Jialu (1297 ~ 1353) Gaoping Nogawa town people Yuan Dynasty water control expert Henan Jialu River named after it
Henan Business Daily reporter Wu Zhixing
The meandering Jialu River occupies an important position in the hearts of Zhengzhou people, and on May 29, the Zhengzhou Municipal Government also specially announced the "Zhengzhou Jialu River Protection Regulations (Draft for Comment)" for her. But when it comes to her origins, few people know that her name is engraved with memories related to a Shanxi person.
Let's look to Shanxi – On the afternoon of June 5, the press conference of the 2019 Okino Taihang Nogawa Mountain Trail Running Challenge was held in Taiyuan, Shanxi, and this race will be held in Nogawa Town, Gaoping City. At the press conference, Chen Yun, mayor of Nogawa Town, introduced that Nogawa Town is Jialu's hometown. Which Jaru? Jalu of the Jalu River. Why is the Jialu River in Henan named after a Shanxi person?
<b>History: The Jaluzhi Water Meritorious River channel is named after it</b>
The Yellow River broke its banks, and in the Yuan Dynasty, Jialu dredged, dredged, and plugged at the same time, and dug a new river channel, which is exactly the flow direction of the Jialu River today, starting from the Jin Dynasty, and the Yellow River was diverted and reclaimed into the sea.
According to the "History of Yuan", "In the summer and May of the fourth year of the Yuan Shun Emperor's reign, heavy rains for more than 20 days, the Yellow River overflowed, the horizontal depth was two zhangxu, and the north broke the Baimao Causeway. In June, the Golden Causeway broke north. ”
At that time, the places along the river were "flooded", the disaster was heavy, the people's houses were flooded, and the young and middle-aged laborers left their homes and fled in exile, which was "a great obstacle to the country's plan."
In the eighth year, Jia Lu inspected the topography of the river, drew a topographic map of the Yellow River, and took two strategies to relieve the river: first, to build the north embankment, the plan cost less, but once the embankment was built, the flood that spilled north into the territory of Shandong would form a huge lake in the Peixian area, and then encounter a flood or break the embankment, the consequences would be even more unimaginable; the second was to dredge and restore the old road, which could not only solve the flooding problem of the Yellow River, but also ensure the safety of the canal and the salt field, but the investment in the program was huge. At the time, both plans were rejected by the dynasty.
By May of the ninth year, the water from the mouth of the Yellow River flowed from the northeast to Peixian and rushed into the Grand Canal, posing a great threat to the water transport and salt works at that time.
In the winter of the ninth year of zhengzheng, the detachment, who was later called "Xianxiang", summoned the ministers to discuss the "river decision", and at that time, only Jialu said that "it will be ruled". After detachment, he introduced Jia Lu to Emperor Yuanshun.
On the fourth day of April of the eleventh year of the reign of Emperor Yuanshun, Emperor Yuanshun issued an edict appointing Jia Lu as the commander-in-chief of the river defense envoy, "entering the rank of erpin and granting a silver seal".
In April of that year, the then 55-year-old Jia Lu led 170,000 people from Bieliang (Kaifeng), Daming, and Luzhou to start treating the river.
According to the "Records of the Defense of the Zhizheng River" written by Ouyang Xuan, a scholar of Hanlin in the Yuan Dynasty, when Jia Lu was managing a river embankment breach, he caught up with the autumn flood, and "the whirlpool was turbulent and it was difficult to sweep down."
After Jia Lu visited the field and observed the water conditions, he came up with the "Stone Boat Embankment Barrier Method". He ordered his men to tie 27 large ships together with hemp rope and other objects, and then loaded the stones into the boats, covered them with wooden planks, and then had the boats cut through, sinking into embankments and blocking the breach.
Jialu dredged, dredged, and stopped at the same time, while blocking the breach, dredged the old road and dug a new river channel, including the canal he chiseled from Mixian County to divert water, through Zhengzhou and Zhongmu, to the south to Weishi, and then into the ancient canal into the Fugou through Xihua to the Zhoukou into the Huai River, which is the flow direction of the Jialu River today.
"In July, the dredging is formed, in August the river is broken, in September the boat passes, in November the water and soil work is completed, and the levees are swept away." The river is the road of restoration, the south meets Huai, and the east enters the sea. "For 7 months, Jia Luping had a flood.
While calming the flood, Jialu also allowed the rapid development of water transport and commerce in the Kaifeng area, and Zhuxian Town, one of the four famous towns, quickly prospered and became the largest water transport terminal in North China at that time.
The people of Henan thanked Jialu for his meritorious service in controlling water, and in order to commemorate this water conservancy and expert in controlling yellow, they renamed the re-dredged river Huimin River to Jialu River.
<b>Inheritance: Jia Lu Xing Water Millennium Present World River Water Tranquility</b>
Zhengzhou wants to formulate protection regulations for the Jialu River, the governance of the Jialu River has entered a new era, and after the green mountains and green waters, the reproduction of the picture scroll "Zhengzhou Zhi" also confirms the origin of the name of the Jialu River.
According to the "Zhengzhou Chronicle", the Jialu River originates from the holy water yu of Baizhai in Zhengzhou's MiXian County and the ice springs, warm springs and Jiuniangmiao springs in the Erqi District, flows northeast through Houzhai and Xiliu Lake, flows eastward to the northern suburbs of Laoya Chen Fold, passes through Liulin and Yaoqiao, then passes through Zhongmu Baisha, goes around the southeast of the county seat to Huxinzhuang and flows into Weishi County, and then flows into Shaying River through Zhoukou City, and then into the Huai River. During the Yuan to Zheng years, Jia Lu led the dredging work, hence the name.
The Jialu River is 137km long in Zhengzhou, which is the longest inland river in Zhengzhou, and the Suosu River, Wei River, Qili River, Jinshui River and Xiong'er River are its tributaries, so the Jialu River is known as the "mother river" of Zhengzhou.
In recent years, with the rapid increase of economic and social development and population, the jalu river channel has shrunk, its function has declined, its ecology has deteriorated, and its lack of culture has become increasingly prominent. In March 2016, the jialu river comprehensive treatment project was officially launched. Nowadays, the Jialu River Comprehensive Treatment Project, as an important part of Zhengzhou's construction of a national ecological civilization pilot demonstration zone and a national ecological civilization pilot city, is listed as one of the nine support projects for Zhengzhou to build a national central city.
According to the planning and design, after the completion of the project, the narrowest part of the Jialu River is not less than 90 meters, the widest place is 350 meters, and the total area is 24.62 square kilometers, of which: the water surface area is 7.92 square kilometers, the green area is 16.7 square kilometers, the flood control standard of the urban section will be raised to once in 100 years, and the flood control standard of other sections of the river will be raised to once in 50 years, and the water quality will remain above class IV.
After years of comprehensive management, the old appearance of the Jalu River has been renewed. According to public information, the Jialu River after treatment will play a role in conserving groundwater, improving the quality of the water environment in the basin and regional air quality, restoring the water ecology, and providing a guarantee for improving the carrying capacity of water resources in Zhengzhou; at the same time, the project is supplemented by paving, construction, sketches, sports facilities, sponge cities, water supply and drainage, landscape lighting, smart water affairs and other projects. The Jialu River will become the largest "ecological corridor" in Zhengzhou.
Zhengzhou has never forgotten that period of history. According to the materials provided by the Nogawa town government, on April 27 this year, Zhang Shengli, director of the Zhengzhou Municipal Water Conservancy Bureau, led a team to Nogawa to investigate.
Zhang Shengli said that the Jialu River flows through more than 200 kilometers in Henan, and the people of Henan all greatly respect the ancestor Jialu, and when they go to Jialu's hometown to investigate, it is to carry forward and inherit the Jialu culture and the Jialu spirit.
Chen Yun, mayor of Yechuan Town, told the Henan Business Daily reporter: "At present, Yechuan Town also lives with the descendants of Jialu, and we also hope that friends in Henan can come to Nogawa as guests and exchange and learn Jialu culture with us." ”
Just on May 29, the Zhengzhou Municipal Government promulgated the Regulations on the Protection of the Jialu River in Zhengzhou (Draft for Solicitation of Comments), hereinafter referred to as the Draft for Comments. The Henan Business Daily reporter saw from the "Draft for Comments" that water quality, water quantity, culture, sewage discharge, dredging and dredging, engineering construction, agricultural pollution prevention, etc. are all covered by the "Draft for Comments".
According to the "Draft for Comments", its legislative purpose is: to strengthen the protection and management of the Jialu River, give play to its functions of flood prevention, drainage, ecology and landscape, discover and protect the history and culture of water rejuvenation and water control, promote the construction of water ecological civilization, and build the Jialu River into a "safe river", "ecological river", "landscape river", "wenmai river" and "happy river".
Green mountains and green water, green water and green mountains. From ancient times to the present, the river is stable and the river is calm. It is believed that with the advancement of legislative work, the governance and management of the Jialu River will enter a new era.