Introduction to the Yellow River:

The Yellow River is the second largest river in my country and one of the famous rivers in the world. The Yellow River originates from the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province and flows through Qinghai, Sichuan, Nine provinces and regions, including Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong, flow into the Bohai Sea in Kenli County, Shandong Province, with a total length of 5,464 kilometers and a drainage area of ??752,443 square kilometers.

The origin of the name of the Yellow River

The ancient Yellow River had a wide surface, abundant water, and clear water. At that time, its name was not called the Yellow River. The oldest calligraphy book in my country, "Shuowen Jiezi", called the Yellow River "river". The oldest geography book "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" calls the Yellow River "river water", "Shui Jing Zhu" calls it "Shanghe", "Hanshu: Biography of the Western Regions" calls it "Chinese River", and "Shangshu" calls it "Jiuhe". ", called "Big River" in "Historical Records". In the Western Han Dynasty, due to the increase in sediment content in the river, some people called it "Zhuo River" or "Yellow River", but it was not generally recognized. Until the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Yellow River was The name was widely used.

A brief history of the Yellow River Basin

The Yellow River Basin is the birthplace of Chinese civilization. The Banpo clan is a typical representative of the clan communes in the Yellow River Basin in my country. 4,000 years ago, The tribes of Huangdi and Yandi formed an alliance and lived and multiplied in the Yellow River Basin, forming the main body of the Chinese people. Before the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Yellow River Basin had been the focus of my country's economic development and created a highly developed agricultural civilization. Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Until the modern historical period, the economic center of the Yellow River Basin moved southward due to factors such as population pressure and natural conditions, but the Yellow River Basin was still an important economic center in my country.

Hanging River

River bed A river that is higher than the ground on both sides of the bank is also called an "above-ground river." A river with a large amount of sediment in its basin. In the middle and lower reaches of the valley where the valley is open and the gradient is gentle, a large amount of sediment accumulates, the river bed continues to rise, and the water level rises accordingly. In order to To prevent water damage, the embankments on both sides of the river have been continuously raised. As time goes by, the river bed is higher than the ground on both sides, becoming a "hanging river". The lower reaches of the Yellow River is a famous "hanging river" in the world. The river bed beach is about 3 times higher than the ground behind the river. ~5 meters, with some embankment sections up to 10 meters.

Protect the Mother River

The Yellow River is the mother river of the Chinese nation. It once created the brilliant Chinese civilization. Due to natural, social and other factors The impact of the Yellow River Basin's ecological environment construction is still very arduous. Protecting the Yellow River and protecting the mother river is our unshirkable responsibility. Comrades and young friends, let us actively participate in the great cause of protecting the Yellow River and protecting the ecological environment, from I start with it and actively practice it; plant greenery and protect it, cherish living creatures; manage water and soil, optimize the environment; resist pollution, promote civilization, and make our due contributions to promoting the construction of a socialist harmonious society in which man and nature live in harmony.

Verse:

Far above the Yellow River, among the white clouds, there is an isolated city called Wanren Mountain. (Wang Zhihuan's "Liangzhou Ci")

The lonely smoke is straight in the desert, and the long river falls Japanese yen. (Wang Wei's "The Envoy to the Fortress")

The day is over the mountains, and the Yellow River flows into the sea. (Wang Zhihuan's "Climbing the Stork Tower")

The Yellow River has thousands of miles of sand in its nine bends , The waves are blown by the wind from the end of the world. (Liu Yuxi·"Lang Taosha")