak with high sand content passes through, the river bed is violently scoured in a short period of time, rolling up the chunks and sheets of silt at the bottom of the river like a carpet, and then being washed away by the water flow. Such strong erosion can make this section of the river bed several meters to more than ten meters deep within a few hours to dozens of hours. Because of the special conditions for the phenomenon of "uncovering the bottom of the river", it is called the Yellow River. A century-old wonder.

It is understood that the last time the Yellow River "uncovered the bottom of the river" was on July 6, 1977. This "uncovering of the bottom of the river" started at 8:10 on July 5. It lasted until 8:40. During this period, at the No. 1 groyne section of the Xiaoshizui reconstruction project in the Hejin River section, accompanied by the sound of surging water, two large objects about 1 meter high and 7-9 meters long were lifted up. , there are still some small uplifts between No. 1 and No. 5 groynes

In early July, heavy rains fell on the tributaries of the Wubao-Longmen section of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, and floods carried a large amount of sediment down. On the evening of the 4th, the peak flow of the Longmen Hydrological Station at the upper end of Hejin reached 4,600 cubic meters per second, and the maximum sand content was more than 700 kilograms per cubic meter, which provided the conditions for the formation of a local "uncovering the bottom of the river" phenomenon.

Legends about the Yellow River

1- Legend has it that a long time ago, the ancient Yellow River was a wild horse that was difficult to tame. It ran freely, like a grinning monster, roaring day and night, surging, Devouring thousands of hectares of farmland and gnawing at tens of thousands of mountains, the Hui Han people on both sides of the Yellow River could only live a life of slash-and-burn cultivation on the mountain tops and at the bottom of the ditch. At that time, Ningxia was not a flat plain, but had overlapping green mountains and crisscrossed ravines. There is no flat field, and no field can be filled with water from the Yellow River. According to legend, there are several Hui and Han families living on Niushou Mountain. They carry water at the bottom of the mountain and farm on the top of the mountain. No one can bear the torture of working constantly but not having enough to eat or wear. One year, an old man named De, who was in his seventies, opened a melon orchard on the mountain. He got up early every day to fetch water from the Yellow River and water the cucumbers. His shoulders were swollen and the soles of his feet were peeling. He carefully tended the cucumbers, and they grew tender and sweet. This day, the old man was tired. He lay down on the garden door and fell asleep. As soon as he fell asleep, he dreamed of a white cloud floating in the sky. Gradually, the white cloud turned into a white-bearded imam, trembling his silver beard, and said to Mr. De: "There are two strong winds today. You have to pay attention." A yellow wind at noon can make cucumbers wither; a black wind can make cucumbers fall off. No matter how strong the wind is, you should not pick the cucumbers when you wake up. The bearded imam saw that the yellow wind from the north was blowing all the way to Niushou Mountain. The old man looked at the cucumbers carefully and found that they were wilted one by one. He felt very sad that a year's hard work had been wasted, but when he thought about it, The white-bearded imam said that he did not move. In the afternoon, a black wind blew, shaking the mountains, and the leaves fell one after another. When the old man saw that the cucumber was about to fall to the ground, he was so angry that he picked off one. The wilted and small cucumber was thrown into the Yellow River. It was like a god cutting through it with a knife, and the bottom of the river was clearly visible. When the old man swooped down, the river water roared. They got together again. The old man was tired and hungry. He was sitting on the river bank, blinking his eyes, feeling dizzy and unaware of anything. At this time, the old man De heard the white-bearded imam say, "This. Cucumber is the key to conquering the Yellow River. It can stop the Yellow River from flowing, or it can also make the Yellow River listen to others. But now the Yellow River is tormenting the two Iblis, Huang Feng and Black Wind. You cannot be impatient, you must be patient, and you must work harder. Next year, you plant another garden of cucumbers. When the cucumbers are ripe, you pick the largest one and throw it into the Yellow River. At that time, you walked into the cave at the bottom of the river. You could pick out the jewelry, get the grain, and even have a sword that could slay dragons and monsters, and tame the Yellow River. Wherever you pointed, the Yellow River water would flow. "The next year, the industrious old man from Germany planted another garden of cucumbers. He was not afraid of the long journey and did not hesitate to sweat. He carried water from the Yellow River and watered the melons. The hard work paid off, and finally, a three-foot-long cucumber was grown in the garden. The cucumber looked like a key. The old man happily slept in the melon garden day and night until the melon was ripe. On this day, the weather was so clear that there was no cloud at all. The old man picked the three-foot-long cucumber and read. He made a "Tasimi" and threw it into the Yellow River.

At this time, a roar was heard from the Yellow River, and a long crack was opened, and the stones on the bottom of the river could be clearly seen. The old man went down to the bottom of the river and saw a hole against the river bank. In the hole, there were all kinds of pearls and agates. The old man took some, and just as he was leaving, he heard a roaring storm, and for a while the waves rolled on the river, each wave higher than the other. The old man De picked up his sword and slashed dozens of swords at the black whirlwind and yellow whirlwind left and right. After a while, the black wind and yellow wind blew out of the sky. At this time, the fractures in the Yellow River gradually closed. The old man De remembered the white-bearded imam's instructions that this sword could conquer the Yellow River. He became enlightened and thought: I will let the Yellow River fill the trenches and silt the mountain ridges. The old man held two swords and slashed down the Yellow River. The water of the Yellow River stopped flowing immediately, as if there was a Great Wall in front of it, but it was getting higher and higher. It looked really scary from a distance. Three days later, as far as Liupan Mountain in the south and Helan Mountain in the west, there was water everywhere, leaving only a few mountain peaks. Only then did the old man De draw his sword and let the water of the Yellow River flow forward. From then on, the mountains and deep ravines in Ningxia became smooth and flat. The Hui Han people living on both sides of the Yellow River relied on their hard-working hands to dig canals and cultivate fields, and lived a happy life.

2-Myths and legends: When Dayu governed the Yellow River, he had three treasures, one was a river map; the other was a mountain-opening ax; and the third was a water-avoiding sword. Legend has it that the River Map was given to Dayu by He Bo, the god of water in the Yellow River. In ancient times, there was a man named Feng Yi in Tong Township, Huayin. He was restless in farming and wanted to become an immortal. He heard that if a person drinks the juice of daffodils for a hundred days, he can transform into a fairy body. So I looked for daffodils everywhere. Before Dayu regulated the Yellow River, the Yellow River had no fixed channel and flowed everywhere, often causing disasters. The ground is full of streams, ditches and forks, all filled with Yellow River water. Feng Yi ran around looking for daffodils, often crossing, crossing, and crossing the Yellow River, and often dealing with the Yellow River. Ninety-nine days later, he found a daffodil and sucked its juice for a day, and he became an immortal. Feng Yi was very proud and crossed the Yellow River to a small village to find daffodils. The water here was not deep. Feng Yi waded across the river. When he reached the middle of the river, the water suddenly rose. He panicked, slipped, fell into the Yellow River, and drowned alive. After Feng Yi died, he was full of grievances and resentments. He hated the Yellow River with gnashing of teeth, and went to the Jade Emperor to complain about the Yellow River's condition. The Jade Emperor was also very angry when he heard that no one was controlling the Yellow River, and it was flowing wildly everywhere, endangering the people. Seeing that Feng Yi had sucked the juice of the ninety-nine-day narcissus flower and was about to become an immortal, he asked Feng Yi if he would like to become the Yellow River Water God and regulate the Yellow River. Feng Yi was overjoyed. Full of agreement. This way, he can fulfill his wish to become an immortal, and secondly, he can avenge himself for being drowned. Feng Yi became the water god of the Yellow River and was known as He Bo. He had never had to control floods before, so he suddenly took on the task of regulating the Yellow River. He was helpless and worried. What to do? Since I was not very knowledgeable and had no magical skills, I had no choice but to ask the Jade Emperor for advice. The Jade Emperor told him that in order to manage the Yellow River well, we must first understand the water conditions of the Yellow River and draw a river map. With the water conditions and river map of the Yellow River as a basis, it will be much easier to manage the Yellow River. Hebo followed the Jade Emperor's instructions and wanted to draw a map of the river. He first went to his hometown and wanted to ask the villagers for help. The villagers all hated him for being idle and indolent, and no one paid him any attention. He went to the old man in the village and told him about his ambition to control the Yellow River. Later, when the old man saw that he had become an immortal and wanted to do something good for the people, he agreed to help him. From then on, Hebo and Hou Laohan traveled through mountains and rivers in all weathers to observe the water conditions of the Yellow River. The two of them ran away for several years, which finally made the old man sick from exhaustion. Later, the old man had no choice but to go back, leaving He Bo to continue observing the water conditions along the Yellow River. When they parted, the old man Hou repeatedly told He Bo that he should work hard to the end and not give up halfway. He would start regulating the Yellow River after drawing the map. Since there were not enough manpower, he persuaded the villagers to help. Checking water conditions and drawing river maps is a hard job. By the time He Bo finished drawing the river, he was already old and weak. He Bo looked at the river map and clearly drew where the Yellow River is deep and where it is shallow; where it is easy to break the embankment and where it is easy to burst; where it should be dug and where it should be blocked; where the water can be cut off and where the flood can be drained. I can only lament that I don’t have the strength to regulate the Yellow River according to the plan, which is very sad. He Bo thought that one day there would be a capable person to manage the Yellow River. At that time, granting him the river map would be a sign that he had not worried in vain. From then on, He Bo spent his remaining years peacefully under the Yellow River and never appeared again. Unexpectedly, the Yellow River continued to rise and flooded frequently. The people knew that the Jade Emperor sent He Bo to control the water, but they did not see his face. They all scolded He Bo for not fulfilling his duties and not caring about the lives of the people. Later, the old man looked forward to He Bo every day in his hospital bed, and they didn't see him for several years. He was worried about the management of the Yellow River and wanted to find He Bo. His son's name was Yi, and he was a master of archery. No matter what the old man said, Yi would not let him go to He Bo. Later, the old man refused to listen to his son's dissuasion. As a result, he encountered a burst in the Yellow River and was washed away and drowned. Even his body was not found. Hou Yi hated He Bo very much and said through gritted teeth that he would shoot He Bo to death sooner or later. Later, when Dayu came out to control the floods, Hebo decided to give him the Yellow River map. On this day, Hebo heard that Dayu came to the Yellow River with a mountain-opening ax and a water-avoiding sword, so he came out from the bottom of the water with the Hetu to look for Dayu. He Bo and Dayu had never met before, and they did not recognize each other. He Bo walked for a long time and was so tired that he wanted to take a rest when he saw a young man walking on the other side of the river. This young man was brave and majestic, he must be Dayu, so He Bo shouted and asked: "Hey, who are you?" The young man on the other side was not Dayu, but Hou Yi. He looked up and saw an immortal old man shouting from the other side of the river, and asked, "Who are you?" He Bo said loudly, "I am He Bo. Are you Dayu?" Hou Yi heard this. It was He Bo. He suddenly became angry, sneered and said, "I am Dayu.

"As he spoke, he opened his bow and nocked an arrow. He shot an arrow in He Bo's left eye without caring about the situation. He Bo pulled out the arrow and covered his eye, sweating from the pain. He cursed in his heart: "Damn Dayu, you are so unreasonable. ! "The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, so he went to tear up the water situation map. At this moment, there was a sudden shout: "He Bo! Don't tear the picture. "He Bo endured the pain and looked with his right eye. A man wearing a bamboo hat on the other side stopped Hou Yi. This man was Dayu. He knew that He Bo had drawn a map of the Yellow River and was about to ask He Bo for advice. Hou Yi Pushing Dayu away, he tried to draw an arrow, but Dayu held him tightly and told He Bo how difficult it was to draw the picture. Hou Yi then regretted his recklessness and shot He Bo out of his left eye. They crossed the river together. Hou Yi admitted his fault to He Bo. He Bo knew that Hou Yi was the son of Hou Laohan, so he didn't blame him much. It's the Yellow River's way. He Bo said: "My hard work and river management methods are all on this map. Now I will give it to you." " When Dayu showed the picture, he saw that the picture was densely packed with circles, clearly depicting the up and down, left and right water conditions of the Yellow River. Dayu was very happy. He wanted to thank He Bo. When he raised his head, the river Bo Yue entered the Yellow River and disappeared long ago. Dayu obtained the map of the water conditions of the Yellow River and worked day and night to control it according to the instructions on the map.