preface
We can have a good life now without the hard work of the older generation, which includes not only the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army who fight hard to repel the enemy on the battlefield and defend the country, but also those ordinary people who strive to change their living environment for a happy life.
China has opened the eyes of other major powers with one achievement after another that seems impossible to the outside world, but has actually achieved, such as the Peljesac Bridge in Croatia, and the canals for Saudi Arabia, especially for the desert.
Many national engineering teams are reluctant to accept even if Saudi Arabia offers a high price after the actual survey, and China has a precedent decades ago.
The older generation once dug the largest reservoir in Asia in the desert, this reservoir is the Hongyashan Reservoir in the great northwest desert region, the United States panicked after learning the news, experts hope to stop quickly, how difficult is the construction of the reservoir? What difficulties were encountered in the excavation process of Hongyashan Reservoir?
Hongyashan Reservoir
When people step into the endless desert, they will sigh at the magic of nature at the first time, but if you live in the desert area for a long time, the signal disappears, but there is no one in the end, you may be depressed after a long time, and you may lose interest in the things around you.
Because there is no shelter in the desert area, once the windy yellow sand comes, it is difficult to resist natural disasters with human strength, so now there will be a lot of volunteers who volunteer to go to the desert to plant trees, experts use modern high-tech technology to improve the soil, reasonable planning of desert land.
But this is now a rapidly developing society, advanced machines will be much more convenient, so what about when New China was just founded, when people still used shovels to farm?
Dating back to the fifties and sixties of the last century, when China was developing rapidly to build a big country, when China's economy and science and technology were still in the exploration stage, and were still seeking a correct path, at the junction of Inner Mongolia and Wuwei in Gansu, there was a notoriously arid zone, because the land was dry and cracked due to the perennial lack of water, and it was the desire of the local people to survive.
Fortunately, the country discovered this area, if you want the people to live well, then the top priority is to let them have enough water to live, so they decided to build a Hongyashan reservoir here under great pressure, you must know that the Soviet Union has stopped aiding the mainland at that time, leaving the most basic equipment, not even excavators.
Although the local villagers were very excited when they heard the news, when they calmed down and thought about it, I felt that the construction of the reservoir was simply a fantasy, but since the decision to build the reservoir had been decided, there was no way back, and the older generation took shovels and led camels into the deepest part of the desert step by step.
When they are thirsty, they drink the water filtered by the sand, and when they are hungry, they eat the food that everyone carries before entering the desert, and they prepare to build a reservoir with a spade, but the construction process cannot be smooth sailing, if a sandstorm comes, then ten days or even a month of hard work may be wasted.
It is said that it took 240,000 people to dig the initial appearance of the reservoir alone, but when the United States learned of China's project, it blocked it in every possible way, so what did the United States make at that time? What are the difficulties in the construction of the Hongyashan Reservoir?
Benefits:
At that time, if the Hongyashan Reservoir was really successfully completed, it would mean that China's strength had taken a big step, China was no longer at the mercy of others, and United States was afraid, afraid that their position as the world's number one would be shaken, so when the Hongyashan Reservoir was built, it was said that it would have an irreversible impact on the global climate.
What will be the impact of building a reservoir in China on the world's climate? Besides, won't the Chinese engineering team conduct surveys before construction? If the data is not up to standard, how can it be built? United States nonsense has not affected the progress of the Chinese engineering team, and the Hongyashan reservoir is really improving step by step.
From the beginning of only a few tens of thousands of people to the end, 250,000 people worked together, and the construction of Hongyashan Reservoir took 40 years, building a reservoir with a capacity of 148 million cubic meters, setting a record for the largest reservoir in Asia.
The outside world seems impossible, but they underestimate the Chinese's refusal to admit defeat, the sand is too soft to find a way to lay the foundation, the water source is too far, the funds are not abundant, so they design a water-saving system to repair the channel, and send some people to plant trees when the wind and sand are too big.
The Chinese really dug out the reservoir with a shovel, and the Hongyashan Reservoir was built! The total investment in the construction of the entire Hongyashan Reservoir is 450 million yuan, and now there will be no such point in any national-level project investment, but the older generation does not shout bitterness, do not shout tiredness, some people have followed from the first day of building the reservoir to the last day, more than 40 years is more than half of a person's youth!
Some people say that the construction of the Hongyashan Reservoir is not necessary, but this reservoir has changed the irrigation problem of farmland for residents of 16 surrounding towns, promoted biodiversity, made a variety of organisms inhabit here, solved the lack of water resources in the desert, and attracted many tourists from other places to visit the reservoir on a large scale, replacing the development of local GDP.
CCTV reported in 2023 that the Hongyashan Reservoir in Gansu has become a "paradise for migratory birds", and the natural conditions are good, and there are more animals that come to inhabit here, so isn't it a good thing?
The United States says that China's construction of reservoirs in the desert has destroyed the natural environment of the desert, but the fact is that it has prevented the further expansion of the desert.
Now there are more and more titles of Hongyashan Reservoir, such as "Asia's largest" and "reservoir built in the desert", but these are not worth the two words called artificial, this project allows the world to see the perseverance of the Chinese, see the construction of China, in the face of natural disasters did not choose to retreat, but to move forward, this is the Chinese.
Now the United States wants to suppress China from everywhere, from chips, from companies, etc., will these stop China's development? Of course not, we will find another way and choose the one that is more suitable for the development of our country.
Chips do not give us exports, we produce chips independently, block our companies, we do not cooperate with them, China is no longer the small country that is bullied, since the United States is afraid, then develop itself more, in their opinion, building a reservoir in the desert is a fantasy, but in the hearts of the Chinese, as long as there is a goal, think of ways to achieve it.
Primary sources
Baidu Encyclopedia = Hongyashan Reservoir
Asia's largest desert reservoir Hongyashan Reservoir in Gansu Province expands capacity to protect Minqin ecology = 20160220 Source: Xinhua News Agency,
Minqin Financial Media - [Minqin History] Asia's largest desert reservoir - Hongyashan Reservoir;
CNR—[China in Spring] Gansu Minqin Hongyashan Reservoir Becomes a "Migratory Bird Paradise"