Where is Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River?

Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River belongs to the famous Linfen River Waterfall Scenic Area.

Located on the riverbed of the Yellow River in the Shanxi-Shaanxi Gorge, it is 45 kilometers west of Jixian County and 0/65 kilometers away from Linfen City. It is the largest yellow waterfall in the world and is well-known at home and abroad for its majestic momentum. There are mountains on both sides of this place, and a huge ditch is washed out on the rocks at the bottom of the river, which is 30 meters wide and about 50 meters deep. The rolling yellow water flows here and flows backwards. If the horse goes straight into the river ditch, the waves will roll and roar, and the shock will be audible for miles. Its shape is like a boiling giant pot, hence the name. The waves of the Yellow River stirred up clouds of fog and smoke. With the increase of water mist, the smoke changes from yellow to gray and from gray to blue. The scenery is beautiful, and there is a saying that there is smoke under the water. Hukou Waterfall not only has smoke at the bottom of the water, but also has the legend of sailing on land. When the upstream ships arrive here, they have to go ashore and get out of the water, and they can only enter the water after being carried by people or transported by car around Hukou (so-called land navigation). For thousands of years, nothing has changed.

Due to the difference of climate and water quantity in four seasons, the scenery of Hukou also changes from time to time. The spring and autumn at the mouth of the lake is also very strange. There is a rainbow in the sky, floating across the water, forming a landscape without rainbow hanging on the shore. Spring returns to the earth, peach blossoms bloom all over the mountains, the ice bank of the Yellow River melts, the water volume is moderately stable, the main waterfall and the auxiliary waterfall are connected into one, the main waterfall is shrouded in clouds, and the auxiliary waterfall looks at thousands of streams, and the dragon trough is like a dragon, which is called March Peach Blossom Flood; Just after the rainy season in September-165438+ 10 autumn, many mountain springs and streams along the river gather a lot of clear water, and the autumn wind blows gently and rainbows often appear, which is called Hukou autumn wind. Chen's poem "Autumn Wind at Hukou in Ming Dynasty" is a true portrayal of autumn wind rolling up a thousand waves and welcoming a red sentence at night. During these two periods, the water volume was large and steady, and the width of the waterfall could reach about 1000 meters. The main waterfall is inaccessible, but from a distance, the smoke waves are vast and magnificent. The big waves roared with blisters and rushed down with the tide. The winter in Hukou is another wonder: ice curtains are hung on both sides of Hukou, which are crystal clear and fascinating. Before and after the light snow and heavy snow in the lunar calendar, the large ice cubes floated from the upstream fell into the gentle place at the mouth of the lake, where the ice cubes crossed, the ice peak froze and the ice bridge naturally synthesized. If people walk on the ice bridge, they are called Hukou fork bridge. Near Tianqiao village, the ice piled up into a bridge, and the rapids rolled under the ice bridge. People call it overpass.

On the stone dikes on both sides of the dragon trough, there are patterns of birds and insects, all of which are ancient fossils. In addition, there are many large and small circular caves on the stone bench, which are shallow 1 ft and several meters deep. The mouth of a small bowl is as big as the mouth of an urn. In these caves, red sand sinks to the bottom, clear water floats to the surface, and the viewer's appearance is clearly visible, so people here call it a cave mirror. The formation of the cave mirror, for a long time, was caused by the constant impact of the Yellow River torrent on the stone, circling and abrading, so there is a round stone in each cave. Every visitor who looks in the mirror is full of imagination about the magic and power of nature. Rock on one side and water on the other have been competing with each other since ancient times. The current hits the rock, and the rock blocks the current. This violent impact caused this deep dragon ditch in front of us. According to the Records of Wuhe County in Tang Dynasty, Hukou is about 1000 steps away from the southwest of Mengmen, about 1600 meters away. Today, Hukou is about 3000 meters away from Mengmen, and it is still moving northward at an average speed of 3-4 cm per year. What a great force of nature this is. Invincible, invincible, endless, endless, is the indomitable character portrayal of our Chinese nation.

Below the waterfall, there are overseas Chinese in Liulangwo, which connects Shanxi and Shaanxi. Waterfalls and bridges set each other off to form a charming landscape.

Not far from here to the south, it is the top of Longmen. In the towns and rivers where Mengmen and Shiniu and Dayu control water, there are miracles of jathyapple. It is very interesting for tourists to take a trip to Hukou, Shimen and Houlongmen first and enjoy the ruins of Dayu's flood control. 199 1 year, Hukou Waterfall was rated as one of the top 40 tourist attractions in China. The development of Hukou Waterfall Scenic Area is promising. There are natural and cultural landscapes in the scenic area, such as Mengmen Moonlight, Hezhen Bull, Dry Boat, Great Wall in Qing Dynasty, Ming and Qing Wharf, Dresser, Ancient Fort, Conanpo and so on. From 1994, Hukou Waterfall Drifting Month is held once a year. Asian flying man and Jixian flying man Zhu have successfully flown over the Yellow River by car and motorcycle, and Hukou Scenic Area has become a striking tourist hotspot.

There are many legends about Hukou Waterfall. Among them, the most popular one is Yu chiseled Mengmen. According to legend, during the Yao-Shun period, the Yellow River flowed to Hukou, and Pingyang area often suffered serious floods due to the blockage of the beneficiary mountain. Yao sent whales to control water, and Yu to control water. Yu carefully understood the terrain from Hukou to Longmen, and decided to adopt the method of dredging the river to control the flood. Mengmen Mountain is in the north of Longmen, and water control starts from Mengmen Mountain. In order to prevent the flood from flooding Mengmen Mountain. Yu organized people to dig through the riverbed from both sides of Mengmeng Mountain and cut off the river at the top of the mountain. Shi Niu used great power to guide the river down the river, and it was forbidden to flood Mengmen Mountain or Mengmen Mountain. For thousands of years, no matter how big the flood is and how fierce the waves are, Mengmen Mountain has never been flooded.

As for the peak, folklore is the pot day of Yu's water control, that is, summer. After work, he often rests and drinks water by the stream. One day, Yu worked with everyone for a long time, tired and thirsty, so he went to the old place to rest. He hung his hat on a nearby hill. While drinking water, the flood control people told him to solve the problem and immediately took people to the construction site. The hat hanging on the hill is integrated with the mountain peak, and the hill has become exactly the same as the hat, with a top and a brim. Later, people called this mountain Mao Yufeng.

There is also a legend about turtle peak. It is said that there is a turtle, which has long been submerged in the Yellow River. It has magical power, can roll boulders and plow across the river bed, so it is called the tortoise.

One day, it climbed over the boulder at the bottom of the river at the foot of Mengmen Mountain, and happened to meet the order of the cow god to drag the boulder up the mountain. The god cow didn't know that the boulder it pulled was the boulder that the tortoise turned over, which alarmed the tortoise. With a loud cry, the tortoise jumped to the east bank, turned the river around and showed a golden light, which surprised the cow again. The bull let go of the boulder and jumped to the west bank of the river with a bang. When people came to work again, they saw that the tortoise and the cow could not move. Later, the tortoise became a turtle peak, and the cow obeyed Yu Wang's wishes and became the real Shi Niu. Now the two peaks face each other across the river, and you can see the Yellow River from above.