Excavation and Penetration of Hongqi Canal

"Governing the country first governs the water"

-Excavation and penetration of Hongqi Canal

From1February, 1960 to1July, 1969, people in Linxian County, Henan Province struggled for ten years, with 300,000 people participating in the construction and 8 1 person dying. They leveled 1250 hill with one hammer and drilled 2 1 1 tunnel. It has been calculated that if the earthwork excavated for the construction of the Hongqi Canal is built into a wall with a height of 2 meters and a width of 3 meters, it can go north from Linxian to Harbin and south to Guangzhou. The feat of Linxian people changed the world, making the Hongqi Canal extend from a water conservancy project to a landmark and landscape, and even sublimate into a national spirit.

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The history of human development is the history of adapting and transforming nature. "Governing the country first governs water." President Mao Zedong put forward in 1958: "Water conservancy is the lifeblood of agriculture. To develop agriculture, we must vigorously develop water conservancy. "

In the vigorous climax of water conservancy construction, the people of Linzhou (formerly Linxian County) in Henan Province dug 1500 km of artificial Tianhe Red Flag Canal from the precipice of Taihang Mountain in 10 year, which solved the draught problems of hundreds of thousands of people and the irrigation problems of 540,000 mu of cultivated land.

Guests don't pour water when they come, and relatives don't serve tea when they come.

Linzhou City, known as Linxian County in history, is located in the northwest of Henan Province, at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain and at the junction of Shanxi, Hebei and Henan provinces. Linzhou has lacked water since ancient times. Local folk song: "A good girl doesn't marry Wanhe village. The pulley is big and the well is deep. If you twist the water, your spine will break. " "Drought looks forward to rain, rain washes away, sweeps away yellow sand, leaving stones and eggs."

The severe water shortage environment has given Linxian a strange tradition, that is, guests don't pour water when they come, and relatives don't serve tea when they come. 1April, 1995, Yang, executive director of China Local Records Association and vice president of Henan Local Records Association, recalled a story from 1944 at the symposium on the release of local records in Hongqi Canal. That year, she and a group of cadres moved from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border region to the south and walked through Linxian County. They wanted to find a bowl of water to drink in the passing village, but they were kindly answered by the old lady: Comrade, it has been too dry in recent years. Drinking water is not easy. Give you a steamed bread to eat. It's better to give a bowl of water than a wowotou!

In fact, this kind of thing is very common in Linxian County. In the early 1950s, Yang Guigang went to Lin County as the county party secretary. Once he went to the countryside and went to a common people's home. The owner of this family specially brought a basin of water to let Yang Shuji wash his face. Accurately speaking, it is not a big washbasin, but a small iron basin as big as a bowl. After washing his hands and face, Secretary Yang Gui spilled the water conveniently, and the owner of this family watched it for a long time. Later, the local comrades told Yang Gui that the water after washing hands and faces should never be spilled on others, because it is still very useful. Many mountain people don't wash their hands and faces for many years, and only wash their hands, faces and clothes on special occasions such as holidays or visiting relatives to catch up with temple fairs. Washing hands and face is also a washbasin for the whole family.

Under such circumstances, girls in Linxian county talk about marriage, and the criteria for choosing a spouse are different from those of ordinary people. Ordinary people may only value each other's academic ability, height and appearance, economic conditions and family background. Girls in Linxian County have no money and no one, just asking for water. There was a girl in Chengbei Village of Heshun Town who fell in love with a young man in Majiashan. She thinks it's suitable in all aspects. It is because people in Majiashan Village are dissatisfied with going to Xigou, five miles away, to fetch water all the year round. When they got married, they made a condition to the man: they would not go to Xigou to fetch water for five years after crossing the door. At that time, Lin County girl married like this, and she didn't want you to have money. Just because you have water to wash your face. Because of lack of water, many young people in mountain villages can't get married.

For the happiness of future generations, I vowed to change the face of Linxian County.

The long-term practice of water control has made people in Linxian realize that to completely change the face of water shortage, we must find new and reliable water sources.

Originated in Zhanghe River in Shanxi, the direction of water flow naturally becomes the boundary river between Henan and Hebei provinces in this area. Shexian County, Hebei Province is in the north, and Rencun Town, Linxian County is in the south. The section of Zhanghe River flowing through Rencun is 15km long, but the terrain of 15km is steep canyon and low riverbed. Because of this, this generation of ordinary people can only watch the Zhanghe River grow dry land, and the near water can't quench their thirst, so they helplessly look at the Zhanghe River and sigh.

On the evening of 1959, 10 and 10, Linxian County Committee held an enlarged meeting to study the project of introducing Zhang into the forest. Comrades attending the meeting agreed that it is not enough to remould by hand. We must work hard for several years, dig a "Grand Canal" on Taihang Mountain, introduce Zhanghe River water into Linxian County, and bid farewell to the history of "water is as expensive as oil" once and for all. After the meeting, the county party Committee organized engineers and technicians to measure the water diversion point and canal line.

1959165438+1October 6th, Linxian County Committee formally submitted the "Request for Instructions on the Construction of" Drawing a Zhang into a Forest "to Xinxiang District Committee and Zhong * * * Henan Provincial Committee. On February 23rd, 1959, 1959, Xinxiang Water Conservancy Construction Headquarters issued the Notice on Agreeing to the Construction of Linxian Water Diversion Project.

1960 65438+ 10/0/6. Linxian submitted the Request for Instructions on the Construction of Returning Farmland to Forests Project to Xinxiang Special Office and Henan Province. * * * Henan Provincial Party Committee attached great importance to the project of introducing Zhang into the forest in Linxian County and sent a letter to Shanxi Provincial Party Committee. The leaders of the provincial party Committee also wrote to the main leading comrades of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee in their own names, asking for support.

On February 3rd 1960, Shanxi Provincial Party Committee wrote back to Henan, agreeing that Linxian County would draw Zhanghe River water from Pingshun County into Linxian County.

On February 6th, 1960, the Secretariat Office of Henan Provincial Party Committee sent a letter to Yang Gui, the first secretary of Linxian County Committee, informing Shanxi Province that it agreed to build the project of introducing Zhang into the forest in Linxian County.

On February 1960, 10, Linxian held a county-wide radio mobilization meeting, and issued a mobilization order to the people of the county, calling on the people of the county to "fight bravely for the cause of the party, for the happiness of future generations, for completely changing the face of Linxian, and for carrying forward our glorious and great historical tradition!"

Miracles appear in the conquest of adversity, and dreams are realized in unremitting efforts.

One water irrigates a hundred flowers. The mountains are full of forests, the water is full of ponds, and the fresh fruits are full of fragrance. The land in Linxian County presents a brand-new look and a thriving scene of "canal network at the top of the mountain, clear water flowing everywhere, not afraid of drought and flood, and guaranteed annual harvest".

Hongqi Canal is like a monument, and the spirit of Hongqi Canal has been passed down from generation to generation.

Hongqi Canal begins with a dream, every spray is a story, and every story contains the same spirit.

Water is the dream of several generations of Linxian people. Where there is a dream, there is expectation, opportunity, motivation and struggle. It is under the inspiration of this dream that every ordinary laborer in Linxian constantly overcame many unimaginable and people thought it impossible to overcome difficulties at the canal repair site in 10, created such a great water conservancy project as Hongqi Canal, and completed the water dream of Linxian people. In the process of realizing the dream, the harvest gave birth to and formed the great Red Flag Canal spirit.

Today, it has been more than half a century since the construction of the Hongqi Canal, and everyone who approaches the Hongqi Canal is impressed by its spectacular architecture. Although today's magnificent scenery of Taihang Mountain drowned out the previous guns, walking on the canal, it seems that you can hear the horn of the builders' labor in those days and feel the shock of the people who opened the canal blowing up the mountain. Looking at this magnificent building, everyone who comes here will be more moved.

Since People's Daily 1965 published a long newsletter "The Glorious Road to Building Socialist Agriculture", major media have continuously published heavy reports on the spirit of Hongqi Canal, and the reportage "One Side of Taihang" by the famous writer Huashan and "soul of china of Taihang" by Wang Huairang have all produced strong repercussions. On June 1994 and 12, Guangming Daily published a new chapter in the riverside spectrum of Hongqi Canal. From 1969 to now, the content of Hongqi Canal has been compiled into primary and secondary school textbooks.

Hongqi Canal is included in Volume II of the Producer Party History of China published on 20 1 1. The third section of Chapter 17 of the book reads: "In the 1960s and 1970s, under the leadership of the Party, the people of Linxian County (now Linzhou City) in Henan Province made self-reliance and worked hard, split the Taihang Mountain with the most common tools, led the Zhanghe River into Linxian County, and built the' Artificial Tianhe' Red Flag Canal, which had a wide influence throughout the country." The last sentence specifically mentions: "As Premier Zhou Enlai said, this blue ribbon coiled on the precipice of Taihang Mountain is one of the two great miracles created by the new China."

August 20 13, Hongqi Canal Cadre College was unveiled. On June 20 17, 1, the Red Flag Canal was included in the list of national red tourism classic scenic spots. 20 17- 12 was selected as the first batch of national primary and secondary school students' research and practice education bases and camps by the Ministry of Education. At present, the college has been identified as a base for patriotism, on-site teaching, party style and clean government education by more than 30 units including the central state organs, the National School of Administration, the National Organization Cadre College of the Central Organization Department, and the National Defense University, and has formed an important base for studying and educating the spirit of Hongqi Canal.

The years are seamless, and the Red Flag Canal is like a monument, and the spirit of the Red Flag Canal has been passed down from generation to generation. The spirit of Hongqi Canal belongs to the people of the whole country and is a spiritual classic of the Chinese nation.