As one of the world's long rivers, the Yellow River covers a total of 5464 kilometers, and the Yellow River Basin has nourished hundreds of people and is a well-deserved mother river for people.
As one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, the Yellow River carries 1.6 billion tons of sediment every year, 1.2 billion will flow into the sea with the river, and the remaining 400 million are accumulated in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, gradually forming a plain under the impact of the years, allowing people to have an extra piece of land conducive to planting.
When the world was still in obscurity, our ancestors had already multiplied and lived in this vast land, creating a splendid Chinese civilization.
The Yellow River has witnessed countless dynastic changes over the centuries, such as the Longshan culture, majiayao culture, etc., all of which grew up in the Yellow River Basin.
The gushing Yellow River is like a yellow silk on the land, which will never be clarified, and its color is unique in the river, with a special charm.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Guo was conquered by the State of Chu, when the State of Jin was an ally of the State of Zheng, and while waiting for reinforcements or surrendering, Gongzi Lu, the Grand Master of the State of Zheng, said: "The qing of the River, the life expectancy is geometric!" ”
The meaning of this sentence is that a person cannot see the water of the Yellow River become clear in his lifetime, and Zheng Guo cannot wait for reinforcements from the Jin State.
It can be seen that from ancient times to the present, in the thousands of years of Chinese civilization inheritance, the Yellow River has been running endlessly with the color of life.
However, the Yellow River is not without a clear time, and it is recorded in the "Erya Shishui" in the early Han Dynasty: "The river comes out of Kunlun Void, and the color is white." The canal is not one thousand seven hundred and one rivers, yellow in color. ”
Regarding the Yellow River Qing Dynasty, there is also a saying that "once the Yellow River is cleared once in a thousand years, the saints will appear", and the reason for this statement is from the Flood of the Yellow River.
Unlike modern society, the ancient Yellow River often caused floods due to river flooding, and the people in its basin were often affected by disasters, and during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow River broke through the mouth of The Yellow River (southwest of present-day Puyang, Henan), resulting in people's livelihood.
"Salt and Iron On Shen Han": "Flooding is harmful to China, Liang Liang, Chu, Broken Cao, Wei, Bad City, Bad Depression, Accumulation and Drifting, The People's Wooden Habitat, Thousands of Miles, Leaving The Widows alone, the Old and the Weak Have NoWhere to Return." ”
In order to repair the Yellow River, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty threw white horses and personal jade pendants into the Yellow River, hoping to get the protection of the Yellow River god.
The people hope that the emperor has virtue, the Yellow River is clear, and the world is a peaceful and prosperous world of "Heqing Haiyan", so there is a saying that "once the Yellow River is cleared once in a thousand years, the saints will appear".
However, from the historical records, this statement is not accurate, the "History of Song" records that during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, the Yellow River was "clean" three times, but Emperor Huizong of Song was not a good emperor, appointed traitors, indulged in pleasure all day, and sang songs night and night.
Under the rule of Emperor Huizong of Song, the people of the world could almost be said to be starving everywhere, the Liangshan Uprising and the Fang La Uprising broke out one after another, and the Jin people attacked on a large scale, and the rule of the Northern Song Dynasty was in jeopardy.
Another time was during the Jiajing period, when the Jiajing Emperor was born, the Yellow River was clear, and people thought that Xiangrui had descended, and as a result, a major earthquake occurred not long after, so there was a saying that "the Yellow River was clear, there will be a catastrophe".
It can be seen that "the Yellow River is clear, there will be a great disaster" is more reliable than "the Yellow River is clear once in a thousand years, and the saints will appear", and there is a reason why the Yellow River will become clear.
The Yellow River flows through the Loess Plateau region, will take away a large area of loess, so if it is not an accident, the Yellow River is impossible to become clear, if the Yellow River becomes clear, then it must be a significant drop in water, resulting in a low water level, after precipitation, the river will become clear.
Therefore, the Yellow River Qing means that there will be drought, and after the great drought, there will probably be a major flood, followed by floods.
This point is also recorded in the historical data, because the loess plateau soil is loose, even if the shade is everywhere, but because of the soil reasons the cohesion is not enough, resulting in heavy rainfall may occur flooding, so "the Yellow River is clear, there will be a catastrophe" is also a scientific basis, not a feudal superstition.
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