Dayu Zhishui (治禹治水) is a legend of Dayu's governance of the Great Flood in ancient China. During the Three Emperors and Five Emperors period, the Yellow River flooded, and Dayu learned a lesson from his father's failure to control water, led the people, changed "blocking" to "sparse", and finally succeeded in controlling water after 13 years. Da Yu toiled and toiled, braved the wind and rain, fought against the flood, and "passed through the door of the house three times without entering." As a result, the spirit of Da Yu Zhi Shui with public forgetting selfishness, national supremacy, people as the foundation of the state, and scientific innovation has been formed. So everyone is familiar with Dayu Zhishui, is anyone curious about where the "water" comes from? Today, let's talk about the Great Yu ZhiShui for everyone, let's take a look at it.
Floods in the Yellow River Basin
In China, by the time Yao was the leader, the flooding in the Yellow River Basin was even greater. Later, mencius told this story that the land was submerged, the houses and villages became underwater relics, and chickens, dogs, ducks, pigs and people were all soaked in the water, and they all sank to the bottom without two strokes. Humans and beasts are almost dead, but beasts can reproduce faster than humans. People generally have one child per child, and they have to raise it for more than ten years. Rabbits can give birth to seven or eight at a time, and after a year each female rabbit can give birth to seven or eight. If this continues, the world will become a rabbit nest. Yao couldn't sit still and thought, "People's lives are gone, so why don't you let me take a carrot and use it as a rabbit's head?" That's not okay! So he gathered everyone together to discuss what to do with it. The tribal chiefs consulted and agreed to let the famous architects of the time manage the flood.
Where does the water come from
The water of the Yellow River is not without reason.
During this period around 5,000 years ago, the Earth's temperature was generally 2 °C higher than it is now, and the rain was abundant, so some people believe that this is the cause of the flooding. The era in which Dayu lived was about 4,000 years ago in the Longshan culture period, and the time was more consistent. However, some people have questioned this, the temperature difference of 2 ° C, it is impossible to cause such a long time, such a large amount of rain flood. It should be known that dayu father and son have been treating water for more than 20 years, and finally adopted the method of changing blockage to dredging to control the flood, on the other hand, the amount of rain has not decreased.
The local county chronicle of Tushan records: "Water passes through the clouds: Huai Shui flows out of the left side of Jing, detours into the vortex, and the high water of the foothills is troubled, and yu chisels the gorge of the two mountains of Jingtu, so that Huai flows out of it, and the water is flowing peacefully." There are ruins at the chisel, which can be seen in the winter moon. "According to the famous scenic spots, Huaishui first detoured into the vortex from the western foothills of Jingshan Mountain, and the Yushu Ershan Water was an anliu, and now the old river mouth went up to Shiyangba, and when it was in full swing, Huaishui entered the vortex from here, which meant that it detoured into the old traces of the vortex." "The Valley of Broken Plums is between the two mountains of Jingtu, or the two mountains are originally a vein, Yu is harmed by the flooding of the tongbai stream, and the mountain is two to pass, and now there is a valley of broken plums between the two mountains, and Binhuai is victorious."
With the success of water control, Dayu not only brought stability to the world, but also established a strong personal authority and cultivated strong social management and organizational skills. In fact, Dayu had become the most powerful leader in history, and even had the power to kill and kill other tribal leaders. For example, the "Chinese" mentions that "in the past, Yu Zhiqun was on the mountain of Huiji, and after the Wind Guard, Yu killed and killed.". It is enough to show that Dayu's authority has surpassed that of other princes.
Regarding Dayu Zhishui, perhaps we will never know the truth. But at the same time, we should also look forward to more archaeological evidence to bring us closer to the truth step by step, because Dayu Zhishui is to some extent a laurel awarded by nature to the Chinese people, allowing us to become a whole and continue to this day.