During the reign of Emperor Huan, there was also a tribal leader called the Gonggong Clan, who was said to have two heads, but was a snake with red hair and riding two dragons. The Gonggong clan surnamed Jiang was a descendant of Emperor Yan, whose tribe lived in present-day northern Henan. Gonggong attaches great importance to farming and builds water conservancy projects. Good at building embankments to store water and divert water for irrigation. Gonggong had a son, named Hou tu, who was as proficient in agricultural production as Gonggong. In order to do a good job in agricultural production, the father and son decided to repair the water conservancy project. According to the land situation of the tribe, it was decided to transport the soil from the high places to pave the low-lying land in order to expand the cultivated area and obtain more food.
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The dominant tribal confederation did not approve of the Gonggong clan's approach, believing that the Gonggong clan was making up its own mind and did not seek the participation, investigation, planning, and consent of the alliance, saying that doing so would make the heavens angry, and for this reason oppose the Gonggong clan moving mountains and filling in the rivers. There were many contradictions between the Gonggong clan and the Gonggong clan, and it was inevitable that there would be a fierce struggle, seemingly arguing endlessly over the plan to control the land and water, but in fact, the Gonggong clan was weakening the prestige and power of the Gonggong clan.
A tree between heaven and earth
The Gonggong clan is strong and scheming, and the clever Gonggong clan uses the idea that the heavens are angry to incite the tribal people to oppose the Gonggong clan's plan to move mountains and fill rivers. At that time, people had no natural knowledge and did not understand the knowledge of water conservancy engineering, but they were very superstitious about the gods and gods of heaven, so they rejected the Gonggong clan's plan to move mountains and fill in rivers.
The righteous co-workers did not receive the understanding and support of the people, but he resolutely refused to compromise and decided to use his life to test his bold ideas for the benefit of the tribal people. He came to Mount Buzhou heroically and fearlessly, and wanted to knock the summit of Mount Buzhou down with his head to show his strong determination and tenacious perseverance.
A call from ancient times
The gonggong clan with huge mana took off the dragon and crashed into the Buzhou Mountain from mid-air, and in the earth-shaking loud noise, the Gonggong clan hit the Buzhou Mountain with its head, and the Buzhou Mountain was broken by the waist, and the mountain rumbled down, and also broke the whole earth, what a huge impact! The heavens and the earth have undergone great changes, and the sun, moon, and stars have been chaotic.
The land is constantly flowing, the mountains are all over the world, and the torrents are rolling and flowing, drowning a large number of tribes, villages, people, crops and livestock. The good news is that although a great calamity has been suffered temporarily, the sun, moon and stars have since risen from the east and fallen from the west every day. Hundreds of rivers flow to the east and flow into the sea. There is no more flooding on the earth, it is really once and for all!
It was the same in ancient times
The heroic and fearless behavior of the Gonggong clan is still praised by the people, and he is also loved and respected by the world. Later generations of people honored the Gonggong clan as the water master, and the water master was the god who managed the water conservancy project. His son Hou Tu was also revered by posterity as the god of the society, and the god of the society was the god of the land. The words of the people who have inherited the grace of the land god can not forget to thank him, and they also expect the heavens and the earth to administer justice for the world.
The story of the Gonggong clan moving mountains and filling in the rivers is really a bit like the story of Yugong moving mountains. Since these stories are myths, it doesn't matter which is right or wrong. It seems that moving mountains and filling rivers can really fight floods and provide disaster relief, and can really expand the planting area, so do we humans today continue to move mountains and fill rivers?