Wenchuan, has always enjoyed the reputation of "Yu's hometown", here is Yu's hometown, is the inheritance of Yu's spirit, Yu's story has long been engraved on this land.
"Historical Records: Six Kingdoms Table" records that "Yu Xing in Xiqiang"; In the Han Dynasty's "Shu King Benji", it is recorded: "Yuben Wenshan County Guangrou County, born in Shinew"; In the Tang Dynasty, it was recorded in the "Chronicles of the Territory": "Shiniu Mountain is seventy-three miles west of Wenchuan County"......
Not only that, on the Eastern Han Dynasty Jingyun tablet excavated in the old county of Yunyang County, Chongqing City, it is also recorded that Wenchuan is the only place where the god Yu was born, and it is also mentioned that in order to maintain the status of the god, the elders of the nine tribes of the Yu tribe came to Wenchuan to meet the alliance, worship Dayu in the birthplace of Dayu, and recount the merits of Dayu in Shiniu Mountain to encourage the heirs of the clan.
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According to legend, one evening more than 4,000 years ago, a loud baby cry resounded through the valley, and a healthy boy was born in the beautiful village of Shiniu Mountain in Wenchuan, he was "Yu".
At that time, mankind did not have the concept of a state, and tribes of all sizes existed. In many places, there are frequent floods that flood the crops, the hills, the houses, the displacement of people, and the displacement of many people.
On the day of Yu's coming-of-age ceremony, the terrible flood struck again, and the tribes were forced to flee in all directions, in order to control the flood and let the people live a stable life, Yu decided to follow his father's team, carrying heavy sand and gravel, and embarking on the road of water control.
Year after year, Yu was inspired to cure the flood, he summed up the experience of water control, gave up the method of building embankments to block the water, changed the "containment" to "channeling", and finally subdued the flood after 13 years of efforts.
In the past 13 years, he has been "three times through the door without entering", water control has been adhering to the concept of hard work, according to the situation, scientific water control, people-oriented, formed to the public and selfless, national supremacy, people for the state, scientific innovation and other connotations of the spirit of Yu water control.
The Qiang people have no writing, and the stories about Dayu are passed down by the ancient Qiang people by word of mouth.
The precious Dayu spirit and Dayu culture, along with the spread of the Dayu story, are firmly rooted in the hearts of the Qiang people in Wenchuan and inspire generations of Xiqiang children.
On May 23, 2011, "The Legend of Yu" was approved by the State Council and officially included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
Nowadays, in Wenchuan Mianyu Town, Yuxue ditch, Xi'er Pond, Yuwang Temple, Tu Yushan Village, Erping and other places still retain the footprints of Dayu, telling everyone the memory of the past.
In order to thank him for his merits and express people's respect for Dayu, every year on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, the people of Wenchuan will hold a grand celebration of Dayu's birthday.
The event was presided over by the Qiang Shibi, men, women and children dressed in festive costumes, and the sacrifices were offered in front of the statue of Dayu, expressing the reverence and remembrance of Dayu in this traditional form.
Remember the ancestors and sing the merits
The spirit of Dayu will always exist in my heart
The 2024 Wenchuan Dayu birthday is coming
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